Core Research Interests: Poultry Embryology, Physiology, and Nutrition.
I obtained my B.Sc. (2017), M.Sc. (2019), and Ph.D. (2024) in Animal Sciences from the Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
As a research fellow under the mentorship of Prof. Federico Sirri and Prof. Massimiliano Petracci, my work focuses on innovative feeding and management strategies to enhance broiler performance, with the goal of improving product quality and promoting the sustainability of poultry protein production.
Currently, I am also actively engaged in the PRIN 2022 research project, titled "The European Chicken Commitment Challenge: Toward the Use of Novel Genotypes with Slower-Growth Rate for Meat Production – EU-MeatChanges."
My research involves evaluating the productive and metabolic response of ECC-recognized poultry genotypes in relation to management and environmental factors (e.g., dietary protein levels and heat stress) and intrinsic genetic traits (e.g., movement aptitude). The aim is to assess the suitability of these genotypes for market demands, focusing on product quality, production performance, sustainability, and animal welfare. As part of this collaboration, I am involved in on-farm data collection, including sampling for subsequent histo-morphological analyses of intestinal and skeletal muscle tissue, as well as the metabolomic characterization of both plasma and meat.
