Research Group
Biography
I investigate how plants respond to environmental cues through epigenetic mechanisms. My main focus is on light quality perception, and the ways it partipcipates to photomorphogenesis and flowering time control by impacting histone modifications and chromatin accessibility. I mostly work with Arabidopsis, but additional projects I work on aim to clarify the role of epigenetic components in tomato.
Previous Positions
2023 to present - PhD Student at Giorgio Perrella’s Lab - University of Milan
2023 - MSc Intern at Giorgio Perrella’s Lab – University of Milan
2022 - MSc Intern at David Stephen Horner’s Lab - University of Milan
2022 - MSc Intern at Paolo Pesaresi’s Lab - University of Milan
Qualifications
2023 - MPhil in Plant Science - University of Milan and University of Grenoble-Alpes
2021 - BSci in Biological Science - University of Milan-Bicocca
Key Publications
‘Mutations in HEADING DATE 1 affect transcription and cell wall composition in rice’, (2025), 10.1093/plphys/kiaf120
‘The generation of novel epialleles in plants: the prospective behind re-shaping the epigenome’, (2025), 10.3389/fpls.2025.1544744
