I am an Assistant Professor (RTDa) at the Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (DIEEI) at the University of Catania, Italy.

I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Engineering with a thesis focused on tackling NP-hard graph problems through Geometric Deep Learning. My research sits at the intersection of Network Science and Machine Learning, with a focus on developing novel computational methods for analyzing complex networks and solving challenging optimization problems.

Currently, I conduct research at the Network Science Laboratory and I am a member of the ICSC (Centro Nazionale HPC, Big Data e Quantum Computing), Spoke 3 focused on Astrophysics & Cosmos Observations, where I apply advanced machine learning and deep learning techniques to astrophysical data analysis.

I am also actively involved in the scientific community as a member and CTO of NetPlace, and as a member of the External Relations Committee of CSS/Italy (Italian Chapter of the Complex Systems Society).