Researcher at the Department of Agricultural Science, University of Sassari and Director of the Sassari pole of the IAFES Division (Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Ecosystem Services) into Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change Foundation. Her research interest is on monitoring and modeling ecosystems functional processes, evaluating climate change impacts on natural resources, identification of adaptation and mitigation options, and development of adaptation strategies and plans. She participated in several European, National and Regional funded projects and is author of peer-reviewed papers published on national and international journals.