I started my research as a geologist, looking for the origin of some tonalitic rocks in the Calabrian Arc, in Southern Italy.

I was intrigued by the presence of mafic inclusions inside the tonalites, and I figured that to understand how different magma could mingle without mixing completely, I had to add some more physics to my curriculum.

This is how I ended up dealing with numerical models of convecting fluids.

I’ve got involved in the study of volcanic processes during my PhD.

This is when I started working on volcanic gases, which seeps through the rocks and provide us information on the subsurface activity of volcanoes.

I’m still there, working to understand how and when volcanic activity happens.