Curriculum Vitae.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Visiting Researcher - February 2019 - Present
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole (USA)

• Development of genetic tools in Hawaiian Bobtail Squid (Euprymna scolopes)

PhD Student - September 2018 - Present
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

• Creating and culturing cephalopod genetic lines: Imaging an controlling neural circuits in transgenic Hawaiian Bobtail Squid (Euprymna scolopes) and Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
  
  

Research Intern - January - June 2018
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole (USA)

• Development of CRISPR-Cas9 editing tools in Pygmy Squid (Idiosepius paradoxus)

Research Intern - October - December 2017
SYMAR Laboratory, Nice (France)

• Culture and characterization of temperate sea endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp.)

Research Intern - July - September 2013
ECOMERS Laboratory, Nice (France)

• Fish visual census techniques and Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarticum) otoliths preparation and observation​

EDUCATION

PhD - 2018 - Present
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

• Biological Sciences

Master's Degree II - 2017 - 2018
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France)

• Biology and Environmental Health - Marine Biology

Master's Degree I - 2016 - 2017
Pythéas Institute: Observatory of Sciences of the Universe (France)

• Oceanography - Marine Ecology and Biology

Bachelor's Degree - 2012 - 2016
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France) 

• Life Science - Ecosystems and Organisms Biology

WORK & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Science Communicator - January 2018 - Present
Krakenology - Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

Amateur Drama Teacher - November 2018 - Present
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt (Germany)

Hotel Student Job - 2013 - 2016
Westminster Hotel & Spa, Nice (France)

Student Body President - 2009 - 2012
Galilei-Campailla High School, Modica (Italy)

LANGUAGE & CERTIFICATIONS

French: Native speaker
Italian: Bilingual proficiency
English: Full professional proficiency

​Course on Laboratory Animals - Function A, D and C (FELASA) - October 2018
Fortbildungen-Rhein-Main

M-201 Chemical Safety & M-202 Biosafety Training - June 2018
Marine Biological Laboratory

1 Star Diver - International Certificate - June 2014
FFESSM - Fédération française d'études et de sports sous-marins

ORGANIZATIONS

Unitas Malacologica - May 2018 – Present
Member

PRESENTATIONS

Cephalopod International Advisory Council Conference, St. Petersburg (USA) - November 2018
Establishing a novel model for cephalopods : Development of genetic tools - Oral presentation

TONMOcon, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole (USA) - April 2018
Establishing a novel model for cephalopods : Development of genetic tools - Oral presentation