She is, Ph.D. in Risk and Sustainability in Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Systems. Graduated with honours in Building Engineering-Architecture from the University of Salerno, she is currently a Post-doctoral researcher in Appraisal and economic Evaluation of the Projects in the same university. She did a period of research at School of Economics of Shanghai University where she worked on investment risk management in the Belt and Road Initiative. Member of the Italian Society of Appraisal and Evaluation (SIEV) and the Project Evaluation Laboratory (PEL), she has participated as speaker in numerous workshops, conferences, and seminars. She is author of international publications on environmental and economic discounting, multi-criteria decision-making methods, cash-flow analysis, economic sustainability of tourism investments, investment risk assessment and estimation of extra-financial effects of the projects, highest and best use for historical buildings.