Graduated (cum laude) in Biological Sciences at the University of Rome, specialized in Plant Biotechnology at the University of Pisa where she obtained her PhD in Sciences of Plant Production, winning the AISSA prize for the best PhD thesis. From 2022, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, the University of Pisa. Visiting lecturer in 2018 at the University of Paris-Saclay and in 2019 at the University of São Paulo. Author of almost 70 papers on indexed journals (h index = 21, SCOPUS) all concerning plant pathology, mycology, biocontrol and fungal ecology. SE of Phytopathology, AE of PlosOne, EJPP, JPDP, JPP, TPP and Frontiers. Board Member of the Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV), Vice-President of the Master courses in “Biosecurity and Food quality” and “Plant and Microbial Biotechnologies” at the University of Pisa, and Vice-Coordinator of the Internationalization at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the University of Pisa.