In 2013 she was awarded the PhD degree. From November 2011 to April 2012 she was a visiting PhD student at the CCSR at the University of Surrey. She has been involved in several research projects, among which the ACCUS and DEMANES European projects, founded by Artemis Joint Undertaking within the 7th Framework Programme. Her main research interests are Internet of Things and Wireless ad-hoc networks, with particular attention to the improvement of their performance through task allocation. She is an IEEE member since 2012.