Federica Masiero graduated from the University of Padua in 1997 with a thesis on the reprint of September Testament in Adam Petri’s printing office (1522-1523). In 2004 she received her doctorate at the Free University of Berlin with a dissertation on the critical edition of the main works by Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (1530/1531-1599). From 2001 to 2006 she worked as a part time Professor of German Language at the University of Calabria. Since 2007 she has been a Senior Lecturer of German Language at the University of Padua. She has now a national abilitazione as Associate Professor. Her research interests are editions of Early New High German texts, translation of 16th century Italian texts into Early New High German, the synchronic comparison of German with Italian in selected grammatical phenomena.

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