Architect with a Ph.D. in architectural theory and design, is the co-founder of the architectural firm Malfona Petrini. Since 2009, she has been teaching in Architectural Design Core Studios at Sapienza University of Rome. In 2015, she has been awarded the “Premio Giovani” national award from the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca for her project “The Houses in the Hills”. Her built work and writings have been published in The Plan, The Avery Review, Architectural Record, Anfione e Zeto, Paesaggio Urbano, and Ananke, among others. She pursued her research projects thanks to the ATCH Visiting Fellowship (The University of Queensland), a Fulbright grant, working as a visiting scholar at the IFA (New York University), the Library grant from The Getty Research Center (Los Angeles) and the CCA Visiting Scholarship (Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal).