I am an environmental and international legal scholar. I hold an LL.M. in Business Law from the University of California, Davis School of Law and a Ph.D. in International Law (specializing in Environmental and Maritime Law) from the University of Catania. Previously, I served as a Visiting Researcher at the International Institute of Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL) at Swansea University, UK, where I conducted research on marine environmental governance and delivered LL.M. guest lectures on International Renewable Energy Law as well as Offshore Oil & Gas Contracts and Liabilities. I was also awarded an ITLOS Summer Academy scholarship by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany. My current fellowship research investigates U.S. regulatory coordination gaps between the Clean Water Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding PFAS contamination in marine and estuarine fisheries, focusing on the federal Indian trust responsibility doctrine, state-level protections, and ocean equity for tribal nations in the Northeastern United States.