Graduation in Physical Chemistry (University of Florence, Italy). Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (University of Regensburg, Germany). Post-doc at Research Center Juelich and at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Since 2010 staff scientist with permanent position at BMLS, Goethe University Frankfurt. I investigate how the tissue micro-environment regulates cellular physiology by employing light sheet fluorescence microscopy and 3D cell cultures.