Bachelor in Biology at the Neuchâtel University, Switzerland, and Master of Science in Ecology and Conservation at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Currently working for the CNR – Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR – ISP) in Venezia Mestre. She is Station Leader of the Italian Arctic station Dirigibile Italia in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. As Station Leader, she works daily on the field and in the lab, besides taking care of some parts of the station’s administration.