I studied at the University of Trento (Italy) where I received my master’s degree in Mathematics in 2013. During my master's, I carried out an internship at Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM) which provided the basis for my thesis and made me start to appreciate using mathematics to analyze biological data.
Subsequently, I won a scholarship funded by FEM which allowed me to achieve a PhD cum laude in Mathematics issued by the University of Trento in 2017 after successfully defending my thesis titled “The importance of climatic and ecological factors for vector-borne infections: Culex pipiens and West Nile virus”.

Afterwards I started working as a temporary researcher at FEM, and in 2019 my position became permanent. I am mostly specialized in data analysis and mathematical modeling. My main tasks include statistical analysis of ecological data such as mosquito and tick abundance and development of mathematical models to evaluate the transmission dynamics of vector-borne pathogens such as West Nile virus. I am also involved in the design of new experiments to quantify mosquito life traits using the insectaries and climatic chambers available at FEM.