Welcome to the my personal website! I am a microbial ecologist working on the microbiology of extreme environments. I am…
Starting a new Lab at the University of Naples “Federico II”
I’m very excited and happy to announce that i’ve recently accepted a TT Assistant Professor position at the Department of…
Interview with the Colombian RCN Radio on Deep Subsurface Life and the discoveries of DCO
Here is an interview I did with the Colombian RCN Radio (Radio Cadena Nacional, “National Radio Network”) from Bogotá. The…
Co-Organizing and Speaking at the Deep-Time Data Driven Discovery Workshop (4D Workshop)
From June 4-6, 2018 I’m co-organizing and speaking at the 4D Workshop in Washington DC. The 4D Workshop, organized with the…
Speaking at the 7th Symbioza Intercollegiate Biotechnology Conference, Warsaw
On May 11th to 13th I participated as invited speaker in the 7th edition of the Intercollegiate Biotechnology Conference Symbioza,…
Biology Meet Subduction leg 2: following the effect of biology on volatile cycling in Costa Rica
Just a quick update from the field in Costa Rica where we are sampling hot springs and geothermal features across…
Iceland expedition: sampling the diversity of extremophiles in Iceland shallow-water vents and hot springs
I’ve been recently asked to join a scientific expedition organized by Shawn McGlynn (Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo) with the support…
A great week at Goldschmidt 2017
I’m in the midst of Goldschmidt 2017, the annual, international conference on geochemistry and related subjects, organised by the European Association…
