from January 2015 – co-PI of CSP project in collaboration with the JGI
Project: Evolution and adaptation of carbohydrate utilization in the Colletotrichum acutatum species complex
Istitutions: University of Salamanca (Spain), CBS (The Netherlands), NIAB-EMR (UK), The University of Bedfordshire (UK), CNRS – Aix-Marseille Université (France)

from January 2015 –  Postdoctoral researcher:
Project: Colletotrichum lupini: population structure and genomic signatur of host speciation
Istitutions: Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne – University of Western Brittany (France)

from June – to December 2014 –  Research fellow:
Project: Trichoderma spp. comparative genomics
Istitutions: Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-Environmental Sciences – University of Pisa (Italy)

from September 2013 to May 2014 – BSPP Senior Research fellow:
Project: Colletotrichum acutatum comparative genomics
Istitutions: CIALE (El Centro Hispano-Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias) – University of Salamanca (Spain)

from March to August 2013:
Project: Characterization and epidemiolog of Colletotrichum associate with Safflower anthracnose
Istitutions: Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-Environmental Sciences – University of Pisa

from February to July 2013:
Project: Verticillium longisporum: Applying Genomics to Diagnostics
Istitutions: Warwick Crop Centre (WCC) and School of Life Science – University of Warwick (UK)

from January to December 2008 – Winner of a public competition for financing a one year research project:
Project: Use of filamentous fungi for bioremediation of industrial color with a diazoic structure
Istitutions: Mycodream, University of Pisa, ARCHA Laboratory srl (Italy)