I am a theoretical and computational astrophysicist, currently holding an IAF-INAF Astrophysics Fellowship. I earned my PhD in Astrophysics and Cosmology from the University of Bologna, followed by postdoctoral positions at the Australian National University and Princeton University. My work has focused on key astrophysical processes in the circumgalactic and interstellar media. At INAF-Arcetri, my primary goal is to study the impact of cosmic rays on the dynamical and thermal state of the interstellar medium and the launching of galactic outflows.

I am an astrochemist and a staff researcher in the star formation group at INAF Arcetri, which I joined in July. My research explores the origin of chemical complexity in Sun-like protostars. After completing my PhD at INAF-OAA in 2018, I worked at IPAG (France) and the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS (Germany). Returning to INAF, I contribute to MUR and ASI projects focused on the chemistry of protostellar disks. I now hold a INAF national position on the project STILES - Strengthening the Italian Leadership in ELT and SKA. Recently, I was awarded a MUR National Starting Grant ( Fondo Italiano per la Scienza) of €1.3 million. In the next 3 years, I will lead the iSEEDS project (Astrochemical Study of Early Embedded Disks), dedicated to investigating the initial conditions for planet formation in young disks.

I have joined Arcetri as a researcher in the Optical turbulence forcasting group. With a masters in mathematics, and a passion for graph and game theory, I am learning athmospheric physics as I work, and will start a mixed discipline Phd next year. My end-goal is to be able to find obscure mathematical theories to improve our forcasting models. 

I am an ecological activist and a boardgame, videogame, role-playing, mountain, making and repairing things myself lover.

At INAF Arcetri I am part of the Didattica&Divulgazione group. I am working on the realization and organization of guided visits at the Observatory for schools and general public, where we explain topics of astrophysics and observe the sky with telescopes. I also manage email contact with the public for information on visits and events and I am working on the development of new educational activities.
In the past I have realized scientific outreach activities at the Planetarium of the Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica of Florence and at OpenLab service center of the University of Florence.

My research focuses on modeling stellar binary evolution using detailed stellar evolution and population synthesis codes. I completed my PhD at the Instituto Astrofísico de La Plata and the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, where I investigated the evolution of low-mass X-ray binaries and blue stragglers. My work primarily addressed the fine-tuning problem in the formation of ultracompact X-ray binaries, millisecond pulsars with extremely low-mass white dwarf companions, and the origin of blue stragglers.
At INAF Arcetri, as a postdoctoral researcher in the StarDance - The non-canonical evolution of stars in clusters project, I am expanding my expertise in population synthesis studies to investigate how interacting binaries contribute to the formation of multiple stellar populations in star clusters. 

I started my Physics Degree at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, focusing on cosmic microwave background anisotropies, and later studied nuclear activity in galaxy clusters during my Master’s thesis at INAF in Rome. For my PhD at the Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, I joined Dr. P. Tozzi and the Extragalactic group to study the life cycle of galaxy clusters and protoclusters, focusing on cooling flows, feedback processes, and intracluster medium evolution. I am now continuing this work with Dr. P. Tozzi, investigating the origins of cool cores and their role in cosmic structure formation.

Gifted with an embarrassing look in every photo, I am passionate about anything space: be it technology (which I still understand too little about) or science (which I know nothing about, but am always curious to learn!).

After graduating last December in Space Engineering at PoliMi, I started in March  as a research fellow at INAF OAA in the Adaptive Optics group. Under the wise supervision of Runa Briguglio, my research focuses on SPLATT: a prototype for an adaptive primary mirror space telescope. So, if you do not find me in the lab struggling to make things work, you can find me in my office in Tirgo, struggling to make the data fit.

I am a new postdoctoral researcher in the high-energy astrophysics group. I obtained my PhD in 2020 at the Gran Sasso Science Institute. I was a postdoc in Copenhagen at the Niels Bohr Institute and later in Paris at the CNRS.

My research interests are in Astroparticle Physics. I study acceleration and transport of cosmic rays in several astrophysical sources, and I focuse on

the associated multi-messenger radiation such as non-thermal photons and high-energy neutrinos.

I am actively involved in gamma-ray astronomy with the collaborations CTA and ASTRI Mini-Array.

I am passionate about understanding the co-evolution of galaxies and their host dark matter halos across cosmic time from an observational perspective. I obtained my PhD at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna in Tenerife, Spain, in May 2024. Afterward, I moved to Florence to work in the field of extragalactic stellar populations at INAF Arcetri as a a postdoctoral researcher.

In my research, I combine detailed stellar population measurements with different halo characterizations with the aim to provide a comprehensive view of the role of dark matter halos in modulating observed properties of galaxies. I am also familiar with simulated galaxies from state-of-the art large-scale hydrodynamical cosmological models, having dedicated my master’s thesis at ULL to exploring the local fundamental metallicity relation and the history of the gas fuelling star-formation in these simulations. 

Beyond research, I am also passionate about outreach activities that promote the visibility of women researchers in astronomy. I co-founded the monthly Arcetri Early Career Researcher meetings, a forum for discussing both scientific and professional topics relevant to non-permanent staff of the Observatory.