I am a Postdoctoral Investigator in the Department of Physical Oceanography at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA). Currently, I serve as the Science PI on a NASA-funded project investigating the role of wind in shaping the energetics, movement, and demography of seabirds.

My research focuses on the unique behavioral adaptations making pelagic seabirds ecologically successful predators at the apex of the ocean food chain. Questions that I address range from the role of the environment in albatross divorce rates, to the strategies used by seabirds to fly for thousands of miles at a very low energetic cost, using the wind like skillful sailors. My research is highly interdisciplinary, at the interface between marine predators’ spatial and population ecology and oceanography.

Before joining the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 2022, I earned my PhD from the University of Lisbon (Portugal). Previously, I received my MSc in Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity and Conservation from the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and my BSc in Biology from Sapienza University of Rome (Italy).