I hold a phD in the field of applied ecology and sustainability. The research I conducted during my phD focused on the mapping and quantification of regulating ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban environments, observing how functional and structural diversity aspects of the woody vegetation influence service provision, how the spatial supply patterns vary along along latitudinal and urban-rural gradients, and how these compare to service demand dynamics to determine spatial mismatices. In my postdoc I analyzed how functional and structural aspects of forest ecosystems observed at site level relate to the spectral properties of forested areas captured by multi- and hyper-spectral satellite sensors, in order to assess the possibility of upscaling plot-level information to large-scale coverage and inform diversity-related forest assessments. Currently I am working for the Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis, doing research in support of the adaptation of the Italian agricultural sector to climate change, and specifically aimed at supporting the sustainable use of water in agriculture.