I am a PhD student in the Integrated Anthropological Sciences program at UC Santa Barbara. My interests include biocultural evolution, cooperation and conflict across systems, and especially the field of evolutionary medicine, with a focus on cancer and microchimerism.
I received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Oriental Studies from the University of Rome “Sapienza”, and a master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Milan "Bicocca". After graduating, I started collaborating with the Cancer and Evolution lab at Arizona State University, and with the Cooperation Science Network, an interdisciplinary research group founded by Arizona State University and Rutgers University.

I am a graduate student in the Integrate Anthropological Sciences. I study the behavioral ecology of primates. My research interests include social variation within and across populations, behavioral syndromes and their roles in group dynamics, and the coevolution of vocal communication and sociality. 

I earned a B.S. in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and a B.S. in Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of California, Davis, where I studied the behavioral syndromes and movement ecology of several species of lizards. I have also contributed to a number of projects by studying the demography of vulnerable species to better inform conservation efforts.