Welcome to my personal webpage! Here you can find information about my research, teaching, and professional activities.
In short:
I am currently an Assistant Professor of Finance (tenure track and holding the Italian National Scientific Abilitation as Associate Professor) at the Department of Business and Economics (DISEI) of the University of Piemonte Orientale. I am member of the Adeimf, the Mo.Fi.R, and the Italian Academy for Sustainable Finance (Accademia Italiana per la Finanza Sostenibile).
I hold a PhD in Economics and Management of Innovation and Sustainability from the University of Ferrara, a B.A. and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Pisa, a Hons B.A. and a Hons. M.A. from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa.
I am member of the editorial team of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature).
Research interests:
Corporate Finance
Venture Capital & Finance for Innovation
Finance for Sustainability
Policy Impact Evaluation
Ecological Economics
Professional experience (in pills):
From May 2023 to March 2025, I was Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Milano-Bicocca.
From May 2021 to May 2023, I was an Economist, Policy Expert and Project Manager at UniCredit working on the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). I was also adjunct professor of Corporate Finance at the University of Insubria, of Financial Economics at the University of Milan, and I was collaborating as external expert in Political Economy and Economics with the University of Milan.
From May 2019 to May 2021, I served as Economist (Research Fellow) at the European Commission (JRC)
From October 2015 to May 2019, I served as PMO for Italian HQ Transformation Office at UniCredit
From December 2013 to October 2015 I was member of "Impact", the UniCredit Bank Graduate Program
In 2012 I was an intern at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York
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I was awarded the first prize for Best Young Researchers by the University of Milano-Bicocca and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, recognizing the quality, originality, and impact of scientific production.
I hold the Italian National Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor in Economics (Economia Politica), Economic Policy (Politica Economica), Public Finance (Scienza delle Finanze), and Finance (Economia degli Intermediari Finanziari e Finanza Aziendale).