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CV

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher May 2023 - to date
Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Switzerland
Main topics: characterization of drinking water microbiology with focus on premise plumbings, Legionella and protists

Education

Ph.D. in Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering November 2019 - June 2023
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Main topics: advanced techniques for the monitoring and management of microbiological water quality in drinking water distribution systems.

Visiting researcher March - August 2022
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Main topics: eukaryotic analysis from drinking water distribution systems metagenomes.

M.Sc. in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering September 2016 - April 2019
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
Thesis title: Micropollutants risk assessment in the context of wastewater reuse for irrigation: a modeling approach.

Visiting student August 2017 - October 2018
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Performed activities: environmental engineering courses and thesis work under the scholarships "Tesi all'estero" offered by Politecnico di Milano.

B.Sc. in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering September 2013 - September 2016
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
Thesis title: Comparison of H₂O₂/UV and TiO₂/UV processes in the decoloration of methylene blue.

Training

5th International Viromics Workshop 11^th - 13^th May 2022
Ohio State University, USA
Main topics: bioinformatic and experimental approaches to study viral ecology.

Parallel Factor Analysis for DOM fluorescence 4^th - 30^th October 2020
Chalmers University of Technology, Technical University of Denmark (remote)
Main topics: PARAFAC theory, data handling, fluorescence dataset modelling, model validation and interpretation.

Model-guided Data Science Summer School 2^nd - 6^th September 2019
Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, Italy
Main topics: bayesian latent variables models, unsupervised learning of features from data, reinforcement learning.

SMART Drinking Water Treatments Summer School 1^st - 5^th July 2019
Università di Ferrara, Italy
Main topics: sustainable drinking water treatment processes, selection of adequate treatment technologies.

Publications

See the publications page.

Invited talks

Drinking water distribution systems: a land of microbiological variability 10^th August 2022
ITiMIS Science Salon, University of Michigan (USA)

Metagenomic exploration of eukaryotic abundance and diversity in drinking water distribution systems 9^th November 2022
Eawag (CH)

Teaching and related experiences

Graduate teaching assistant A.Y. 2019/20 - to date
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Course title: Statistical Models and Stochastic Processes
Course topics: descriptive statistics, probabilistic models, stochastic processes, markovian chains, statistical inference, multiple regression, hypothesis testing, multivariate analysis, R software.

Lecturer 2020 and 2022 editions
FAST Academy, Italy
Professional course title: Potabilization: sustainable system management
Lecture title: Biological stability: conventional and on-line monitoring, modelling tools and monitoring data processing

Lecturer 2020 and 2021 editions
FAST Academy, Italy
Professional course title: Disinfection and wastewater reuse
Lecture title: Risk analysis as a tool for land planning

Graduate teaching assistant A.Y. 2018/2019
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Course title: Modelling of Environmental Processes and Technologies
Course topics: environmental statistics including uncertainty assessment, environmental models (ODE-, PDE-based), parameter estimation and optimization, sensitivity analysis.

M.Sc. thesis co-advisor of environmental and computer science engineering students at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

Other information

• Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 3^rd International Conference on Disinfectoin and DBPs, 27^th June - 1^st 2022, Milan, Italy
• Recipient of the Center of Microbiome Science (CoMS) Travel Award (2K USD) for attendance at the 5^th International Viromics Workshop
• IWA Publishing Young Water Professionals Spotlight blog entry "Drinking water distribution systems: a land of microbiological variability" (https://www.iwapublishing.com/news/iwa-young-water-professionals-spotlight-blog-9)
• Steering Committee member ``Technical Training Coordinator" of Young Water Professionals Italy (YWPIT) (February 2022 - to date)
• Member of the Local Organizing Committee of 5^th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (EcoSTP), 21^st - 25^th June 2021, Milan, Italy