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Researcher in applied topology and statistics
Based at USI, Lugano
Based at USI, Lugano
Institute of Computing
Faculty of Informatics
Università della Svizzera italiana
Lugano, Switzerland
Research at a glance
Research at a glance
I develop geometric and statistical methods for structured data, with a focus on topological summaries and probability measures. My research connects topological data analysis, kernel embeddings, optimal transport and stochastic geometry, from metric foundations and asymptotic theory to inference and applications.
My current work includes representations of persistence diagrams for machine learning, statistical inference for Reeb graphs, distances between merge trees, and the geometry of random point patterns.
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Career, education and research visits
Career, education and research visits
Current position
Current position
2026–2027 · USI, Lugano. Researcher in the Faculty of Informatics; Principal Investigator (PI) of “Using Topological Data Analysis to Understand Microglia Shape Variability in Space and Time” (Fondo Istituzionale per la Ricerca, FIR; CHF 120,000), with support from Olaf Schenk.
Previous positions and education
Previous positions and education
2025 · KTH, Stockholm. Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mathematics, in the group of Wojciech Chachólski.
2022–2024 · Aalborg University. Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, in the group of Lisbeth Fajstrup and Christophe Biscio, on “Deciphering Nanoporosity of Amorphous Materials using Topological Data Analysis,” funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark.
2021–2022 · Università di Bologna. PhD programme in Data Science and Computation, supervised by Piercesare Secchi. Thesis: Data Analysis with Merge Trees, defended in March 2023.
2018–2021 · Politecnico di Milano. PhD in Mathematical Models and Methods for Engineering, supervised by Piercesare Secchi. Thesis: Geometric Data Analysis: Between Equivalence Classes and non-Euclidean Spaces, defended in September 2021.
2010–2017 · Università degli Studi di Milano. Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mathematics. Master’s thesis on the Picard scheme, supervised by Fabrizio Andreatta.
Research visits
Research visits
22–24 March 2026: Inria Saclay, with Frédéric Chazal.
4–7 March 2025: Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, Calais, with Nicolas Chenavier.
March–April 2024: Inria Sophia-Antipolis, with Mathieu Carrière.
January–February 2024: Inria Saclay, with Steve Oudot.
The 2024 visits were partly supported by a DKK 20,000 travel grant from Otto Mønsteds Fond.
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