Department of Geography 

MSc in Forest and Environmental Sciences, University of Padova (Italy).
Thesis: "Guidelines for drought management and fight to desertification in arid zone forests: a proposal of application to Syrian Arab Republic "  in collaboration with the "General Commission for the Agricultural Research" (CGSAR) based in Damascus.

Bachelor in Science (B.Sc.), Forest and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence (Italy). Thesis: "Effect of forest fires and subsequent harvesting operations in a pure pinus pinaster forest on soil bulk density"

PhD student and Research associate, Soil Science and Biogeography, University of Zurich

Collaboration with “Studio Gardin” (Firenze) for the creation of the 1:10.000 scale soil map of the water catchment of the Arno River.

Internship at the Institute for Forest Management (Committee for the Agricultural Research), unit of forest productive plantation based in Arezzo (Italy).