PhD student in Ecology and sustainable management of environmental resources - Astrobiology, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy. Evaluation of Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities survival when exposed to Mars-like stresses, single (ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, de-/hydration cycles, thermal fluctuations) and total (simulation of Present Mars condition in Mars Simulation Chamber). Searching for past or present life on Mars. Viability and metabolic assays on entire endolithic extremophile communities.