About me
I am an engineer with a strong background on Structural Mechanics. Currently, I am working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Structural Biology, with a special focus on the understanding of protein biological function through the sequence-structure-dynamics-function paradigm.
Education
2017 - 2021: PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering cum laude, Thesis title: Elastic lattice models: from proteins to diagrid tall buildings, Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.
2019 - 2020: Visiting PhD scholarship in the Jernigan's Computational Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames (IA), United States of America.
2015 - 2017: MSc in Civil Structural Engineering cum laude, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.
2012 - 2015: BSc in Civil Engineering cum laude, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Academic honours, awards and prizes
2022: Best Young Researcher Award - Awarded by the organizing committee of the 2nd International Conference on Computations for Science and Engineering (ICCSE2)
2018: Giorgio Dardanelli Award - Awarded by Alumni PoliTo, for the best grade in the 2017 MSc course in civil engineering.