Land and Environmental Engineer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Town and regional planning in the University of Brescia, where she teaches Analysis of urban and regional systems and Ethics for environmental sustainability. President of the regional Centre for Urban Studies of Lombardy and Co-Mangager of Sustanable Development Solution Network (SDSN) Italia. Her main research fields are “regional and urban planning”, “sustainability of urban settlement”, “environmental assessment”, “accessibility and safety in the urban environment”. She was junior researcher in the COST Action “Land Management for Urban Dynamics” (TU0602), she took part in the European projects “ROad safety in South East European regions” (ROSEE), "Institutionalized Integrated Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans" (2ISECAP), and national projects "Biodiversity, Soil and Ecosystem Services. Methods and Techniques for Robust, Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems"(BIODSS) – Platform 5: Mapping Soil Quality and Degradation, Model Integration to Support Governance and Regional Sustainable Development Strategy (INTEGRA), The Demand and Supply of Social, Care and Health Services for the Well-being of Individuals and Families in Brescia (IT). She contributes/contributed to several project in the team of Town and regional planning of the University of Brescia.