Research specialist at the Center for Desert Agriculture in KAUST.
Research Interests
L1 retrotransposition in mammalian genome and its interaction with epigenome and transcriptome
Education
2005 - 2008 BSc in "Biological Sciences" Graduated with honors (110/110 cum laude) at Sapienza – University of Rome, Italy Final Dissertation: "Functional study of the transcription factor HFR1 in Arabidopsis thaliana"
2008 – 2010 MSc in "Genetics and Molecular Biology" Graduated with honors (110/110 cum laude) at Sapienza – University of Rome, Italy Final Dissertation: "Networks that control shade avoidance response in Arabidopsis thaliana"
2013 – 2015 Ph.D. in "Agricultural science and biotechnology" at University of Udine, Italy Topic: "Analysis of epigenomic variability in grapevine and its relation with structural variation" Advisor: Prof. Michele Morgante
2016 Post-Doctoral Fellowship position at University of Udine _Advisor: Prof. Michele Morgante,
2017 present Post-Doctoral Fellowship position at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA Advisor: Prof. Valerio Orlando, Environmental epigenetics group, BESE division
