Prof. Di Puccio achieved her Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering cum Laude at the University of Pisa in April 1995, discussing a thesis on Elastic Fracture Mechanics. She received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pisa in March 1999, presenting a thesis on numerical and experimental evaluation of residual stresses in large diameter pipes with longitudinal welds. In 1999 she won a fellowship from Bocconi University (Milano, Italy) for attending a Master's course in “R&D Management”. She had a Post-Doc fellowship from 1999 until 2001, on rolling contact fatigue and passive magnetic bearings. She became a Researcher in Applied Mechanics in February 2001. She was Associate Professor in Applied Mechanics from December 2014 to December 2019. She is a Full Professor in Applied Mechanics since December 2019. She is a coordinator of the PhD program in Industrial Engineering at the University of Pisa, since 2021.