Senior Researcher. My research lies at the interface of evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, and the physiology of marine organisms. It focuses on two main, interconnected research themes:
Sexual selection and the evolution of reproductive traits and behaviours: I investigate pre-mating competition, mate choice (both before and after mating), sperm competition, evolutionary trade-offs among sexually selected traits, and the coevolutionary dynamics between the sexes.
Ecology of reproduction: I investigate how environmental variation, including climate change and anthropogenic disturbance, influences the dynamics of sexual selection, reproductive physiology, and phenotypic plasticity.
Since 2017, I have served on the Executive Board of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology (SIBE), where I hold the position of Secretary-Treasurer.