About me

I am a physicist and data scientist with more than twenty years of experience in data analysis for the Virgo gravitational-wave experiment. From March 2018 to September 2024, I served as Head of the Data Science Office at the European Gravitational Observatory, and from March 2018 to January 2024 I was Associate Faculty at the Scuola Normale Superiore.

I hold a degree in Physics, with a specialization in statistical analysis applied to astrophysics and a focus on the large-scale structure of the Universe. I began my research career during my Ph.D. fellowship in the Physics Department at the University of Pisa, where I started working on the Virgo experiment.

My expertise lies in noise analysis, system identification, and data conditioning for complex detectors. Between 2008 and 2014, I led the Virgo noise analysis group, and from 2014 to 2018 I served as Scientific Coordinator of the GraWIToN Initial Training Network.

Since 2024, I have been a Full Professor at the University of Bologna, where I lead the Virgo DIFA–INFN Bologna group. I currently coordinate the Data Analysis and AI work package at the CAOS Laboratory in Perugia. I am a member of the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA collaboration, author of numerous scientific publications, and actively involved in European and international research initiatives.