Biography

She is the head of the Sensory Quality research group, which belongs to the Food Quality and Nutrition Department of the Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM).

Since 1995, she deals with the characterisation of agri-food products by means of a combined sensory-instrumental approach, contributing to the development and application of sensory techniques based on panels of trained judges (discriminative and descriptive methods) combined with consumer panels.

She is one of the founding members of the Italian Society for Sensory Sciences and since 2003 she is member of the Managing Board. She has been member of the scientific committee of the national SISS meetings (Roma 2002, Milano 2008, Napoli 2010) and she has been member of the organising committee of the 8th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium (Florence 2009).

Teaching Activities

2016: Lecturer for the course intitled "Approfondimenti di analisi sensoriale e descrittiva dei vini" (3rd Bachelor in Viticulture and Oenology, Fondazione Mach and University of Trento)

2016: Lecturer for sensory analysis courses (4th year of technical degree on agri-food transformation, Fondazione Mach agricultural highschool)

2015: Lecturer for the sensory analysis course intitled "Il Dialogo con il Vino" (Executive Master in Wine Export Management)

2015: Sensory analysis lecturer (4th year of technical degree on agri-food transformation, Fondazione Mach agricultural highschool)

2014: Lecturer for Intensive Course for Sensory Manager organised by the Italian Society of Sensory Science ("Introduction to sensory analysis", "Sensory perception and psychological factors which influence the evaluation and its control")

2013: Lecturer of "Sensory Analysis" for the PhD summer school of CORNUCOPIA program (course on oenology and wine yeasts)

2011/2012: Lecturer of “Elements of Sensory Analysis” (1 credit) in the masters programmes for graduate students in Management of Wine-growing and Wine-producing System “The wines of origin and the protection of local designations”.

2009/2010: Lecturer of “Elements of Sensory Analysis” (1 credit) in the masters programmes for graduate students in Management of Wine-growing and Wine-producing System “The sparkling wines”.

2003/2004-2011/2012: Lecturer for Sensory Analysis course (4 credits), Master of Viticulture and Oenology, University of Trento/Udine

C O N T A c t u s

The Sensory Lab is on the ground floor of the Palazzo della Ricerca e della Conoscenza (PRC) of the Research and Innovation Centre (CRI) at the Edmund Mach Foundation.

Tel. +39 0461 615320 / +39 0461 6153188 laboratorio.sensoriale@fmach.it