Adriana is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Labour, Equality and Human Rights (LEAH) Group in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash Business School. Adriana teaches employment law to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Adriana researches in the areas of employment law and workplace equality law. She has expertise in the legal regulation of workplace investigations, gender discrimination at work and flexible work arrangements. Her research has been published in leading journals in Australia and internationally.

Adriana holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from Melbourne Law School. Her doctoral thesis was awarded the 2025 Harold Luntz Prize for the best thesis in the previous year.

Adriana's doctoral thesis examined the legal regulation of employer conduct during workplace investigations and used doctrinal and empirical research methods. Adriana also holds Bachelor Degrees in Arts (Hons)(History), Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Master of Laws from Melbourne University. 

Prior to joining Monash University, Adriana was engaged by the Melbourne Law School as a Senior Research Fellow on an ARC Discovery Project entitled 'Reshaping Employment Discrimination Law: Towards Substantive Equality at Work?'.

Between 2007 and 2013, Adriana worked as a practitioner at a leading Melbourne law firm. She practiced in the areas of employment, anti-discrimination, work health and safety, public sector employment, and coronial inquests. She has extensive experience in acting for clients in the public and private sectors in employment-related matters. 

Adriana has held positions as Associate Editor and Case Note Editor for the Australian Journal of Labour Law. She has worked as a Collaborator-Intern at the ITC-ILO in Turin, Italy, under the auspices of a scholarship from the Italian Government.

Adriana is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Labour Law Research Network, a National Committee of the Australian Labour Law Association, and a member of the Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group and the Industrial Relations Society of Victoria.

Adriana’s research interests lie in employment law, workplace equality law and empirical research methods.