Education
2010 - PhD in Biodiversity and Evolution, University of Bologna
2006 - Second cycle degree in Conservation and Management of Natural Heritage, University of Bologna
2004 - First cycle degree in Natural Sciences, University of Bologna
2000 - Single cycle degree in Economics and Business, University of Bologna
Teaching
2018 – Present: Adjunct Professor of Entomology at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna
2018 – Teaching tutor in Comparative Anatomy and Citology and Histology (degree course in Biological Sciences, University of Bologna).
2015 – 2017: Teaching tutor in Parasitology (degree course in Health Biology, University of Bologna)
2008 – 2010: Teaching tutor for the laboratories of Parasitology (degree course in Health Biology, University of Bologna) and Zoology (degree course in Technologies for the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, University of Bologna)
Scientific research
2015 – 2017: Research fellowship at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna. Research activity: Taxonomy and phylogeny of East-Mediterranean termites. Supervisor: prof. Mario Marini.
2011 – 2014: Research fellowship at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna. Research activity: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Mediterranean termites. Supervisor: prof. Mario Marini.
2011: Study of the biodiversity of Lepidoptera in protected areas, for the Life+ Program “Validation of risk management tools for genetically modified plants in protected and sensitive areas in Italy (MAN-GMP-ITA)”.
Scientific director: prof. Giovanni Burgio, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, university of Bologna.