02 May 2025 – Present Associate Professor, Academic discipline: AGRI-09/D Aquaculture, Poultry and Rabbit Science
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research and teaching tasks with focus on the production processes, processing and marketing of products derived from poultry, rabbit and aquatic species. Study of innovative animal production and related products processing with main focus on sustainability
02 May 2022 – 01 May 2025 Fixed term Researcher (RTD-B), Academic discipline: AGR/20 Aquaculture, Poultry and Rabbit Science
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research and teaching tasks with focus on the production processes, processing and marketing of products derived from poultry, rabbit and aquatic species. Study of innovative animal production and related products processing with main focus on sustainability
02 September 2019 – 01 May 2022 Fixed term Researcher (RTD-A), Academic discipline: AGR/20 Aquaculture, Poultry and Rabbit Science
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research and teaching tasks with focus on the production processes, processing and marketing of products derived from poultry, rabbit and aquatic species. Study of innovative animal production and related products processing
18 February 2019 – 18 May 2019 Post Doc Researcher – Temporary research associate position – “Assessment of natural substances on meat products shelf-life”
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research project focused on the study of physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of animal products
01 July 2018 – 31 December 2018 Post Doc Researcher – Temporary research associate position – Protection of Italian Poultry Biodiversity (“Tutela della Biodiversità Avicola Italiana” (TuBAvI) PSRN 2014/2020 – Sottomisura 10.2, comparto Avicoli)
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research project focused on the analytical determination of the bromatological quality of hen’s eggs and of various breeds and the detection of the growth characteristics
August 2018 Summer School “Insects as Food and Feed – from producing to consuming”
Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Summer School on the processes in the insect production and consumption chain from rearing, handling, processing and consuming insects as food or feed
June 2018 Summer School “Meat Production, Safety and Health”
Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua, Legnaro (Padua), Italy
Summer School on quality, production, safety and nutritional value of the meat
July 2017 – June 2018 Post Doc Researcher – Temporary research associate position. Effect of natural antioxidants in rabbit nutrition
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Research project in rabbit nutrition, study of the effects of natural compounds on in vivo performances and on products quality
January 2016 – December 2016 Second-level Professional Master’s Programme in “Food Science: quality, safety and human nutrition”
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Productive chains, food safety, organoleptic quality, nutritional value of food, basics of self-control and HACCP
December 2015 – September 2016 Main researcher in the project “Assessment of natural substances on meat products shelf-life” (research scholarship)
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Study of natural substances used as ingredients in preparations of meat products (burger) with physical, chemical and microbiological assessments
April 2016 – September 2016 Post Doc Researcher – Erasmus traineeship at Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, IIM
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC – Spanish national research council, CSIC-IIM, Vigo, Spain
Study of the chemical characteristics of fish fed experimental diets based on insect meal (Hermetia illucens)
November 2012 – October 2015 (discussed in April 2016) PhD in Veterinary Sciences, main field of research in meat quality
Thesis title: “Effects of natural substances on the oxidative status of meat from different animal species”
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Study in the effect of natural antioxidant substances on various aspects of meat productions with major attention to the antioxidant capacity and evaluation of the shelf-life. Physical, chemical and microbiology analyses
May 2014 – August 2014 Visiting Scholar at Meat Science Laboratory
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Study of the effect of different types of salt on the characteristics of meat preparations and sensory evaluation. Evaluation and correlation of firmness with sensory characteristics of pork loins
December 2010 – October 2012 Master degree in biosecurity and food quality (food technology degree), final mark: 110/110 summa cum laude
Thesis title: Evaluation of the of pre-probiotic characteristics of Lactobacillus plantarum strains
Department of Veterinary Sciences – Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Production processes analysis (physical, chemical, microbiological and organoleptic), legislation and food safety of food derived from both plant and animal origin
September 2007 – December 2010 Bachelor degree in agroindustrial biotechnology – Food sector, final mark: 102/110
Thesis title: Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state in bacteria and yeasts
Faculty of Agriculture Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
The main subjects studied concern biotechnology in general terms and finalizing the food industry
