Short Biography

I was born and grew up in northern Italy. I started my university studies at the Scuola Normale of Pisa, Italy, where I followed a program of physics and mathematics. During that time I was also at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland as a student researcher. There I first learnt about mathematical optimization.

As I continued my studies I decided to switch focus to applied mathematics and finance. I joined a quantitative research desk at a major global bank in London, UK right after graduating.

I later moved to Stanford, California to start a PhD program in the Management Science and Engineering department. Its founder David Luenberger was my first advisor.

Work in progress.