Federica Barbieri is a post-doc research fellow at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, in the field of food microbiology, in particular regarding the study of natural compounds and microbial strains for food safety and quality enhancement. She received her Bachelor's degree in Biology, Master's degree in Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology and Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science and Technology from the University of Bologna.