She is a researcher at Laboratorio di Diagnostica per i Beni Culturali di Spoleto (Italy). She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry at the University of Perugia with a thesis titled "Study of painting materials: novel analytical strategies for the identification of organic compounds and alteration products." Her research interests include the identification of painting materials by X-ray fluorescence and diffractometry, vibrational and electronic spectroscopies (Raman, NIR, and MID-FTIR, VIS-reflectance), and biomolecular techniques.