I hold an academic background in Natural Sciences and Biological Anthropology, earned at the University of Florence, where I completed both a Master’s degree and a first-level postgraduate diploma with honours. I later obtained a PhD in Anthropology with a focus on Primatology, investigating the welfare and management of captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) through behavioural and faecal endocrine analysis. After my PhD, I collaborated with several departments (Florence, Bologna, Perugia) to publish my research and worked on scent gland histology in tamarins. I also taught for ten years in upper secondary schools and contributed to conservation and sustainability projects through partnerships with the Mugello Rescue Centre (LIPU/BirdLife) and CarbonsinkGroup. In 2021 I joined the University of Wolverhampton as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow with the EnPrim project, focused on the welfare of Alaotran gentle lemurs (Hapalemur alaotrensis). I later continued my collaboration as Visiting and Honorary Researcher. I am currently teaching and conducting a research project on lemur gut microbiota (in collaboration with Wolverhampton and Florence), while remaining active in public engagement and environmental education.