Curriculum Vitae
Research Experience
2025 –
Postdoctoral Researcher
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Supervisors: ass. prof. Angela Fontan and prof. Karl Henrik Johansson
Research topics: Social networks, opinion dynamics, network systems
Affiliated with the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP)
2024 – 2025
Research Fellow
National Research Council (CNR), Torino, Italy
Supervisors: prof. Chiara Ravazzi and prof. Fabrizio Dabbene
Analysis and control of innovation adoption models coupled with opinion dynamics
2021 – 2024
PhD Student in Pure and Applied Mathematics
Politecnico di Torino – Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
Supervisors: prof. Fabio Fagnani and prof. Giacomo Como
Thesis: Network effects and behavioral feedback in epidemic models
Research Visits
06–07/2025
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Supervisor: prof. Hideaki Ishii
Control of innovation adoption-opinion models (ASPIRE program)
07/2025
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Supervisor: prof. Yoshio Ebihara
09/2023 – 02/2024
Cornell University, Ithaca (NY), USA
Supervisor: prof. Francesca Parise
Optimal control problems on epidemic models
Education
2018 – 2021
M.Sc. in Mathematical Engineering
Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy — 110/110 cum laude
Thesis: Feedback Control Policies and Network Effects in Epidemics Models
2015 – 2018
B.Sc. in Mathematics for Engineering
Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
Teaching Experience
2023 – 2025
Teaching Assistant – Mathematical Methods
Politecnico di Torino
115h of exercise lessons for undergraduate engineering students
2022 – 2023
Teaching Assistant – Mathematical Analysis II
Politecnico di Torino
30h of exercise lessons for undergraduate engineering students
Other Activities
- Supervision of master's theses and research internships:
- David Puustinen (KTH, 2025–present), "Analyzing Opinion Spreading in Dynamic Signed Social Networks Using Real-World Data," co-supervised with Dr. Pelin Şekercioğlu
- Jakob Götberg (KTH, 2026), "Competing Technology Adoption in Networked Systems using Real-World Data," co-supervised with Assistant Prof. Angela Fontan
- Sofia Bellotti (Politecnico di Torino, 2025), "Estimating Innovation Adoption Parameters in a Coupled Opinion–Adoption Model," co-supervised with prof. Chiara Ravazzi and prof. Fabrizio Dabbene
- Davide Sipione (Politecnico di Torino, 2024), "On Convexity and Stability of Multicommodity Dynamical Flow Networks," co-supervised with prof. Giacomo Como
- Reviewer for international journals and conference proceedings:
- Journals (27): Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, European Journal of Control, International Journal of Control, Applied Probability Journals, Review Commons, IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems, IEEE Control Systems Letters, PLOS Computational Biology
- Conference proceedings (13): IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, IEEE American Control Conference, IEEE European Control Conference, IFAC World Congress
- Member of the organization of the Workshop "Algorithmic game theory, mechanism design, and learning", Politecnico di Torino, November 2022
- Tutor – Mathematical Methods, Camplus Bernini, Turin (2024–2025)
Skills
Languages
Italian (native), English (fluent – IELTS 6.5)
Programming
Python, LaTeX, C, C++, R, Matlab