Federica Zacchini obtained her MSc in Reproductive Biotechnology in 2008 and her PhD in Epidemiology and Advanced Diagnostics in Comparative Pathology in 2011 from the University of Teramo, Italy. From 2012 to 2015, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Teramo. Since 2015, Dr Zacchini has been involved in both national and international research projects, while also working in grant writing and project management. During this period, she gained professional experience in Poland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. In these roles, she collaborated with numerous research institutions and companies, actively contributing to all stages of the project lifecycle, from proposal development to project implementation and both scientific and administrative management. She has also coordinated two research projects and was awarded a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship. From 2021 to 2023, she served as Project Manager at King's College London. Dr Zacchini has extensive experience in the design, management, and delivery of training and capacity-building activities, as well as in the planning and implementation of dissemination and communication activities within research and innovation projects.Since 2023, she has been serving as Program Research Manager at the INF-ACT Foundation.
