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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