Ricercatore tipo A

Researcher RTDa at Department of Mental and Physical Health, and Preventive Medicine, University of
Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
Scopus ID: 57221416854
Citations 771
Documents 74
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Google Scholar: Citations 1251 (since 2020: 937)
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ACADEMIC ROLES:
April 3, 2023 – April 3, 2026: Temporary Assistant Professor, Department of Mental and Physical Health
and Preventive Medicine. University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.
June 16, 2022 – April 2, 2023: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, California State University at
Northridge
March 2, 2020 – May 31, 2022: Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
School of Medicine
November 3, 2008 – June 16, 2022: Research Associate Centre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA
studies. University of Rome Tor Vergata.
EDUCATION:
May 10, 2010 Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2015 Best Poster Award: Congress of Italian Anthropological Association.
2016 1. Best Poster Award: Congress of FADOI - Società Scientifica di Medicina Interna.
2. Best Poster Award: Congress of European Anthropological Association.
3. CM Lerici Scholarship by Istituto Italiano di Cultura – Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Best Poster Award: XXII Congress Associazione Antropologica Italiana. Rome, Italy.
2018 Best Poster Award: 21st Congress of European Anthropological Association. Odense, Denmark.
2023 Young Investigator Grant SMBE: SMBE Congress, Ferrara, Italia
MAIN RESEARCH TOPIC
My research explores the evolution of complex human traits by integrating Skeletal Biology, Anatomy,
Ancient DNA, Population Genomics, and Bio-Cultural Adaptation and Multi-omics, linking past adaptations
to present-day diversity across time and space.