Current position: Associate Professor.

She graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and received a PhD in Medical Embryology at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
During her PhD studies, Roberta was a visiting researcher at the Department of Anatomy, Embryolo-gy and Histology at Ghent University, Belgium.
From 1999 to 2021 she was a researcher at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases – IRCCS “L. Spallanzani”, Rome.

Roberta’s research activity has developed around the study of the cellular and molecular mechnisms underlying autophagy and cell death in different contexts. She collaborates with several national and international research groups.

She is author of several publications in prestigious international journals and has been listed as “one of the Top Italian Scientists”. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Cells and is an ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals.
She is a member of AIBG (Associazione Italiana di Biologia e Genetica Generale e Molecolare).