Research Grants and Funded Projects

2025 – ongoing
INSIGHT – INtelligent Solutions to Inspire Graphics Styling Enhanced by Cultural Heritage Tradition
Research Participant
Project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), Ministerial Decree of 13 July 2023 – Entrepreneurial Discovery, CUP B89J24001040005.
Industrial research and experimental development activities carried out with Universitas Mercatorum as Research Organization.

2025 – ongoing
InnOFoodLabs – Living Labs for Organic Innovation
Research Participant
Project funded under Horizon Europe, EIT HEI Initiative, Cohort 4.
Research, capacity building, and knowledge transfer activities for innovation in organic agri-food systems.

2025 – ongoing
LAMP Observatory – FederTerziario
Research Participant
Research activities on sustainability and business crisis management in micro and small enterprises affiliated with FederTerziario.

2024 – 2026
AISECURE – AI Solutions for Enterprise Crisis Understanding and Risk Evaluation
Principal Investigator
Project funded under the FIN/RIC 2024 call of Universitas Mercatorum.
Research on artificial intelligence and statistical learning models for enterprise crisis understanding and forecasting.

2023 – 2024
CASL - Prediction of the Corporate Crisis through Statistical Learning Techniques
Research Participant
Project funded under the FIN/RIC 2023 call of Universitas Mercatorum.
Research on statistical learning methods for corporate crisis prediction.

2022 – 2023
CA18131 – Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques in Human Microbiome Studies
COST Action Member
Project funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).
Research activities on statistical learning, machine learning, and applications to human microbiome studies.

2019 – 2022
Development of Data Analysis Methods from Sensors and Datastream Techniques, with Particular Reference to Clustering Methods
RTD-A Researcher
Position funded under the PON Research and Innovation 2014–2020 programme, Action I.2 “Attraction and International Mobility”.
Research on sensor data analysis, datastream techniques, clustering methodologies, and statistical learning.

2019
Probabilistic Graphical Models Describing Causal Relationships Using Complex Epidemiological Datasets
Researcher in Biostatistics
Project funded by the Irish Health Research Board (HRB), National University of Ireland Galway.
Research on probabilistic graphical models, causal inference, and epidemiological data analysis.

2018 – 2020
Complex Space-Time Modeling and Functional Analysis for Probabilistic Forecast of Seismic Events
Research Participant
Project funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) within the PRIN 2017 programme.
Research on space-time modeling and functional data analysis for seismic-event forecasting.

2018
Development and Applications of Statistical Models Based on Functional Data Analysis (FDA) for Classification, Forecasting, and Monitoring of Business Phenomena over Time
Scientific Coordinator
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Coordination of scientific activities on Functional Data Analysis methodologies and applications to business phenomena.

2017 – 2020
Development of Basic and Applied Research Developed in the Long Term by the Departments of Theoretical and Applied Bases Faculty of Military Technologies
Research Participant
Project funded by the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, project DZRO K-217.
Development of statistical models and data analysis methodologies for military and engineering research.

2017 – 2018
Cluster Analysis using Mixed Models
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Development of clustering methodologies based on mixed models for socio-economic and business-related data analysis.

2016 – 2017
Governance, Organizational Diversity, and Performance in SMEs
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Development of statistical models for governance research and SMEs’ performance analysis.

2016 – 2017
Governance and Performance in SMEs
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Development of statistical models for SMEs’ performance evaluation and managerial process analysis.

2015 – 2016
The Influence of Corporate Governance on the Financial Structure and Performance of SMEs
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Development of statistical methodologies for the analysis of corporate governance and SMEs’ financial performance.

2015 – 2016
The Influence of Corporate Governance and Entrepreneurial Orientation on SMEs’ Performance
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Development of statistical models for the analysis of entrepreneurial orientation and SMEs’ performance dynamics.

2014 – 2015
New Mathematical and Statistical Models for Decision-Making in Social Sciences
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Research on mathematical and statistical models for decision-making processes in social sciences.

2012 – 2017
Drawing Samples for the Evaluation of Customer Satisfaction
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Research on sampling methodologies and customer satisfaction evaluation.

2012 – 2013
Fuzzy Decision Models, Hyper Algebraic Structures and Applications for Social Sciences
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Research on fuzzy decision models and applications to social sciences.

2011
Mathematical Models for Social Sciences
Research Unit Member
Project funded through internal research funds (MIUR ex 60%) at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara.
Research on mathematical and statistical models applied to social sciences.