About me
I am currently Lecturer in Mathematical Biology at the University of Leeds. I am also a member of the Juniper consortium, of the CDLab at the University of Udine (Italy), and of the UMI group "Modellistica Socio-Epidemiologica".
I completed my doctoral degree in October 2018, under the supervision of Mats Gyllenberg (Helsinki, Finland), Rossana Vermiglio (Udine, Italy), and Odo Diekmann (Utrecht, the Netherlands).
In January-February 2019, I was research assistant at the University of Szeged (Hungary), under the supervision of Gergely Röst. From March 2019 to February 2021, I was a postdoctoral researcher at LIAM, York University, Toronto, in the group of Jianhong Wu. From March 2021 to October 2022 I was a research associate at the University of Manchester, where I now hold a visiting position, first funded by the Juniper consortium and then by the PROTECT National Core Study.
research experience and recognitions
March 2021-October 2022: research associate at the University of Manchester (UK)
March 2019-February 2021: postdoctoral researcher at York University (Toronto, Canada)
January-February 2019: research assistant at University of Szeged (Hungary)
November-December 2018: postdoctoral researcher at University of Helsinki (Finland)
November 2018: research fellow at Mittag-Leffler institute (Sweden)
From 2017: Member of CDLab, University of Udine (Italy)
Other recognitions and awards
Awarded the title Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (01/A5, Analisi Numerica, II Fascia), from the Italian Ministry of Education (June 2023)
Awarded the SPI-M-O Award for Modelling and Data Support (SAMDS), "to recognise those people who have made an exceptional contribution to the work of SPI-M-O outside of their usual work activity" (October 2022)
teaching experience
Invited lecturer:
CISM Advanced School, "Delays and structures in dynamical systems: modeling, analysis and numerical methods" (20-24 November 2023)
University of Udine, postgraduate course "Introduction to mathematical modelling of infectious diseases" (December 2023)
University of Udine, School for Advanced Studies. Invited lecture: "Introduction to ODE models in epidemiology, with some applications to COVID-19" (5 June 2020), in the course: Numerical Methods for ODE, spring 2020. Lecturer: Rossana Vermiglio
University of Udine, School for Advanced Studies. Invited lecture: “Back to ODE: a numerical approach for periodic solutions of delay equations” (4 July 2019), in the course Periodic orbits of dynamical systems (summer 2019, lecturer: Dimitri Breda)
York University:
Vector Integral Calculus (MATH3010), lecturer, fall 2020.
Invited lecture: “A data-driven approach for estimating the epidemic growth rate” (19 January 2021) in the course Practicum in Industrial and Applied Mathematics (winter 2020/21, lecturer: Jianhong Wu)
Invited lecture: "A compartmental model for population demography and migration" (13 January 2020) in the course Practicum in Industrial and Applied Mathematics (winter 2019/20, lecturer: Jianhong Wu)
Exercise classes: Delay Equations in Population Biology, spring 2019. Lecturers: Jianhong Wu, Odo Diekmann
University of Helsinki (exercise classes):
Introduction to Mathematical Biology, fall 2016. Lecturer: Eva Kisdi
Mathematical modelling, fall 2015. Lecturer: Stefan Geritz
Spatial models in ecology and evolution, spring 2015. Lecturer: Eva Kisdi
Introduction to mathematical biology, fall 2014. Lecturer: Eva Kisdi
education
2014-2018: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Helsinki (Finland)
2011-2013: M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Udine (Italy)
2008-2011: B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Udine (Italy)
2008-2013: Diploma at Scuola Superiore dell'Università degli Studi di Udine (Italy)
talks
56. NORDITA programme "Unifying the epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of pathogens" in Stockholm, organised by Ganna Rozhnova, Igor Rouzine and Tom Britton, to which I've participated from May 29 to June 9, 2023. Talk: Time since infection models and applications to contact tracing and waning immunity.
55. JUNIPER workshop, University of Warwick (UK), March 23-24, 2023. Prospects for time since infection models in public health.
54. Workshop "Mathematics of delayed phenomena", Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), March 22-23, 2023. Numerical bifurcation analysis of delay equations via reduction to ODEs.
53. Workshop Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Computational Dynamics Laboratory and CRO Aviano, Aviano (Italy) March 1, 2023. Modelli dinamici in epidemiologia e applicazioni al COVID-19.
52. Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Leeds (UK), February 27, 2023. Numerical methods for delay equations in biology.
51. IFAC-TDS, Montréal (Canada), September 27–30, 2022. Numerical bifurcation analysis of delay equations using software for ODEs: the pseudospectral discretization approach.
