09/2026 – Present - Ricercatore Sanitario - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Project: “Translational Applications of Genomic and Multi-Omic Profiling Using Machine Learning and Generative AI in Rare Diseases and Cancer”
01/2026 - 09/2026 - Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Bologna
Project: "Mutational signatures induced by camptothecin in human cancer cells".
Supervisor: Giovanni Capranico, Prof.
02/2023 - 12/2025 - Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Bologna
Project: "Genome instability and immune gene response in cancer cells".
Funded by: Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) and Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna.
Supervisor: Giovanni Capranico, Prof.
02/2021 - 01/2023 - Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Bologna
Project: " R-loops and G4s: immunomodulatory effect of treatment with Topoisomerase I inhibitors"
Funded by: Progetto di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) "G-quadruplexes as modulators of genome stability"
Supervisor: Giovanni Capranico, Prof., Jessica Marinello, PhD
01/2020 - 01/2021 - Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Bologna
Project: "A.I. analysis of genetic mutations in omic datasets of human tumors"
Funded by: Regione Emilia Romagna project "Alte Competenze 2019"
Supervisors: Giovanni Capranico, Prof.
01/2019-05/2019 - Visiting Ph.D. Student at The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Project title: Identification of mutation in genes related to ‘nucleic acid immunity’ in cancer tissues
11/2016-10/2019 - Ph.D. Student in Cellular and Molecular Biology - University of Bologna
Project title: Study of R-loop dynamics in cancer cells.
Supervisor: Giovanni Capranico, Prof.
02/2015-07/2015 - Post Graduate Trainee - CRIBI, University of Padova
Research activity on topic: 'Development of innovative methods for the analysis of genomes and transcriptomes'
02/2015 - Master Degree in Molecular Biology - CRIBI, University of Padova
Thesis title: 'Development and application of new technologies for structural analysis of genomes and transcriptomes'
09/2012 - Bachelor Degree in Molecular Biology - University of Padova
Thesis title: Identification of SNPs using exome sequencing and their verification using traditional methods
