01/2025 – now, ZARM, University of Bremen, Germany: Research Group Leader of the Laboratory of Applied Space Microbiology (LASM).
05/2019 – 12/2024, ZARM, University of Bremen, Germany: Postdoctoral Fellow and Junior Research Group Leader of the LASM.
12/2017 – 12/2018 – Italian Research Council, Concordia research station, Antarctica: Station Leader and Glaciologist. Responsible for a crew of 13 and performed field work daily.
08/2015 – 08/2016 – University of Hawaii, Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii, USA: Crew Biologist of HI-SEAS IV, a NASA-funded, one-year mission in an isolated habitat. No real-time communication, no exposure to the open air. Research on spaceflight microbiome dynamics.
11/2013 – 11/2017 (defended April 2018), University of Rome II, Rome, Italy: PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology. Supervisors: Prof. Daniela Billi (University of Rome II) and Dr. Lynn Rothschild (NASA Ames). Field: astrobiology.
10/2012 – 08/2013, University of Paris-Saclay, Evry, France: Master's in Systems and Synthetic Biology. In parallel to Sup’Biotech. Thesis at NASA Ames (California).
09/2008 – 07/2013, Sup’Biotech, Villejuif, France: Master's equivalent, and Bachelor's, in Biotechnology Engineering.
2011 – University of Paris-Est Creteil, Créteil, France: Bachelor's in Biology and Chemistry. Cumulative degree (alongside Sup’Biotech).
- ERC Starting Grant (Project 101165485 — MarCyano), 2025.
- Europlanet TA grant (17-EPN3-018; Microbiome evolution during the HI-SEAS IV mission and impact on human space travel), 2017.
The list below shows the latest 25 publications of this research group. For the complete, searchable list of ZARM publications, please click more
2015
A new network for astrobiology in Europe
Astronomy & Geophysics, 56 (2) :2—15
2015
Publisher: OUP
A question of attire: dressing up bacteriophage therapy for the battle against antibiotic-resistant intracellular bacteria
Springer Science Reviews, 3 :1—11
2015
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Astrobiology from early-career scientists’ perspective
International Journal of Astrobiology, 14 (4) :533—535
2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
BIOMEX on EXPOSE-R2: Preservation of cyanobacterial biomarkers after Martian ground-based simulation exposure
Exobiologie Jeunes Chercheurs EJC'15
2015
2014
BIOMEX: Three different steps to approach a systematic determination of habitats and stable biosignatures in space-and Mars-like environments
2014
Biosignature Characterization: from Lab to Space
40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 40 :B0—6
2014
Detection of macromolecules in desert cyanobacteria mixed with a lunar mineral analogue after space simulations
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 44 :209—221
2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Preservation of cyanobacterial biomarkers after Martian ground-based simulation Exposure
2014
2013
Elucidating microbial adaptation dynamics via autonomous exposure and sampling
, AGU Fall Meeting AbstractsVolume2013, Page B23E—0597
2013
Engineering extremophile chassis for space exploration
2013
