ABOUT ME
ABOUT ME
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FRANCESCO anna mele
FRANCESCO anna mele
I am a PhD student at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa (Italy), supervised by Vittorio Giovannetti and co-supervised by Ludovico Lami.
In September 2026, I will join Caltech as an IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar.
Throughout my PhD, I have undertaken extended research visits at:
Google Quantum AI (Germany), hosted by Tom O'Brien;
Caltech (USA), hosted by Hsin-Yuan Huang (Robert);
University of Amsterdam and QuSoft (Netherlands), hosted by Ludovico Lami;
Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), hosted by Jens Eisert.
My research focuses on Quantum Information, with a particular expertise in Continuous-Variable Systems, Quantum Learning Theory, and Quantum Shannon Theory. Recently, I've got passionate about research related to quantum advantage (stay tuned on my upcoming papers!). Overall, I am passionate about quantum information because I like solving practically motivated technological problems by applying elegant mathematics (e.g. matrix analysis, probability theory, group theory, semidefinite programming, ..) and numerical/programming tools.
Selected news:
I have been invited at Quantum Innovators 2026, an invitation-only workshop at IQC (University of Waterloo), bringing together early-career researchers making an impact in quantum information.
During summer 2026, I was a Google Student Researcher at Google Quantum AI, working with Tom O'Brien.
In September 2026, I will join Caltech as an IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar.
Three of our papers were presented at QIP 2026!
I received the 2025 Boeing Quantum Creators Prize, an international award which recognizes early-career researchers for work that moves the field of quantum information science and engineering in new directions!
I received the Giuseppe Franco Bassani Award, an annual honor bestowed by the Italian Physical Society to a single outstanding early-career Italian physicist in recognition of exceptional talent
I received the Federico Tonielli Award, conferred annually to a single Italian PhD student in STEM for outstanding research excellence
Nature Physics has published our paper Learning quantum states of CV systems!
Nature Photonics has published our paper Maximum tolerable excess noise in CV-QKD and improved lower bound on two-way capacities
Education:
Bachelor in Physics at the University of Pisa (maximum grade: 110/110 cum laude) [Grades of all my Bachelor exams here]
Master in Physics at the University of Pisa (maximum grade: 110/110 cum laude) [Grades of all my Master exams here]
"Special" Master in Physics at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa (maximum grade: 100/100 cum laude). [Grades of all my SNS exams here]
I was admitted at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa (SNS), possibly the top elite university in Italy. SNS grants full scholarships only to a select few students who pass a highly competitive admission process and maintain exceptional academic performance both at the University of Pisa and in additional SNS exams. To gain admission, I succeeded in highly competitive written and oral exams focused on physics, mathematics, and problem-solving skills. You can find more information here.
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