Graduated with honors in 2008 in Natural Sciences at the University of Palermo. In 2012 I have obtained PhD in Environmental Science at the Ca 'Foscari University of Venice . During my PhD (2011) I have spend 3 months at the "Laboratoire des Bio-Indicateurs Actuels et Fossiles (BIAF)" of the Angers University (France). Since 2012 I am working as Researcher at the Italian National Research Council, from 2018 at the Institute of Studies on the Mediterranean, carrying out biological and ecological studies on benthic and planktonic marine organisms for several projects aimed at environmental monitoring and biodiversity conservation. I directed my knowledge towards scientific dissemination, with the aim of sensitizing a public with different ages and abilities towards biodiversity protection. Since 2021, I have been a visiting professor at LUMSA (Libera Università degli Studi Maria Ss. Assunta in Rome), teaching BIO/03 "Natural Science Teaching" (LM85 bis) for the degree program in Primary and Childhood Education Sciences, at the GEC Department of Palermo. Since 2021 I have been responsible for the CNR of the "Research and Academic Agreement" between CNR-ISMed and the ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEUR ANGEVINE D'INFORMATIQUE ET DE PRODUCTIQUE ESAIP - LA SALLE. Since March 2024 I have been a councilor of the ISMed Institute Council. The fields of my interest focus on marine ecology and biology, with particular interest on planktonic and mesobenthonic ecosystems.