He graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2000 and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering in 2004, at the University of Padova. Since September 2017 she has become RTDb university researcher in the disciplinary sector (ING-IND/21) at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova. The research topics mainly concern: anti-corrosion and anti-wear surface treatments on aluminium, magnesium and titanium alloys; heat treatments on steels; intermetallics; recovery of metals by hydrometallurgical techniques from electronic waste; characterization of steel mill slag and fumes for their reuse in concrete.