PhD in Biodiversity, Agriculture, and Environment at the University of Bari, with a specialization in genetics and plant biotechnology. Research Fellow at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (CNR-IBBR), focusing on applied plant genetics. Marker-assisted breeding and olive and grapevine genetics are her main research interests. She uses genetic, molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics tools to study population genetics,gene flow, and identification of key genes involved in the expression of agronomic traits Since 2023 she is a member of the Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics.