She received a master’s in mechanical engineering at the University of Bologna in 1999. In the period of 2000–2003, she obtained her PhD in Machine and Energetic Systems Engineering in 2003 with a thesis titled “Development of methodologies for simulating high pressure and fast-actuation injectors”. During her PhD, she spent 6 months at the Engine Research Centre in Madison, Wisconsin, working together with R. D. Reitz. In 2003 she won a post-doc biennial scholarship in industrial engineering at the University of Bologna. In 2005, she became a researcher and assistant professor at the University of Bologna in the disciplinary scientific sector ING-IND 08 (Fluid Machinery). In September 2021, she became an associate professor at the University of Bologna. Since 2006, she has taught lessons in the fluid machinery field and energetic systems. Her research is mainly devoted to two fields: 1. Mono-dimensional simulation of pneumatic and hydraulic systems for automotive and industrial applications. 2. Three-dimensional fluid-dynamic simulations of combustion process for gasoline high-performances engines, with a particular emphasis on ignition process. Concerning the last research field, she was involved in research activities regarding: 1. Definition of chemical correlations generated with detailed kinetics and machine learning algorithms. 2. Neural network prediction of the liquid-phase diffusion coefficient to model fuel–oil dilutions. 3. Fuel surrogate definitions.