Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. (John Lennon)
I completed my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Rome, working on the locomotion of microorganism in low Reynolds number fluids with Roberto Di Leonardo in Rome and Eric Lauga at UC San Diego.
​In 2013 I moved to Bristol for a Ph.D. with Jens Eggers and Tanniemola Liverpool on the Nonlinear Dynamics of Active Liquid Crystals.
In 2016 I trained as a horticulturist at the University of Bristol Botanic Gardens, obtaining qualifications from the Royal Horticultural Society.​
In 2017 I trained as a secondary teacher at the University of Bristol.
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Bertween 2019 and 2022 I worked as a Postdoc in the Micromotility group of the Living Systems Institute, where I work on the motion of ciliated microorganisms under the supervision of Kirsty Wan.
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2019-present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Living Systems Institute, Exeter, UK
2017-18
Teacher of Physics & Electronics
Exeter School, Exeter, UK
2016-17
PGCE, Science - Physics
University of Bristol, UK
2015-17
Teaching Unit Developer
Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol
Principal Investigator: Helen Knowler
2013-17
PhD in Applied Mathematics
University of Bristol, UK
Supervisors: Jens Eggers, T. Liverpool
2010-12
M.Sc. in Physics
Sapienza Univesity of Rome, Italy
Supervisors: R. Di Leonardo, E. Lauga
2011-12
Erasmus Exchange program
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France
2007-10
B.Sc. in Physics
Sapienza University of Rome
Advisor: Giovanni Montani