She had a master's degree in Industrial Chemistry, with a specialization in Material Science (2004) and a Material Science second-level master's in micro- and nanotechnologies (2005). From 2006 to 2011, she worked for the National Research Centre; in 2010, she received her Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering and Structures. Since 2011, she has been working at the Italian Aerospace Research Centre on nanostructured materials, especially the development and characterization of superhydrophobic and icephobic coatings and materials for radiation shielding. She is well experienced in sol-gel, synthesis, and characterization of organic–inorganic nanostructured hybrid materials and is the author of two patents and more than 60 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences with more than 1300 citations.