50. ECMTB 2022, Heidelberg (Germany), September 19–23, 2022. A renewal equation model for disease transmission dynamics with contact tracing.
49. QuanTII Summer Workshop (London, UK), August 23-24, 2022. Introduction to structured models.
48. MPDEE 2022 (Torino, Italy), June 13-17, 2022. Numerical bifurcation analysis of physiologically structured population models via ODE approximation.
47. Test Trace and Isolate for epidemic control: lessons learnt from COVID-19 in the UK and preparing for future pandemics, December 9, 2021 (online). What characteristics might affect the success of TTI in controlling an epidemic?
46. Epidemics8 (online), November 30th–December 3rd. Poster: A renewal equation model for disease transmission dynamics with contact tracing, with applications to SARS-CoV-2.
45. Juniper-Warwick research day, October 11, 2021. Waning immunity: modelling challenges and impact on disease persistence.
44. IFAC-TDS (Guangzhou, China, online), September 29-October 1, 2021. Bifurcation analysis of delay equations using software for ODEs, Invited Session "Computational Tools and Software, II". https://www.tds2021.ee.cityu.edu.hk/
43. RSS International Conference 2021 (Manchester, UK), September 6-9, 2021. Challenges in control of COVID-19: short doubling time and long delay to effect of interventions, Contributed Session "Modelling local COVID-19 data in Manchester". https://www.rss.org.uk/training-events/conference2021/
42. VI Eccomas Young Investigators Conference (YIC) 2021 (Valencia, Spain, online), July 7-9, 2021. Pseudospectral discretization of delay equations for numerical bifurcation analysis and time integration, Mini Symposium "Recent advances in time numerical integration of evolutive problems". https://yic2021.upv.es
41. UMI-MSE Online Seminar, April 8, 2021 (online). A renewal equation model for disease transmission dynamics with contact tracing. https://mseumi.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/umi-mse_04-08_scarabel.pdf
40. University of Primorska (Koper, Slovenia), February 15, 2021 (online). A renewal equation model for disease transmission dynamics with contact tracing.
39. Fields Institute, Toronto, January 12, 2021 (online). A renewal equation model for disease transmission dynamics with contact tracing. http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/talks/renewal-equation-model-disease-transmission-dynamics-contact-tracing
38. Oberseminar Dynamics at TU Munich, December 21, 2020 (online). A renewal equation model for disease transmission dynamics with contact tracing. https://mathcal.ma.tum.de/mc/showtalks
37. Delay-Day Hasselt Utrecht Berlin, October 1--2, 2020 (online). Numerical bifurcation analysis of renewal equations via pseudospectral methods. https://delaydayhub.netlify.app/
36. DMV Annual Meeting, September 14-17, 2020 (online). Numerical bifurcation analysis of delay equations via approximation with ODEs. https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/mathematik/dmv2020/index.php
35. Workshop UMI, "Modellistica e Covid-19" (online, organized by University of Trento, Italy), June 22, 2020 (online). Modelling escalation and de-escalation of physical distancing interventions in Ontario - Canada. https://webmagazine.unitn.it/evento/dmath/80316/modellistica-e-covid-19
34. LIAM seminar, York University (Toronto, Canada), March 17, 2020. Finite dimensional approximation of structured models in epidemiology.
33. Seminar, McGill University (Montréal, Canada), March 9, 2020. Finite dimensional approximations of delay equations using pseudospectral methods.
32. SMB 2019, Montréal (Canada), July 22–26, 2019. A flexible numerical method for the bifurcation analyses of structured population models, Mini Symposium on Structured Population Models for Disease Transmission Dynamics.
31. ICIAM 2019, Valencia (Spain), July 15–19, 2019. A systematic approach for numerical bifurcation analyses of delay equations, Mini Session on Current Trends in Applications of Delay Equations.
30. CDLab Workshop, University of Udine (Italy), July 4, 2019. Back to ODE: a numerical approach for periodic solutions of delay equations.
29. Workshop on Mathematical Ecology: Modeling Structured Populations, Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada), June 27–28, 2019. Poster: Capture the past to portray the future: new prospects for numerical bifurcation analysis of delay equations.
28. LIAM seminar, York University (Toronto, Canada), April 23, 2019. Numerical bifurcation analysis of structured population models.
