I am currently a Marie-Curie post-doctoral researcher at University of Padova, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, in the group of Prof. Judit Gervain.

My research involves the use of functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to study functional brain activity, and in particular its applications in developmental research.

Especially, my work is centered on the development and validation of tools and methods for the analysis of fNIRS data collected on newborns and young infants; current work also includes the design of novel data-driven strategies based on machine-learning algorithms and their validation against other analysis frameworks currently in use