Role
Senior Executive European Space Agency (ESA)
Bio
A graduate in Astrophysics from Sapienza University of Rome with research on the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background, she has worked at ESA ( European Space Agency ) in Paris since 1991, where she serves as Special Advisor. She has held key roles in supporting ministerial decisions, formulating the European Space Strategy, developing the ExoMars program, founding the European Space Policy Institute , and working at the Washington office for international relations with NASA.
She co-chaired the Talent and Diversity group at Scale-Up Europe , promoted by French President Emmanuel Macron, contributing to the recommendations on innovation and European competitiveness, with a focus on Human Capital . She also contributed to the United Nations Global Dialogue on the Governance of Artificial Intelligence , particularly on issues related to space and the impact on science.
She is Deputy Director of the LUISS Master's in Spatial Law and Geopolitics and President and co-founder of Il Cielo Itinerante , a non-profit organization that promotes STEM activities in contexts of educational poverty.
Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy , she received the Enrico Persico Award from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and was included in the Forbes Italia 100 (2024) and in the 50 Most Powerful Women of Fortune Italia (2022) .
At the same time, she is actively dedicated to promoting female leadership and opportunities for women in science and women in STEM .