CV

Education

• M.S. in Evolutionary Biology, University of Padova, 2025
• B.S. in Biological Science, University of Pavia, 2023

Work experience

• Feb 2025 – Nov 2025

  Research Trainee: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

  • Master’s thesis in Prof. Julien Dutheil’s group on compensatory mutations, evaluating their relationship with effective population size across mammals.
  • Combined large-scale protein sequence alignments with 3D structural data to investigate evolutionary drivers beyond compensation.
  • Developed a reproducible analysis pipeline, strengthening skills in bioinformatics, statistics, population genetics and comparative genomics.

• Jul 2023 – Aug 2023

  Edmund Mach Foundation: Bachelor Research Intern

  • Bachelor Research Intern
  • Soil-vibration device prototype and data acquisition

• Jun 2022 – Mar 2023

  Kosmos – Natural History Museum of Pavia: Collection Management Intern

  • Holotype imaging and collection curation

Skills

• Comparative genomics
• Population genetics
• Phylogeny
• Bioinformatics
• Programming
  • Python
  • R
  • Bash

Languages

• English (fluent)
• Italian (native)