She has developed specialized expertise in Environmental Criminal Law, Immigration Criminal Law, Drug Trafficking and has authored a monograph on the Statute of Limitations in Criminal law (2022).
She holds a PhD in Criminal Law from the University of Macerata (2005) and is currently Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Palermo, where she teaches Criminal Law and Immigration Criminal Law.
She has worked as a researcher in several European and international projects (IFO, GLODERS, NESMES, EUMOSIT, EURCOORD etc.), has authored numerous publications and has been invited to participate as a speaker at several national and international conferences on Criminal Law topics.