Education
2020-2024. PhD in Chemistry and Material Sciences. Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry. University of Pisa (UNIPI). Pisa, Italy. Thesis: “Development of a multiscale strategy for the modeling of photoreceptors.”. Supervisors: Prof. Benedetta Mennucci, Prof. Giovanni Granucci. 
2018-2020. M.Sc. in Chemistry. Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry. University of Pisa (UNIPI). Pisa, Italy. Thesis: “Computational study of the spectroscopy and photochemistry of the Deinococcus radiodurans bacteriochrome”. Supervisor: Prof. Benedetta Mennucci.
2015-2018. B.Sc. in Chemistry. Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry. University of Pisa (UNIPI). Pisa, Italy. Thesis: “Computational study of DCNP as a potential DNA photoswitch”. Supervisor: Prof. Benedetta Mennucci.

Professional Experience
2026 – Present. Postdoctoral Research. Modeling Light & Environment in Complex Systems (MoLECoLab). Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry. University of Pisa (UNIPI). Pisa, Italy. Project: “A Deep learning from Nature to design novel photoEnzymes”. Supervisor: Prof. Benedetta Mennucci.
2024-2026. Postdoctoral Research. Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich, Germany. Topic: Photopharmacology, catalytic mechanisms in RNA methyltransferases. Supervisor: Prof. Paolo Carloni
2023-2024. Research fellowship. Modeling Light & Environment in Complex Systems (MoLECoLab). Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry. University of Pisa (UNIPI). Pisa, Italy. Topic: Computational Pharmacology - Enhanced molecular dynamics simulations for drug-target interactions in collaboration with the experimental group of Prof. Marco Scarselli. Supervisor: Prof. Benedetta Mennucci.