Curriculum vitae

Education

  • 2021 - now: Postdoctoral researcher in The Cognition and Decision Lab - Columbia University (New York, United States)

  • 2019 - 2021: Temporary Teaching and Research Assistant (A.T.E.R.) in Mathematics - Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France).

  • 2016 - 2020: PhD in applied mathematics and cognitive psychology - Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France). Laboratories: J.A. Dieudonné (LJAD) and Bases Corpus Langage (BCL). Thesis: Statistical inference for categorization models and presentation order. Supervisors: Patricia Reynaud-Bouret, Fabien Mathy, and Thomas Laloë-Verdelhan. Thesis defended on 11 December 2020. [slides]

  • 2012 - 2016: Master’s degree in Mathematics (Laurea Magistrale) - Università di Pisa (Pisa, Italy). Thesis: Some probabilistic models of neural action potentials and neural networks. Supervisors: Franco Flandoli and Patricia Reynaud-Bouret.

  • Mar. - May 2016: Internship in France, Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France). Laboratory: J.A. Dieudonné (LJAD), interdisciplinary axis of Theoretical and Computational Modelling in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (MTC-NSC).

  • Jan. - Jun. 2015: Erasmus Program in France, Université de Rennes 1 (Rennes, France). Topics: cryptography and error-correcting codes.

  • 2008 - 2012: Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics (Laurea Triennale) - Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy). Thesis: Descrizione probabilistica delle reazioni chimiche - Probabilistic description of chemical reactions. Supervisors: Francesco Caravenna and Luca De Gioia.

Talks & Posters

  • 20th annual meeting of the Society for NeuroEconomics. Crystal City (United States). September 30 - October 2, 2022. [poster]

  • Inauguration of NeuroMod Institute. Online event. March 22, 2021. [poster]

  • PhD student symposium at Bases Corpus Langage laboratory (BCL). Nice (France). July 5, 2018. [slides]

  • 2nd meeting of C@UCA. Fréjus (France). June 14-15, 2018. [poster]

  • PhD student symposium at SFA doctoral school. Nice (France). May 29, 2018. [poster]

  • PhD student symposium at J.A. Dieudonné laboratory (LJAD). Nice (France). October 3, 2017. [slides]

  • 1st meeting of C@UCA. Fréjus (France). June 6-8, 2017. [slides]

Conferences & Summer Schools

  • 2022 Sloan-NOMIS Summer School on Cognitive Foundations of Economic Behavior. Vitznau (Switzerland). June 24 - July 3, 2022.

  • ISC 2021 Summer School Cognition & Climate. Online. May 24 - June 4, 2021.

  • 1st meeting of NeuroMod Institute. Fréjus (France). July 1-2, 2019.

  • Ninth European Working Memory Symposium (EWOMS-9). Pavia (Italy). August 29-31, 2018.

  • Mathematical Modeling in Neuroscience. Svaneke (Danemark). June 26-30, 2017.

  • Journées Louis Antoine (16th edition). Rennes (France). March 30-31, 2017.

Teaching (in French)

  • 2020 - 2021 (2nd semester): Advanced mathematics 2 (40 hours), Bachelor 1, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.

  • 2020 - 2021 (2nd semester): Linear Algebra - intensive revision course (20 hours), Parcours Oui-Si, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.

  • 2020 - 2021 (1st semester): Statistics 1 (36 hours), Bachelor 1, Institut Supérieur d'Economie et Management, Université Côte d'Azur.

  • 2019 - 2020 (2nd semester): Linear Algebra - intensive revision course (20 hours), Parcours Oui-Si, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.

  • 2019 - 2020 (1st semester): Statistics 2 (18 hours), Bachelor 2, Institut Supérieur d'Economie et Management, Université Côte d'Azur.

  • 2019 - 2020 (1st semester): Basic Mathematics (40 hours), Parcours Oui-Si, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.

  • 2019 - 2020 (1st semester): Methodology of Mathematics (20 hours), Parcours Oui-Si, Department of Mathematics, Université Côte d'Azur.

Science Popularization

  • French Science Week - Fête de la Science 2019. Practical workshop on mathematical games regarding different topics (machine learning, graph theory, ancient computational instruments, lung's geometry etc.). In particular, I collaborated with Cyrille Mascart and Marc Monticelli to the creation of a playful activity about machine learning. Castle of Nice (Nice, France), October 2019. [post]

  • French Science Week - Fête de la Science 2018. Practical workshop on fractals, Plato's solids, and the Sierpinski's triangle for middle school students. Louis Nucera Library (Nice, France), October 2018. [post]

  • Festival Biennal Movimenta 2017. Workshop on the interaction between science and video games. Le 109 (Nice, France), November 2017.

  • French Science Week - Fête de la Science 2017. Organization of an escape math lab (an escape game based on the resolution of mathematical games and problems). Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné (Nice, France), October 2017. [post]

  • Conference "Learning how to breathe, the science of well-being". Workshop on virtual reality in collaboration with the CHU of Nice. Parc Valrose (Nice, France), October 2017.

Languages

  • Italian: Native language.

  • French: Bilingual level.

  • English: Advanced level.

Computer

  • Advanced knowledge: R, LaTeX, Beamer, TikZ, Matlab, Inkscape, Gimp, Psychopy.

  • Basic knowledge: jsPsych, Python, Java, C++, Office.