I am an Associate Professor in Public Economics at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia.

I obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Full Professor in Public Economics (2018) and in Economic Policy (2020).

From June 1, 2021, to May 31, 2024, I was on leave to serve as a Quantitative Policy Analyst in Impact Evaluation at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, within the Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (JRC CC-ME).

I was recently elected President of the Italian Health Economics Association (AIES) for the 2024–2026 term, after having served two terms as a member of its Board of Directors (2015–2017 and 2020–2023).

Since June 2025, I have been a member of the Technical-Scientific Committee for the Definition of Criteria for Identifying Implantable Medical Devices Requiring Enhanced Traceability and Monitoring through the Establishment of a Registry, at the Italian Ministry of Health.

Since May 2024, I have also been a member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) and Chair of the upcoming SEHO Conference, which will be held at the University of Pavia in June 2026.

I am an External Member of the Health, Econometrics, and Data Group (HEDG) at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York. Furthermore, I serve as a member of the Scientific Committee of the “Advance Pharmaco & Health Economics” (APHEC) Research Centre at the University of Genoa.

Before joining the University of Pavia, I was an Assistant Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics.

I received my PhD in Economics (a four-year doctoral program offered by the University of Turin) at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, home to the “Vilfredo Pareto” Graduate School. I graduated with honors in Political Science, with a specialization in Political Economy, from the University of Eastern Piedmont.

My primary research interests include health economics, the economics of aging, policy evaluation, and applied microeconometrics.

My research has been published in international journals such as Health Economics, Health Policy, The European Journal of Health Economics, Economics and Human Biology, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Fiscal Studies, Economic Modelling, and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.