Simona specialises in software-defined defence, digital transformation of defence, defence innovation, the adoption and applications of emerging technologies in defence capabilities, and the future of war. Simona is Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Technology at Lancaster University.

Simona is also the co-chair of the NATO Science and Technology Organisation panels on AI Adoption and Defence Interoperability and AI Safety and Assurance in Defence respectively and a Senior Associate Fellow on Defence Innovation with the NATO Defence College in Rome as well as with the Military Sciences programme at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. 

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