Erica Villa
Head of Communication and Engagement of Science Gallery (Ca' Foscari University - Venice)

Erica holds a degree in Biology at the University of Padua and a Master’s Degree in Science Communication at the SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste). She has worked as (bio-med) science writer for 15 years, as freelance, for the Italian National Institutes of Health and the Ministry of Health, and now she is happily in charge of coordinating SGV communications and the Young Voices programme.

She is a member of SWIM, the Italian association of science writers and currently works as Head of Communications and Public Engagement also at Ca' Foscari University of Venice Foundation. She is a soprano singer in the Big Vocal Orchestra, she loves to dance tango and writes short science stories for young children.

via http://venice.sciencegallery.com