Education
2015-2019 PhD Candidate in Physical Anthropology, LJMU
PhD Thesis: Cranial remains from the graveyard to the laboratory: restoration, conservation and craniometric analysis of medieval British skeletal samples
Supervised by Dr Matteo Borrini, Prof Joel D. Irish and Prof Silvia Gonzalez
Funded by LJMU
2010 – 2014 Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
MA, Archeology, (110/100 cum laude)
Courses: Prehistory
MA Thesis: Gli oggetti di ornamento nel neolitico ed eneolitico in Italia: contributo alla conoscenza di un atteggiamento metaforico identitario. Supervised by Prof Fabio Martini
2004 – 2010 Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
BA (Hons), History and conservation of Archaeological Heritage, (94/110)
Courses: Prehistory
BA Thesis: Vedbæk/Bøgebakken e Skateholm: contributo alla conoscenza del rito funerario mesolitico in Scandinavia. Supervised by Prof Fabio Martini
Research Experience
May-June 2011 Archaeological excavation at the site of Caune de l’Arago, Tautavel (France) for the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
September 2010 Archaeological Excavation at the site of Isolino Virginia (VA), Italy for Università degli studi di Firenze
June-July 2008 Archaeological excavation at the site of Cialdino, Firenzuola (FI), Italy for Università degli Studi di Siena
July 2006 Archaeological excavation at Mikkeli, Finland for Helsingin Yliopisto
June-July 2006 Archaeological excavation at the site of Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy for Università degli Studi di Firenze
January-February 2005 Archaeological excavation at the site of Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy for Università degli Studi di Firenze
Teaching Experience
September 2020 – December 2020
Covering Lecturer in Palaeopathology 6310NATSCI, LJMU
January 2020 – June 2020
Forensic and Biological Anthropology Lecturer at University of Central Lancashire
September 2015 – September 2017
Teaching Support Officer at Liverpool John Moores University
Skills
Cranial Reconstruction, Craniometric analysis, Fordisc
Languages
Italian (Native), Finnish (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Advanced)
Research Centre for Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology 