Researcher at Laboratory of Data Engineering

I am a theoretical physicist with interdisciplinary experience across biology, physics, and computation. My research has addressed individual biological molecules and neurons to learning, cognition, and artificial intelligence. From 2011 to 2019, I collaborated with experimental and theoretical groups at SISSA, tackling problems in neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, physics, and machine learning, and in 2019, I joined Area Science Park where I helped shaping its scientific research directions. My current focus involves understanding neural networks representations and exploring new frameworks for information processing in biological systems. Since 2018, I have been teaching Deep Learning courses at the University of Trieste and for the joint SISSA–ICTP Master’s in High-Performance Computing. In addition, I have delivered lectures at international schools and remain committed to public speaking and artistic initiatives aimed at sharing scientific ideas with a broad audience.

Research Interests 

• Analysis of neural representations
• Computational neuroscience
• Artificial intelligence

Experience & Education

• Master in High-Performance Computing, SISSA/ICTP, 2016
• PhD in Theoretical Physics, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 2010
• MSc in Physics, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 2005