He is Associate Professor in Mathematical Physics at the University of Bologna since 2021. His research fields are quantum information theory and quantum computing. His research interests are in quantum machine learning and in the application of mathematical methods to the study of quantum algorithms and quantum communication. His current research focuses on the quantum generalization of optimal mass transport and its applications in quantum computing and quantum statistical mechanics.
Education
He got the MSc in Physics cum laude in 2013 from the University of Pisa, the “Diploma di Licenza” in Physics cum laude in 2014 from Scuola Normale Superiore and the PhD in Physics cum laude in 2016 from Scuola Normale Superiore.
Academic career
In 2016, he got a Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, where in 2018 he was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship. He visited MIT (Cambridge MA, USA) as Research Affiliate, and in 2019 he got a Postdoc at MIT. In 2021, he became Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Mathematical Physics at Scuola Normale Superiore. Since December 20, 2021, he is Associate Professor in Mathematical Physics at the University of Bologna.
Teaching
He was in charge of courses in quantum information, machine learning and mathematical analysis at Scuola Normale Superiore, and he organized a masterclass on his research fields at the University of Copenhagen. Currently he is professor of quantum computing for the MSc in Mathematics and professor of classical mechanics for the BSc in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.
Scientific activity
He was part of the Villum Centre of Excellence for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory of the University of Copenhagen, where he was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship. Furthermore, he was part of the Quantum Information Science Group of MIT and of the Condensed Matter and Quantum Information Theory group of Scuola Normale Superiore. Since 2022, he is coordinator of the quantum information theory research group of the department of mathematics of the University of Bologna.
He is referee for 20 journals and 6 international conferences, for the ERC Starting Grant and for the Italian Evaluation of the Quality of Research (VQR).
Since 2019, he is member of the International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP).
Institutional activities
In 2021, he was member of the board of the Italian National PhD in Artificial Intelligence and member of the committee for the admission to the BSc and MSc of Scuola Normale Superiore. Furthermore, he was member of the committee of the Embassy of Italy in Copenhagen for the award of the “Best Italian Researcher in Denmark” prize in 2019. Since 2022, he is member of the board of the PhD in Mathematics of the University of Bologna.
Awards
2017 – Special Mention at the Fubini Prize for the PhD thesis awarded by INFN
2018 – “Best Italian Researcher in Denmark” prize awarded by the Embassy of Italy in Copenhagen.