27. CDLab Workshop, University of Udine (Italy), February 22, 2019. Next goal: periodic solutions.
26. Seminar, Bolyai Institute, University of Szeged (Hungary), February 7, 2019. Capture the past to portray the future: Numerical bifurcation analysis of delay equations via pseudospectral methods.
25. CoSy seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of Uppsala (Sweden), November 13, 2018. A numerical method for bifurcation analysis of delay equations.
24. Seminar of the Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of Heidelberg (Germany), October 25, 2018. A numerical method for bifurcation analysis of delay equations with application to a model for cell maturation.
23. Biomathematics Day, Helsinki (Finland), October 22, 2018. Contributed talk: Numerical stability analysis of a stem cell model with maturation delay.
22. Mathematics for BioMedicine, Rome (Italy), October 8-11, 2018. Contributed talk: Numerical stability analysis of a stem cell model with maturation delay.
21. The 12th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Taipei (Taiwan), July 5-9, 2018. Contributed talk: Numerical bifurcation analysis of delay equations in biology, Special Session SS64: Delay equations in population dynamics.
20. 14th IFAC Workshop on time delay systems, Budapest (Hungary), June 28-30, 2018. Contributed talk: Pseudospectral methods for the bifurcation analysis of nonlinear delay equations, Thematic Session on Numerical Analysis for Delay Equations in Population Dynamics.
19. Biomathematics seminar, Helsinki (Finland), March 21, 2018. Numerical bifurcation analysis of equations with infinite delay.
18. 9th Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences (DSABNS), Torino (Italy), February 7-9, 2018. Contributed talk: Numerical bifurcation analysis of infinite-delay equations in biology.
17. Finnish Mathematical Days, Joensuu (Finland), January 4-5, 2018. Contributed talk: Numerical bifurcation analysis of nonlinear delay equations in biology, Session on Mathematical Biology.
16. SciCADE 2017, Bath (UK), September 11-15, 2017. Contributed talk: Numerical bifurcation analysis of equations with infinite delay via pseudospectral discretization.
15. 11th ISAAC congress, Växjö (Sweden), August 14-19, 2017. Contributed talk: Numerical bifurcation analysis of delay models for physiologically structured populations.
14. Biomathematics seminar, Helsinki (Finland), February 15, 2017. ODE approximation of equations with infinite delay.
13. 8th Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences (DSABNS), Évora (Portugal), January 31-February 3, 2017. Contributed talk and poster: New prospects for the numerical bifurcation analysis of nonlinear delay equations.
12. 9th Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Evolution Equations, Innsbruck (Austria), November 8-11, 2016. Contributed talk: Numerical bifurcation analysis of nonlinear delay equations through pseudospectral discretization.
11. Dynamics of Delay Equations, Theory and Applications (DDETA), WIAS Institute, Berlin (Germany), October 12-14, 2016. Contributed talk: New prospects for the numerical bifurcation analysis of nonlinear delay equations.
10. Biomathematics seminar, Helsinki (Finland), October 5, 2016. Periodic solutions of a special class of nonlinear renewal equations: Numerical and analytical investigations.
9. ECMTB 2016, Nottingham (UK), July 11-15, 2016. Contributed talk: Numerical bifurcation of nonlinear delay models: the pseudospectral discretization approach.
8. SDIDE 2016 (Stability and Discretization Issues in Differential Equations), University of Trieste (Italy), June 21-24, 2016. Contributed talk: Approximating the dynamics of delay models by pseudospectral methods: the nonlinear case for coupled RE and DDE.
7. The Mathematics of life, University of Helsinki (Finland), March 7-10, 2016. Poster: The pseudospectral method for numerical bifurcation analysis: challenging Daphnia.
6. Swedish meeting on mathematics in biology, Uppsala (Sweden), December 3-4, 2015. Contributed talk: A new systematic approach for the numerical bifurcation analysis of delay equations.
5. Biomathematics seminar, Helsinki (Finland), November 18, 2015. Some ideas to test the approximation of periodic solutions of delay equations.
4. Biomathematics Day, Helsinki (Finland), October 21, 2015. Contributed talk: Structured populations: from delay formulation to numerical bifurcation analysis.
3. Short Thematic Program on Delay Differential Equations, Theme on structured delay systems, Toronto (Canada), May 19-22, 2015. Poster: Bifurcation of nonlinear delay models: back to ODEs with some numerical examples.
2. Biomathematics seminar, Helsinki (Finland), April 1, 2015. Delay equations: how to study them with numerical software for ODEs.
1. Biomathematics seminar, Helsinki (Finland), October 15, 2014. An introduction to pseudospectral methods for delay differential equations.