Assistant Professor of Innovation Management at the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group, Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).

She holds a Master’s in Innovation Management from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the University of Trento, and a Ph.D. (cum laude) in Management from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy. She previously held positions as Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Wageningen University & Research (where she also served as Minor Coordinator for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship program) and as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. She has published in journals such as Journal of Business Research, Technovation, Industry and Innovation, and Journal of Cleaner Production, and has been involved in major European projects including CO-FRESH, BEATLES, REWIRE, and CUES. Her work focuses on the dynamics of multi-partner collaboration in innovation ecosystems that support sustainability transitions, with applications in agri-food, energy, and related sectors.