Marta received a degree in Mathematics from University of Pavia in 2002 and a Master Degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Milan Bicocca in 2003. She holds a PhD in Mathematics and Statistics for Computational Science from University of Milan obtained in April 2007. From June 2007 to January 2010 she had a post doc position at Insubria University: her research was focused on Algebraic Correcting Codes and Cryptography.