After receiving her Bachelor's degree in Geology from the University of Trieste and her Master's degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Innsbruck, she completed a PhD in palaeoclimate modelling at the University of Trieste and the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). She has since conducted research at ICTP, CNR-ISP, and the University of Quebec in Montreal, focusing on climate-cryosphere interactions in the Alps and the Arctic, spanning from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to future scenarios. She has participated in several scientific expeditions in the Himalayas, Greenland, and the Central-Eastern Alps and is actively engaged in outreach activities