EDUCATION
2015 - 2017 – Master’s degree in Safety and quality of animal production
Thesis: Propensity to use Precision Agriculture tools: an empirical test with the Cluster analysis tool and the support of probabilistic models. University of Bologna - School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine 2nd cycle degree. Supervisor: Prof. Felice Adinolfi
- May 2017 - Jul 2017 Traineeship – Chelab srl Mérieux NutriSciences) (PO) Italy. Activities in lab. on food safety and quality.
2012 - 2015 – Bachelor’s degree in Animal production science and technology
Thesis - Food and Nutrition Security and new responses to food needs: the role of the fish sector. University of PISA - Department of Veterinary Sciences 1st cycle degree. Supervisor: Prof. Francesco Di Iacovo.
- Jul 2015 - Oct 2015 Traineeship – University of Stirling, Scotland.
Research activities in the "Sustainable aquaculture research group" office at the University of Stirling. Research activities on: “Importance of fish consumption considering hufa n-3 levels of various fish in food security and household nutrition of the Asia and Mediterranean countries”. Experimental tests were conducted on salmon fed with insect meal.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
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1 Nov 2024 – present: Research Fellow - Alma Mater Studiorium University of Bologna, Italy. Project: “STALLA MODELLO” – Contratto di filiera MASAF (V bando). Activities: economic analysis (Task 3.1 LCA, Task 3.2 Business Plan and Cost-Benefit analysis, Task 3.3. Socio-economic indicators and quali-quantative methodologies) for an impact assessment of strategies to improve the sustainability of the dairy chain from an economic, environmental and social point of view.
- Nov 2021 - Nov. 2024 – Ph.D, Alma Mater Studiorium University of Bologna, Italy
International PhD “Innovative technologies and sustainable use of fishery and biological resources in the Mediterranean” (FishMed) - Sustainability performance of the aquaculture sector in the context of the circular economy. 37 cycle, A.Y. 2021/22.
University of Bologna, Italy
- May 2021 - Oct 2021 – Scholarship, Alma Mater Studiorium University of Bologna, Italy
Scholarship “Analysis of the effects of networks for the sustainable development of Italian aquaculture”.Research activity: study of innovation adoption processes to propose new development strategies for sustainable Italian aquaculture. Department of veterinary medical sciences - University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy.
- Apr 2018 - Jan 2019 – Scholarship, Alma Mater Studiorium University of Bologna, Italy
Scholarship entitled “Study of Mutualistic Funds in the Primary Sector” financed by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies as part of the Research Project: Implementation of a Mutualistic Fund for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector. Research activity: study of risk management tools in the fisheries sector; study of innovation processes in agriculture. Department of veterinary medical sciences - University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
EDITORIAL COLLABORATIONS
- Participation as a member of the working group for the realisation of “Encyclopaedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies”, invited to produce a chapter (2021)
- Guest editor for the special Issue: “The future food challenge: from environmental sustainability to innovation with an eye on tradition” on AIMS Agriculture and Food Journal.
- Associate Editor on the Journal Applied Aquaculture.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of SIDEA (Italian Association of Econometrics) – since 2021
- Member of EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists) – since 2021
- Member of EAS (European Aquaculture Society) - since 2024
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS
- Relator at 2024 IEEE International Workshop On Measurements And Applications In Veterinary And Animal Sciences – Pisa, Italy. “Adopting insect meal in the Italian trout farming: a multistage process”. 26-28 April 2025.
- Relator at AQUA2024 - The Circular Transition In Aquaculture: A Multicriteria Analysis. 26-30 August 2024, Denmark.
- Relator at 2023 IEEE International Workshop On Measurements And Applications In Veterinary And Animal Sciences – Naples, Italy. “New challenges for antimicrobial use in livestock farming: a discourse analysis”.
- Relator at 17th International European Forum (Igls-Forum) (184th EAAE Seminar) on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks - February 13-17, 2023 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - paper “Circular economy and “perceived knowledge” of future professionals in aquaculture”
- Relator at 9th World Conference on Localized Agri-Food Systems (SYAL). “Staging value creation processes in short food supply chains of Italy”.
- Relator at 16th International European Forum (Igls-Forum) (180th EAAE Seminar) on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks - February 14-18, 2022 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - “The challenge of the circular economy to boost the aquaculture sector: some insights from Italy”
- Relator at The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Annual Science Conference 2022 - 19–22 September 2022, Dublin, Ireland – “A theoretical framework to evaluate the circular journey of aquaculture companies in Italy”
PUBBLICATIONS: Scopus ID: 57214331300
