I am a theoretical physicist working on topological phenomena in bosonic systems, with a focus on photonics, ultracold atoms, and related wave-based platforms.

Current position

Since May 2025, I am a tenure-track faculty member at the University of Pisa, Italy, supported by the Rita Levi Montalcini Fellowship.

Research interests

My research focuses on topological effects in bosonic systems, including photonic, plasmonic, and cold-atom platforms. I am particularly interested in how geometry, symmetry, and dissipation shape wave dynamics in lattice systems, with connections to non-Hermitian physics, bound states in the continuum, and topological band theory.

More details on my research activities can be found on the Research page.

Student-oriented projects related to these topics are described on the Thesis Topics page.

A complete list of publications is available on the Publications page.

Invited talks, seminars, and conference presentations are listed on the Talks page.

Career path

From September 2023 to April 2025 I held an Academy Research Fellowship funded by the Research Council of Finland and started my independent research group at Aalto University, Finland.

In 2021, I was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Päivi Törmä at Aalto University, Finland.

From 2017 to 2020, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Nathan Goldman at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

In 2016 I completed my PhD and continued as a postdoctoral researcher at the INO–CNR Pitaevskii Center for Bose–Einstein Condensation in Trento, Italy, in the group of Iacopo Carusotto.