Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Mathematics for Theoretical Chemistry
CERMICS, École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, INRIA, Paris, France
2024–present
Research on excited states of molecular systems using saddle-point search approaches and geometric methods.
Funded by the ERC Synergy Grant EMC2.
Supervisor: Prof. Eric Cancès.

PhD in Theoretical Chemistry
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
2020–2024
Thesis: Challenges in the Calculation of Molecular Energies and Properties in a Magnetic Field using Unitary Coupled-Cluster Theory.
Supervisors: Prof. Stella Stopkowicz and Prof. Jürgen Gauss.
Final grade: magna cum laude.

Honours College in Chemistry
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
2015–2020
Bachelor and Master studies in theoretical chemistry.

MSc in Theoretical Chemistry
University of Pisa, Italy
2018–2020
Thesis: Strong light–matter coupling in chiral cavities: signatures of enantiomers in rotational spectra.
Supervisors: Prof. Henrik Koch and Prof. Enrico Ronca.
Final grade: 110/110 summa cum laude.

BSc in Chemistry
University of Pisa, Italy
2015–2018
Thesis: A novel theoretical approach to accurately model infrared spectra of flexible molecules in aqueous solution.
Supervisor: Prof. Chiara Cappelli.
Final grade: 110/110 summa cum laude.

Selected Talks and Conferences

• 2026 — Invited talk, ERC-EMC2 Annual Meeting and Workshop, Roscoff.
  Differential geometry for excited states: a unified framework.

• 2026 — Invited talk, Analysis and Simulation of Quantum and Molecular Systems Workshop, Aachen.
  A geometric picture of excited states in variational theories.

• 2025 — WATOC Conference, Oslo.
  Excited states as critical points of the potential energy surface.

• 2025 — Mathematical Methods in Quantum Chemistry, Oberwolfach.
  Unitary Coupled-Cluster theory in strong magnetic fields.

• 2023 — ICQC, Bratislava. Poster prize winner.

Awards and Fellowships

• 2023 — Poster Prize, International Conference in Quantum Chemistry (ICQC), Bratislava.
• 2015–2020 — Five-year full residential scholarship, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa.
• 2019 — Fellowship for participation in the European Summer School of Quantum Chemistry.

Languages

• Italian: Native
• German: Native
• English: Fluent (C1)
• French: C1
• Chinese: B2
• Latin: Reading knowledge

Programming and Software

• Languages: Python, C++, Fortran, Bash, Matlab
• Software and tools: Mathematica, LaTeX