CV
Academic Career
-  since 2023
Postdoctoral Scholar (Prof. Ran Blekhman)
University of Chicago, United States
 -  2022 - 2022
Bridging Postdoctoral Scholar (Prof. Peer Bork)
EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
 -  2016 - 2017
Research Assistant (Prof. Nicola Segata)
University of Trento, Italy
 
Academic Education
-  2017 - 2022
Dr. rer. nat. (Computational Biology) - Prof. Peer Bork
EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
 -  2014 - 2016
Master of Science (Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology) - Prof. Nicola Segata
University of Trento, Italy
 -  2011 - 2014
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) - Prof. Nicola Segata
University of Trento, Italy
 
Awards
-  09/2023
Travel Award
University of Chicago for the EMBL conference "The Human Microbiome"
 -  08/2022
Poster Award
ISME (International Society for Microbial Ecology), Lausanne, Switzerland
 -  09/2018
Poster Award
EMBL conference "The Human Microbiome", Heidelberg, Germany
 -  04/2017
Merit Award
University of Trento, Italy
 -  04/2016
Travel Award
EMBO for the conference "Symbiomes - Systems biology of host-microbe interactions" (Poland)
 
Academic Service
-  since 2021
Invited Reviewer for 20+ manuscripts
Nature (co-review), mSystems, ISME, PLOS Computational Biology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Nature Communications, PeerJ, Current Opinion in Microbiology, and Scientific Reports.
 -  since 02/2023
Conference Organisation Committee & Chairing
Microbiome Virtual International Forum (MVIF)
 -  2025
Conference Organisation Committee & Chairing
The Microbiome Center Symposium, University of Chicago
 -  since 08/2023
Member
International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)
 
Media & Interviews
-  2025
Research featured on journal cover
Cell
 -  2024
Spotlight Article
University of Chicago
 -  2023
Book Interview
 -  2020
Book Interview
ISBN 9788879756983
 -  2020
Research featured on journal cover
Nature Reviews Microbiology
 -  2018
Research featured on journal cover
Cell Host & Microbe
 -  2018
Regional News Coverage
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