After obtaining my Ph.D., I moved to Spain to work as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Granada. While in Granada, I worked on the interactions between DNA molecules and intercalating dyes. We attached a fluorophore to the 5’ end of the DNA and studied the Förster energy transfer from this fluorophore to the DNA-bound intercalating dyes. We performed these studies both at the ensemble and single-molecule levels. In addition, I used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to study the interactions between polymers and xanthene dyes. We also used FCS to study the effect of different salts on the proton transfer rates of organic fluorophores. After a year in Spain, I moved to Ireland to work as a postdoctoral fellow at Dublin City University. In Dublin I used both FLIM and FCS to study the diffusion of transmembrane proteins in model lipid bilayers. I also used FLIM to study metal enhanced fluorescence in nanostructured materials. I was in charge of the alignment and general maintenance of the FLIM microscope. I trained Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows in the use of this instrument. Finally, I moved to Bologna, where I am working at the moment. In Bologna I use confocal microscopy and ultra-fast spectroscopy to study the photophysical properties of organic semiconductor films.