I've always been fascinated by nature and evolution. I decided to study Biotechnology at the University of Insubria, in Italy, and after my bachelor I subsequently started my master in Molecular Biotechnology. While studying for my master's degree, and especially during my Erasmus traineeship in Wädenswil (CH), I developed the idea of starting a PhD. Also, I realized that what I'm most passionate about is not applied biology, but instead to try to understand mechanisms of biological evolution.

That's why I applied for this project in Robert Kofler's group. I will work on transposable elements, trying to understand their abundance in different human populations, both extant and extint, working with modern and ancient DNA data, and eventually look for biological and historical explanations of the results.