Education: High school diploma from F. Redi Institute, Arezzo.
Bachelor's degree in Environmental and Territorial Engineering, specializing in soil and territory protection, from Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna.
Master's degree in Environmental and Territorial Engineering from Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, December 2016; thesis on Hydrological Modeling: "Development and verification of flood damage models for the Emilia-Romagna plain".
Research fellow within the European project ROCK, at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, DICAM, University of Bologna from December 2017 to October 2018.
Participation in the International Summer School - University of Brescia: "Safe management of water supply and sanitation services: one step towards the Sustainable Development Goals" in June 2018.
State Examination for qualification as a Civil and Environmental Engineer. Year 2018 - II session.
Participation in the International Summer School - University of Brescia: "Project Management Development: a focus on water, sanitation and waste" in June 2019.
Participation in the Summer School - University of Madrid: "Gender, Cities and Planning. Processes: Engendering Research in climate, energy, and mobility" in June 2021.
June 2021 - October 2021: Visiting PhD student at the Department of Water and Sanitation, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. Supervisor: Prof. Peter Appiah Obeng.
June 2022 Doctorate obtained in the application of appropriate technologies and natural systems for the management and reuse of wastewater in developing countries, at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, DICAM, XXXIV cycle.
From June 2022 research fellow within the WATERGY project for the energy efficiency of the Integrated Water Service, funded by the National Research and Innovation Program 2014 - 2020, at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, DICAM.
Teaching Activities:
Educational tutor for:
-Resource Valorization of Primary and Secondary Materials since 2019.
-Raw Material Engineering since 2021.
-Resource & Recycling since 2022.
-DESIGN THINKING FOR GREEN TECHNOLOGIES for the academic year 2022/2023.
Acted as co-supervisor for 10 Master's theses and 10 Bachelor's theses.
Scientific Activities (Research projects I am or have been involved in):
"ROCK Regeneration and Optimization of Cultural heritage in creative and Knowledge cities" (Horizon 2020, duration 2017-2021).
"Reuse of treated wastewater for agricultural purposes in the Al-Mawasi district, Rafah Governorate - Gaza Strip" funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) (duration 2018-2022).
"METROPOLITAN AGENDA OF BOLOGNA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2.0" funded by the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection (duration 2020-2021).
"WATERGY energy efficiency of the Integrated Water Service", funded by the National Research and Innovation Program (2014-2020) (duration 2018-2023).
"ELEPHANT - Empowering universities' Learning and research capacities in the oneHealth Approach for the management of animals at the wildlife, livestock, and human interface in South Africa" (Erasmus+ Capacity Building; duration 2019-2023).
"Puracqua: Purification, Reuse, and treatment of water for the development of sustainable Agriculture", funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) (2022 - ongoing).
"EngageSDGs - Developing university capacity in SADC towards participatory approaches in pursuing the SDGs" (ERASMUS +-EDU-2023-ongoing).
Other Activities:
Since April 2022 Member of the "Innovation & Communication" Working Group of Young Water Innovation Italy (YWPI).
November - December 2021: Professional work assignment as part of the "Climate Kic MedFreeeSUP" project at the DICAM-UNIBo department, under the supervision of Alessandra Bonoli. Subject: "Experimentation for the elimination of single-use plastic within the MedFreeSUP project and environmental impact assessment.
February 2017: Designer at Technovo Bologna; design of preliminary, final, and executive fiber optic network systems; use of GIS system.
March 2017 - November 2017: GIS analyst and Plant designer at Studio Associato Gruppo EDEN, Bologna (BO). Design of heating systems, drafting of Law 10 and calculation of millennial tables for heat accounting, UNI10200. Census of public lighting systems - use of GIS system.
