2024-2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Parma (Italy) - supervisor Prof. M. Bisi
2022-2024: GSP Visiting Scholar, Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology, City of Hope (California, USA) - supervisor Prof. R. Rockne
2021-2024: Postdoctoral Fellow, Politecnico of Torino (Italy) - supervisor Prof. A. Tosin
2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Granada (Spain) - supervisor Prof. J. Soler
2017-2021: INPhINIT ”laCaixa” / Marie Skłowdowska-Curie PhD Fellow, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (Bilbao, Spain)
2021: Ph. D. in Mathematics and Statistics - University of the Basque Country (Spain)
Thesis: Mathematical models for glioma growth and migration inside the brain. Supervisors: Prof. Luca Gerardo-Giorda (JKU and RICAM) & Prof. Juan Soler (UGR)
2017: M. Sc. in Mathematics - University of Parma (Italy)
Thesis: A multiscale mathematical model for glioma spread with proliferation and therapy. Supervisors: Prof. Maria Groppi (UNIPR) & Prof. Luigi Preziosi (PoliTO)
2015: B. Sc. in Mathematics - University of Parma (Italy)
Thesis: Qualitative analysis of a kinetic model for tumor-immune system interaction. Supervisors: Prof. Maria Groppi (UNIPR) & Prof. Giampiero Spiga (UNIPR)
Fellowships:
2024: Long Term Visiting Fellowship, Thematic Program on Mathematical Oncology, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences (Toronto, USA).
2022: Global Scholars Program (GSP) Fellowship, Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology, Department of Computational & Quantitative Medicine (City of Hope, California, USA).
2022: Long Term Visiting Fellowship, Junior Trimester Program "Stochastic modelling in the life science: From evolution to medicine", Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics (Bonn, Germany).
2017: PhD Fellowship, "la Caixa" INPhINIT Fellowship Programme for Doctoral studies at Spanish Research Centres of Excellence. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklowdowska-Curie grant agreement No. 713673.
Awards:
2024: Seal of Excellence in the 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) for European Postdoctoral Fellowships, awarded by the European Union Commission.
2023: Extraordinary Doctoral Awards 2023 for Ph.D. thesis in the area of Science at the University of the Basque Country, awarded by the University of the Basque Country.
2021: Reinhart-Heinrich Doctoral Thesis Award for the best doctoral thesis in the area of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, awarded by the European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ESMTB).
2021: Honour mention in the Italian edition of the program L'Oréal Italia per le Donne e la Scienza in collaboration with the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, awarded by the Fundation L'Oréal.
2018: Best-poster award at the Conference Mathematical perspectives in the biology and therapeutics of cancer at the CIRM Marseille.
Funded Projects:
04/2025-03/2028: "IMTIDy - Integrated Mathematical approach to Tumor Interface Dynamics ", founded by the Italian Minestry of University and Research (MUR).
2023: “From kinetic to macroscopic models for tumor-immune system competition”, founded by the National Group of Mathematical Physics (INdAM - GNFM).
Teaching and Mentoring
Undergraduate course:
2025 - Spring semester: Teaching Assistant, Linear Algebra (1yr undergrad, Politecnico of Torino) - 20 hours.
2024 - Fall semester: Teaching Assistant, Calculus 1 (1yr undergrad, Politecnico of Torino) - 60 hours.
2024 - Spring semester: Teaching Assistant, Linear Algebra (1yr undergrad, Politecnico of Torino) - 40 hours.
2023 - Fall semester: Teaching Assistant, Calculus 1 (1yr undergrad, Politecnico of Torino) - 60 hours.
2016 - Fall semester: Teaching Assistant, Rational Mechanics (2yr undergrad, Mathematics, University of Parma) - 25 hours.
Doctoral courses:
June 2025: PhD Course, Modeling cell migration in oriented environment: application to brain tumors (Doctoral Programme in Physics and Mathematics, University of Granada) - 10 hours.
May 2023: PhD Course, Modelling Glioblastoma dynamics - An introduction to multiscale models of glioma invasion (Doctoral Programme in Physics and Mathematics, University of Granada) - 10 hours.
Co-Supervisor of M.Sc. thesis:
C. Jalón Michán. Identificación de dinámicas no lineales en modelos biológicos mediante técnicas de aprendizaje automático. (Co-Supervisor B. Blanco Besteiro, University of Granada)
Co-Supervisor of B.Sc. thesis:
R. Santoro. Un modello matematico per la dinamica di tumori immunogenici. (Supervisor M. Groppi, University of Parma)