Born in Italy, I have lived in different European countries to study and work. Since my Erasmus stay at the Brookes University in Oxford, I am fascinated with different ways of learning and presenting science. I hold a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Helsinki (Finland), where I entered the field of food science by studying enzymes with a crosslinking activity to tune the texture of food matrices. After moving to Switzerland in 2012, I joined the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Empa, and investigated the use of proteins for materials science, diagnostics, and MedTech applications. With almost 50 peer-reviewed articles, one patent, and various book chapters and popular articles, I am currently working as a consultant in scientific communication, R&D, and intellectual property management.