2019-present_ Researcher, Dipartimento di Scienze Del Sistema Terra e Tecnologie per l’Ambiente, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR).
2016-2019_PDRA at BiGeA Department, University of Bologna, Italy. Project title: "Biohydrometallurgic development for critical raw materials exploitation"; "Anthropogenic Geochemistry"; "Exploration and Exploitation of Marine Georesources" (ISMAR-CNR/BiGeA).
04/2016-10/2016_ Royal Society 2016 Fellow, School of Environmental Sciences (GEES, University of Hull, UK).
01/2016_ IRM Fellow, Institute for Rock Magnetism (IRM, University of Minnesota, USA).
2012-2015_PhD Earth Science, University of Bologna, Italy. Thesis title: "The critical raw materials potential of anthropogenic deposits: insights from solid residues of municipal waste incineration".
2006-2012_MSc (hons), in Geology, University of Bologna, BiGeA Department, Italy. Thesis title (2nd cycle degree): “Structural and
geological study of mud diapirs in the Southern Tyrrhenian”, Thesis title (1st
cycle degree): “Structural analysis of Mt. Giovo (Northern
Apennines)”