I am a professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, research affiliate at ESI (Chapman), and faculty affiliate at CEGA (UC, Berkeley). Currently, I serve as vice-president of North America ESA (Economic Science Association), and as Associate Editor for the European Economic Review. 

I focus on the contributions of evolutionary processes to shaping human behavior, especially female strategies, using laboratory and field experiments across the world.  My current research concentrates on female competitiveness; the prosociality consequences of conflict and disaster victimization; and the role of social networks for economic outcomes (especially the effects of who helps who for what).

I received my bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Parma, MA in Economics from Bocconi University in 1996, and PhD in International Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2001.