MSc degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino (Torino Technical State University), Italy in July 1970. April 1971 – October 1974 she joined FIAT Aviation Division (later AERITALIA and now ThalesAlenia Space). Since November 1974 she was staff member at Politecnico di Torino, as Associate Professor of Flight Mechanics, in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Since November 1st 2016 she retired and she is presently Adjunct Professor always at Politecnico diTorino. She joined the AGARD Flight Mechanics Panel in 1992 till 1997, when NATO-RTO (Research and Technology Organization) and finally NATO-STO (Scientific and Technology Organization). Since 2015 she is Observer for the European Commission during a number of calls within the European JTI Clean Sky Project.