Since 2022, I am the Director of the Science Program at The University Western Australia's node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR).

I obtained a joint Ph.D. at Milano Bicocca University (Italy) and Universite de Marseille Provence (France). After the Ph.D., before taking on my current position at ICRAR, I have worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Cardiff University (2006-2010), at the European Southern Observatory (2010-2013) and Swinburne University (2013-2015).

I joined ICRAR-UWA in 2015 as a Senior Research Fellow and held an ARC Future Fellowship between 2018 and 2022.

My research is in the area of observational extragalactic astronomy, and my main interest is the study of the physical properties of galaxies and their dependence on redshift and environment using large, multi- wavelength datasets. The multi-wavelength approach is at the foundation of my research activity, as it is the only way to trace all the baryonic constituents of galaxies and to reveal how the Universe formed and evolves. I am an expert on the study of the interstellar medium and environmental effects in nearby galaxies, and I contributed to the success of several large legacy surveys with ground- and space-based facilities.

I am currently the Director of ICRAR's Graduate program. Between 2018 and 2020 I led the expansion of the Astronomy and Astrophysics specialisation of the Master of Physics degree. Prior to this, I was the unit coordinator of the Optical and Radio Astronomy Techniques unit for the Master of Physics (Astronomy and Astrophysics).

I am a proud advocate of Equity and Diversity. I have chaired ICRAR's DEI committee between 2018 and 2022, and have been a member since 2016. I am have been a member of the DVCR Gender Equity committes since 2021 and of the UWA Gender Equity Committee from 2020 to 2025.