Full Professor and group leader of the Ancient DNA Laboratory (aDNA Lab) of the Department of Cultural Heritage in the Ravenna Campus. My research fields are molecular anthropology, archaeogenetics and paleogenomics. In particular, my latest interests are focused on the analysis of the human biodiversity and the genetic variability of modern human populations in relation to different selective pressures, such as diet and environmental conditions. My research activities also focus on the analysis of ancient human and non-human DNA samples and of the human epigenetic variability in response to environmental stresses.