Environmental and molecular biologist by training, Lucia did her PhD in Anne Ephrussi’s lab at EMBL Heidelberg, where she studied the cellular mechanisms of RNA localization In Drosophila epithelial cells. In September 2021 she started a postdoc in Velia’s lab in collaboration with Roberto di Leonardo (Sapienza University of Rome) aiming at controlling bacterial cell death with optogenetics to create light-responsive active matter (part of ERC SYGMA).