Graduated in Biology at the University of Siena in 1991; PhD awarded in Agricultural Biology at the University of Pisa in 1995. From January 2001 to October 2016 I was a researcher at the University of Siena and since November 2016 I am Associate Professor in Botany. My research is focused mainly on the reproductive biology of higher plants and particularly the relationships between plants and animals during pollination. Most of these relationships are based on mutualism, since animals are "rewarded" with pollen and nectar while they perform pollination. My studies aims to discover how diversity of rewards may affect the relationships with pollinators in the present days and during evolution.