Fellowships, Awards & Professional recognition

[2026] Optica Global Meeting Grant (PI). To support the early career activities during the NEXT-AI workshop.

[2024 - to date] Lindau Nobel Laureate alumni network: a lifetime membership.
Nominated and selected to participate in the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physics as a Young Scientist.

[2024] DFG Travel Grant. My attendance to the Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting was sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

[2023] Listed in the Photonics100 2024 "honouring the most innovative and influential individuals in the field of photonics".

[2023-2026] The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (PI)

[2021] Roger Blin-Stoyle Award. My PhD thesis was awarded for "outstanding performances in Physics" by the University of Sussex.

Conference awards:
Teranet UK - NPL, National Physical Laboratories (UK), (2019).
Warwick THz Workshop, Warwick University (UK), (2018)
Photon 2018 Conference, Aston University, (UK), (2018)

[2011-2016] 5 times undergraduate and graduate student scholarships and awards.
- Top 10 students across La Sapienza university (IT) to enrol in a master course.

Academic background

List of publications and conference proceedings link here

More info on press releases and media coverage link here

My collection of posters are here

[Sept 2026 - to date] Lecturer in Physics (tenure track or Associate Professor equivalent) at Loughborough University.

[Sept 2023 - Aug 2026] Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow at Loughborough University (UK). My research is supported by the Emergent Photonics Research Centre

[2022 – 2025] Visiting Research Fellow at University of Sussex (UK).

[July 2022 –Aug 2023] Research Fellow in Experimental Photonics at Loughborough University (UK)

[2021 - 2022] Research Fellow at the University of Sussex (UK)

[2020 - 2021] Higher Research Scientist at the National Physical Laboratories, London (UK)

[2021] Ph.D. at the University of Sussex (UK)

[2016] M.Sc. at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

[2014] B.Sc. at the University of Rome Roma 3, Italy

Service to the scientific community and the society

As a female scientist, I believe that engaging in outreach activities is crucial to inspire and mentor the next generation of women in STEM, combat gender stereotypes, and promote diversity in the field.

[April 2026] Main organiser and chair of the Early Career Activities of the NEXT-AI workshop (8-10 April 2026). The activities involved the cooperation of 4 different Optica Student Chapters and it was awarded with an Optica Global Meeting Grant. Among the acitivities chosen among the students, there were the organisation of a poster session with poster prizes, an informal casual evening (pub quiz) attended by over 30 people, flash talk sessions and a career development panel discussion attended by Prof. Andrea di Falco, Prof. Natalia Berloff, Dr Francesca Parmigiani and Dr Alessandro Pierro.

[2024 - 2026] OPTICA subcommittee member for CLEO US 2024, 2025 and 2026. Topic: Terahertz science

[2024 - to date] I am taking part in the Lindau Alumni Network as a 2024 Lindau alumna. Since 1951, the network is built to bring together scientists from all around the world to exchange ideas on how to tackle global challenges.

[2024 - to date] Vice-Chair of the Nonlinear Optics Technical Group (OPTICA)

[2026 - to date] Main organiser of the "Landau seminars", fostering a rich scientific environment benefiting university staff and PhD students.

[2023 - 2026] Co-organiser of the "Landau seminars".

Previous engagement

[2024 - 2025] Institute of Physics membership :
2024 - Topical chair of the "Novel and super-resolution microscopy I and II" sessions at Photon 2024, Swansea Arena, Swansea, UK.

[2018 – 2022] President and co-founder of the University of Sussex Optica student chapter (formerly OSA). I organised outreach events for postgraduate and undergraduate students and staff, e.g. "quantum talks", "women in STEM talks", and laboratory tours for students and for the public.

[2022] I took part in Soapbox Science, presenting my research to the general public in Brighton, (UK) - photo on the top-right panel

[2018-2022] University of Sussex outreach program.

I took an active part in outreach activities for inspiring new students to enrol in STEM degrees: my interview was reported in the “LET US INSPIRE YOU” booklet distributed at the National Quantum Technologies Showcase, in London on Nov 15th, 2019.

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