Date of birth: 22 May 1966 Degree in Biology 110/110 e lode (6/1990). PhD degree in Evolutionary Biology (6/1994) University Researcher (3/2001) National Scientific qualifying examination as associate professor (2/2014) Research Activity Evolutionary biology, population genetics and molecular systematic of marine, lagoon and freshwater Teleost species inhabiting Mediterranean and tropical areas, through the analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences, polymorphism at microsatellite loci and cytogenetic investigation on chromosomal localization of repeated sequences. She is referee of many national and international scientific journals She is member of teaching board of the PhD school in Animal Biology and Evolutionary and environmental Biology ARR authored more than 85 publications in refereed journals, including research papers (45), book chapters (2), and abstract of national and international congresses (41). N. paper on Scopus e ISIWeb = 38 N. total citation = 562, N. normalized citation = 25.54 Teaching activity She taught different courses in Bachelor of Science degree in Biology (Laboratory of methods in Biology, Cellular Biology and Histology, Methods and Analysis in Microscopy - module II), and Natural Sciences (Cytology and Histology). Presently she teaches lessons of Histology (as a module of Cellular Biology and Histology course in Bachelor of Science degree in Biology) and Biogenesis of Cellular compartments and cell signaling for the master degree course in Cellular Biology and Technologies.