I obtained a B.Sc. in Psychological Science and a M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. In 2011, I started my Ph.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Florence, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. David Burr and Maria Concetta Morrone.
During my PhD, I learned most of the methodology of visual neuroscience, including techniques of functional brain imaging, computer programing, advanced psychophysics, and clinical neuropsychology.
My PhD and subsequent post-doc resulted in publications in various distinct fields of visual science: scene and orientation perception, numerical cognition, vision-restoration in blind patients and brain plasticity. In parallel with the scientific career, I have cultivated my clinical interest with masters and internships on diagnosis and treatments of learning disabilities. In 2016 I moved to Paris and worked as postdoctoral research fellow at Neurospin (Cognitive neuroimaging unit, INSERM) with Dr. Evelyn Eger and Prof. Stanislas Dehaene. There I mastered the use of high-field (7T) imaging for studying numerical cognition and started investigating developmental dyscalculia. In 2018 I came back to the University of Florence and I was awarded first with a postdoctoral fellowship by the Accademia dei Lincei and then with a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship to pursue my research on numerical cognition and dyscalculia at the University of Pisa. Since 2021 I have held a researcher position (first one year as RTD-a, currently as RTD-b) at the University of Florence. The ultimate goal of my research is to take advantage of scientific research on brain plasticity and numerical cognition to ameliorate the clinical and educational practice.