Senior Researcher (RTD-B) in Dynamic Psychology (M-PSI/07) with National Scientific Qualification as Associate and Full Professor.
Member of the Italian Board of Professors and Researchers in Dynamic Psychology.
2024 Top Scholar in the ScholarGPS ranking (scholars who rank in the top 0.05% globally).
Top Italian Scientist in Neurosciences & Psychology.
Winner of the University of Parma Outstanding Junior Researcher Award (SH Macro-area), 2024 Edition.
Institutional Roles
- Member and Vice President of the Research Ethics Board (REB) of the University of Parma
- Member of the integrated internship committee between the Order of Psychologists of Emilia-Romagna and the University of Parma.
- Faculty advisor for curricular internships in the Master’s Degree Program in Clinical and Social Intervention Psychology.
- Delegate for career guidance (outgoing orientation) for the Master’s Degree Program in Clinical and Social Intervention Psychology.
- Safety delegate for the Psychological-Social Unit (psychological wing).
- Member of the PhD faculty board in Psychology.
Memberships
- Associate Member of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society (SPI) and the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).
- Full Member of the Italian Association of Psychology – Section of Clinical and Dynamic Psychology.
Scientific Activity
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Author of over 155 indexed scientific publications.
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Principal Investigator of the research project “Development and Validation of the Parental Reverie Scale”, winner of the competitive call “2025 Research Grant Application” of the International Psychoanalytic Association.
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Principal Investigator of the research project “The parental rêverie scale: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Early Caregiving Assessment” which was awarded the prize in the competitive call for proposals 2025 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CALL of the University of Parma.
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Supervisor of the research project “Share and Care: understanding the biopsychosocial mechanisms of sharenting to outline good practices for parents and internet users”, submitted to Horizon Europe: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call 2023, awarded the Seal of Excellence.
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Principal Investigator of the research project “The relation between mood and the spatial representation of time from adolescence to adulthood. A new sight on the reciprocal influence of psychopathological and cognitive processes with common treatment perspectives”, winner of the competitive PRIN 2022 call.
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Co-investigator of the research project “Learning environments and school success for the citizens of tomorrow: the role of student-centred teaching practices in preventing school dropout”, winner of the competitive 2021 University of Parma Research Call.
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Co-investigator of the research project “The function of free association and free floating attention in the analytic process: A new empirical tool from the analyst's perspective”, winner of the competitive 2021 Research Grant Application by the International Psychoanalytic Association.
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Principal Investigator of the research project “The spatial representation of time in individuals with obsessive-compulsive symptoms”, winner of the competitive 2020 University of Parma Research Call.
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Supervisor of 5 PhD students and 1 postdoctoral research fellow.
Teaching Activity
- Lecturer in courses and workshops in the field of Dynamic Psychology since 2008.
- Supervisor of over 150 thesis projects.
- Lecturer in Psychotherapy at several postgraduate Schools of Psychotherapy legally recognized by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR).