Research Interests
Statistical mechanics of disordered systems, information theory, and high-dimensional inference, with applications to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Topics include spin-glass models, neural networks, information-theoretic limits of learning, Bayesian inference, and structured noise.
Academic Positions
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor, University of Bologna (since 2025)
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Postdoctoral Fellow, ICTP – International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (2023–2025)
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Visiting Scientist, ICTP (2021–2023)
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Visiting Predoctoral Researcher, ISTA – Institute of Science and Technology Austria (2022)
Education
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PhD in Mathematics (cum laude), University of Bologna (2019–2023)
Cotutelle: PhD in Physics, École Normale Supérieure de Paris
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MSc in Physics, University of Bologna, 110/110 cum laude
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BSc in Physics, University of Bologna, 110/110 cum laude
Honors and Awards
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INDAM–UMI–SIMAI National Prize for the best PhD thesis in applied mathematics (2023)
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Certificate of Merit, Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna (2023)
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Collegio Superiore Scholarship, University of Bologna
Teaching Activity (selected)
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Rational Mechanics, University of Bologna
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Mathematical Methods, ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Programme
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PhD courses and modules at SISSA, Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria, and GNFM–INdAM Summer School (Ravello)
Publications
Author of 15 articles in international journals and conferences (PRX, CMP, PNAS, Ann. Henri Poincaré, COLT).
H-index: 9 (Google Scholar), over 240 citations.
Full list available on Google Scholar.
Book
Lezioni di Meccanica Elementare e oltre, with P. Contucci, Bologna University Press, 2023.
Textbook for a first course in Mathematical Physics.
