Ancient sea routes and maritime trade

The human dimension of ancient seafaring (e.g., perceptions of risk, ritual practices, superstitions)

Spatial archaeology and digital methodologies applied to the study of maritime mobility and connectivity

Since 12/2025: Postdoctoral researcher (part-time) within the Horizon Europe ERC-2024-COG MarDepend (Maritime Dependencies in Antiquity: How trade, geography and conflict are related. A maritime history and case study of Syracuse, combining history, archaeology, oceanography, ships, and economic theory)

Since 05/2025: Assistant professor of Classical Archaeology at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy (part-time)

01-12/2022 – 30/11/2025: Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Heritage-Inclusivity, Innovation, and Curation, Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen; Focus on the ethics of digital applications within the humanities

07/2022 – 11/2022 – Glasgow (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Glasgow School of Art, School of Simulation and Visualisation. As part of the UK project UNPATH’D Waters: Marine and Maritime Collections in the UK, I contributed during the project’s initial phase to the co-design of immersive interfaces for linked maritime heritage datasets, with particular attention to inclusive design practices aimed at engaging marginalised communities

01/03/2022 – 31/05/2022: Data Steward at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

4/11/2013–16/06/2022 – Groningen, Netherlands & Lucca, Italy
Double-doctorate PhD, tracks in Analysis & Management of Cultural Heritage (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy) and Mediterranean Archaeology (University of Groningen, Netherlands). Research topic: GIS-based archaeological predictive modelling in Mediterranean waters

16/6/2011–31/12/2012– Rome, Italy

Surveillance in geophysical marine surveys to identify archaeological artefacts in the areas involved in the construction of new power lines. Terna SpA (Italian Electric Power Company)

19/4/2011–30/7/2012– Ventotene, Italy

Scientific Director, Municipal Archaeological Museum of Ventotene (Museo Archeologico Comunale di Ventotene)

9/7/2010: Master’s degree in “Society, Culture and History of the Ancient World”, the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy (110/110 cum laude)

12/12/2006:  Bachelor’s Degree in “Underwater Archaeology”, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy. (110/110 cum laude)