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," research internship
- 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 (29): 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, SIAM Journal of Life Sciences
- Conference proceedings (12): IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, IEEE American Control Conference, IEEE European Control Conference, IFAC World Congress
- Organizer of a proposed invited session "Analysis and Control of Complex Socio-Technical Systems in the Social and Life Sciences" at the 25th European Control Conference (ECC), Brussels, Belgium, 2027
- 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)
Programming
Python, LaTeX, C, C++, R, Matlab