ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• May 2025 - Present: Principal Investigator, Institute for Life Science, University of Southampton, UK

• November 2024 - Present: Assistant Professor, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK

• September 2021 - September 2024: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy

• November 2017 - July 2021: PhD student, Imperial College London, Centre for Biochemical Sensors, jointly with the University of Birmingham, UK

• March 2015 - June 2016: Research Engineer, CERN, Switzerland

• May 2014 - September 2014: Research Internship, Chang-Gung University, Taiwan

• June 2013 - October 2013: Industrial Internship, Sensoria Health Inc., Seattle, USA

EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS (2025 - Present unless specified) 

• External Consultant, John Templeton Foundation, USA

• Grant reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland

• Seed funding assessor, Institute Integriert Studieren @ JKU Linz, Austria

• Expert reviewer, European Commission (postdoctoral fellowships), EU

• Fellowship reviewer, DAAD, Germany

• Associate Editor, Bioelectricity, Mary Ann Liebert Inc., USA

• Founder & Chair, Bioelectricity Cluster: www.bioelectricitycluster.org 

• Founder in Residence, Entrepreneur First, UK (2021-2022)

TEACHING MODULES

• Cell Biology and Biomaterials (BIOM2009), Front lectures, BEng students in Biomedical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science, A.Y. 2025/2026, University of Southampton

EDUCATION

• March 2016: Master Degree, Nanotechnology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, with semestral exchanges at EPFL, Switzerland, and Grenoble INP, France

• October 2013: Bachelor Degree, Biomedical Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy

FUNDING ACQUISITION

• MULSER Equipment Funding (2025), ~£180k, Strategic Equipment Infrastructure Panel (STREIP)

• EPSRC Strategic Themes Doctoral Landscape Award (2025-2029), ~£90k

• Conference organization sponsorships (2025), ~£20k: companies, institutions and funding agencies

• MSCA postdoctoral fellowship (2021-2024), ~€180k, European Commission

• Visiting and travel grants (2013-2020), ~£20k: Globus fellowship (2013), European Commission; Conference attendance funding, Royal Society of Chemistry, Global Challenges Research Fund, British Council; Nanotechnology Program scholarship and Master Thesis scholarship, Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR)

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

• Open Days, University of Southampton, Presenter (2025-Present)

• Rome Science Fair, Presenter (2024)

• TEDxLondon, Presenter (2020)

• Girls in Science, Presenter (2020)

• Imperial Lates - Smart Fashion, Presenter (2020)

• Pint of Science UK, Speaker (2019-2020)

• Student mentor, Birmingham Business School (2018-2019)

OTHER

Beyond teaching and research, she aims at being a reference figure for:

• Ethical research practices

• Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Mentoring students and younger researchers