Researcher at the University of Tuscia since 2022, with previous research experience at the University of Molise, CREA (Research Centre for Fruit Growing) and Duke University in North Carolina (USA). In her PhD thesis, she worked on the development of biocontrol agents against post-harvest diseases in apples (caused by Penicillium expansum). Her main areas of research include post-harvest biological control, fungal biology and plant–pathogen interactions.