PhD Candidate · TU/e Eindhoven
I study how institutional structures, credit networks, funding systems, collaboration ties, shape economic and scientific behavior. Agent-based models meet empirical microeconomics.
Working papers & projects
Hyper-competition and the Narrowing of Scientific Ideas: Evidence from U.S. Biomedical Research, 1985–2018
Does rising competition for NIH funding crowd out exploratory science? A field-level causal identification strategy using the ARRA 2009 shock, with multi-measure novelty outcomes spanning MeSH terminology, text-based novelty, and the CD-index.
Heterogeneous Banks, Credit Networks, and Corporate Financing: An Agent-Based Framework for Regulatory Impact Analysis
ABM model of how Basel III capital constraints propagate through heterogeneous credit networks and affect the capital structure of non-financial firms.
2025–2026 · Independent
Read more Master thesisWeaving Innovation: Universities as Connectors and Catalysts in European Collaboration Networks
ERGM analysis of 59,000+ organisations and 480,000+ collaborative ties from the CORDIS database, examining whether universities act as cohesion-builders or brokers.
2025 · Sant'Anna School
Read more Bachelor thesisHeterogeneity and Local Interactions in Macroeconomic Dynamics
Agent-based approach to macroeconomic modeling with heterogeneous agents and local interaction structures. 110/110 summa cum laude.
2022 · University of Pisa
Read moreAbout
I am a PhD candidate at the Technology, Innovation & Society group at Eindhoven University of Technology, supervised by Prof. Emilio Raiteri. My research sits at the intersection of innovation economics, financial regulation, and computational methods.
Before Eindhoven, I was Researcher & Project Manager at Tilburg University, working on AI adoption in critical infrastructure and agent-based modeling. I previously interned at Bain & Company in Milan and at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.
I hold a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Pisa (110/110 summa cum laude) and an Honors degree in Economics & Management from Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (100/100 summa cum laude, 2% selection rate). I studied at the LSE on a full Sant'Anna scholarship and at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
Eindhoven University of Technology
PhD Candidate · IE&IS · TIS Group
Supervisor: Prof. Emilio Raiteri · 2025–
Tilburg University
Researcher & Project Manager
AI adoption · ABM · Network analysis · 2024–2025
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Honors Economics & Management · 100/100 SL
Zegna Scholar · 2019–2025
University of Pisa
MSc Finance · 110/110 summa cum laude
BSc Economics · 110/110 summa cum laude
Full academic CV, with education, research, work experience, awards, and skills. Three degrees summa cum laude. Updated June 2025.