Carolina graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering in 2018 and a master’s degree in Bioengineering in 2020 at the University of Genoa, Italy. Her master project, performed at the Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, focused on the fabrication of a microfluidic polymer chip, specifically for the integration of molecular assays for the detection of DNA affected by tuberculosis.

In 2020 she joined Heriot-Watt University within the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences as a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering working on the biomechanical changes in soft tissues due to compartment syndrome, a condition with an increase in pressure inside a muscle, which restricts blood flow and causes pain, and developing quantitative monitoring techniques able to track how the condition progresses.

After the completion of her PhD, she joined Applied Optics and Photonics (AOP) group as a Research Associate on an EPSRC IAA Project in collaboration with Microplate Dx Ltd. (Glasgow SME) to work on the characterisation of materials towards fully reusable electrochemical medical platforms. This project involved identifying suitable plastic materials which can be sterilised multiple times to enable multiple uses of Microplate Dx diagnostic platform.

Since August 2024 Carolina started working at the Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC), a project currently funded by Scottish Enterprise, as a technology specialist in medical device research and development, offering technical expertise and assisting SMEs in advancing their products. In April 2025 Carolina was also successful in getting awarded £50k funding from Heriot-Watt University’s Impact Acceleration Fund for her project “Towards an eco-friendly healthcare: the role of plant-based materials in sustainable medical device manufacturing”. This 6-month project focused on investigating and validating sustainable biodegradable materials for medical devices, working with, but not limited to, dental aid devices and home insemination syringes, assessing biocompatibility, mechanical robustness, durability, and sterilisation.