About

Physicist from Gallipoli, Italy. Abiabatically transitioning from general relativity to quantum materials.

Background

I was born and raised in Gallipoli, Italy. My love for maths has been a constant as far back as I can remember. With the encouragement of teachers, parents and friends, my interest in science grew, particularly in theoretical physics, chemistry and sustainable science.

In high school I took on several science projects and chemistry olympiads. That early success pushed me towards Bologna, where I studied theoretical physics. Both my bachelor’s and master’s theses were centred on general relativity, and during my master’s I spent three months at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics finalising my thesis project.

After my master’s I changed field. I moved to Utrecht as a PhD candidate under the supervision of Zeila Zanolli. In our group we explore the electronic and optical properties of materials for the quantum era using first-principles methods, developing new theory and new code along the way. My focus became theoretical spectroscopy and superconductivity.

My time at Utrecht University was transformative both professionally and personally. Now, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg in the group of Ludger Wirtz where I focus on fundamental aspects of light-matter interaction in many body systems.

Outside research I stay active: running and working out are my go-to. I also enjoy video-games (even though I am not active playing anymore) and the comics community.

Education

Degree Institution Years
PhD, Physics Utrecht University 2020–2025
MSc, Theoretical Physics Università di Bologna 2017–2020
BSc, Physics Università di Bologna 2014–2017

Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Luxembourg (2025-*) - Developing theoretical methods for light-matter interaction in quantum materials - Developing the Yambo code and mantaining LetzElPhC - Teaching activities at UniLu.

PhD candidate — Utrecht University (2020–2025)

  • Developed superconducting density functional theory in SIESTA
  • Implemented photoluminescence in the Yambo code via non-equilibrium many-body perturbation theory
  • Theoretical spectroscopy of the optical properties of 2D materials
  • Teaching and student supervision

Skills

Programming — Fortran · Python · Git · MPI/OpenMP · Bash

Codes — Quantum ESPRESSO · Yambo · yambopy · SIESTA · Wannier90 · AiiDA

Languages — Italian (native) · English · Spanish · French

Contact

I welcome contact about collaborations of any kind — academic projects, industry work, and external projects alike. See Working together for the kind of problems I like to take on. Email is the fastest way to reach me.