RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in adolescence; parental emotion socialization; daily emotional processes.
CURRENT POSITIONS:
2023-2026. Ph.D Student at the Department of Psychology of “Sapienza” University of Rome in Psychology and Social Neuroscience, Curriculum “Personality and Organizational Psychology”, 39° CYCLE.
Psychologist,
Psychologist registered in section A of the Register “Ordine degli Psicologi della Regione Lazio” from 20/02/2023 with n. 28235.
EDUCATION:
Master’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychological Rehabilitation (LM-51),
Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, La Sapienza, University of Rome
Thesis: “Impulsivity, anger regulation, and parenting in response to anger reactions in adolescent children: an empirical contribution to the individual determinants of emotional parental socialization”
Advisor: Prof. Laura Di Giunta
Date: 8/03/2021
Bachelor’s degree in Sciences and Techniques of Cognitive Psychology (L-24),
Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Studies "Suor Orsola Benincasa" of Naples
Thesis: “Miscommunication: elements of reflection on seductive communication”
Advisor: Prof. Simona Collina
Date: 10/04/2018
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS:
- Four-month research fellowship for “Feedback sensitivity and emotion regulation in adolescence: An EMA study” (MPSI-01)
“La Sapienza” University of Rome. Rome.
Advisor: Laura Di Giunta, P.I.; Sapienza University of Rome.
Date: May 2023- August 2023
- One-year research fellowship for “MicroRNAs-34 and cardiovascular implications of chronic life stress and depression: a potential biomarker and therapeutic target”
Funded by Ministero della Salute (Ministry of Health)
At the Neurobiology of Behavioral Laboratory of the Santa Lucia Foundation (IRCCS), Rome.
Advisors: Viviana Betti, Co-PI; La Sapienza University of Rome. Diego Andolina, Co-PI; La Sapienza University of Rome. Laura Di Giunta, Research associate; Sapienza University of Rome.
Date: March 2022- February 2023
GRANTS:
- 2025-2026 Starting Grant: Avvio alla Ricerca Tipo 1 [competitive seed funding supporting early-stage research projects] (€1227). Sapienza University of Rome. Protocol Number: R125199C341257F
Role: P.I.
Project Title: “Individual determinants of depressive symptoms during adolescence”
- 2024-2025 Starting Grant: Avvio alla Ricerca Tipo 1 [competitive seed funding supporting early-stage research projects] (€1250). Sapienza University of Rome. Protocol Number: AR124190784FD899
Role: P.I.
Project Title: “Parental Irritability, Emotion Socialization and Adolescents’ Internalizing Problems”
- 2024-2026 Grant: Progetti di ricerca Grandi (€30.380,00 €). Sapienza University of Rome.
Protocol Number: RG124190FD838AAC.
PI: Prof. Rossella Ventura (Sapienza, University of Rome).
Role: Member of the research unit
FOREIGN EXPERIENCES:
Visiting PhD student. Department of Cognition and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA). Supervisor: Prof. Jason Chein, Temple University.
Date: January 2025 - April 2025
ADVANCED TRAINING COURSES:
- EARA-EADP-SRA Summer School on Adolescent Development
Selected participant. International training program for early-career researchers in adolescent development.
Senior scholars included: Simona Caravita, Geertjan Overbeek, Jennifer Symonds, Eva Telzer, Takuya Yanagida, Charissa Cheah, Susan Branje, Lisa Kiang, and Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz.
Anupriškės, Lithuania. August 21-25, 2025
- Statistical Analysis of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data in Psychological Research. General Linear, Mixed, and Generalized Linear Models
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Instructor: Marcello Gallucci, University of Milano-Bicocca
June 23-27, 2025
- Structural equation models: theory and applications with MPLUS software
Department of Psychology, La Sapienza, Italy
Instructor: Prof. Claudio Barbaranelli, Sapienza University of Rome
August 29-September 3, 2022
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Statistical software: SPSS, MPlus, R
Survey platforms: Qualtrics
Other programs: Office, OpenOffice, Windows OS, ProCreate