I graduated in Physics back in 1999 (!) at the University of Padova (Italy), with a specialisation on theoretical high energy particle physics. I then joined New York University for my Ph.D. (2001-2007), which was in David Grier‘s group at CSMR, working on colloidal interactions measured with holographic optical tweezers (experimental!). In 2007 I started working with Raymond Goldstein at DAMTP, Cambridge, on biophysics at the cellular level. I have been lucky enough to be sponsored first by a Marie-Curie Fellowship (2008-2010), then by an EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010-2013). I joined the Physics Department in Warwick in September 2013, and became Associate Professor in 2018. In February 2016 I became an Associate Member of Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre.

In December 2016 I  joined the Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology at Warwick as Group Leader.

In December 2020 I joined the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA) in the beautiful island of Mallorca, as a Ramón y Cajal Fellow. IMEDEA is a institute for advanced studies jointly run by the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). In October 2023, after a brief stint as PCD at UIB, I moved to a position of Investigador Científico (equivalent Assoc. Prof.) within CSIC