Education

• PhD, Industrial Engineering, Doctor Europeaus Certification

           University of Cagliari, Italy, 2019 – 2023

           Dissertation: 20/04/2023

           Thesis: Machine Learning and Deep Learning applications for the protection of nuclear fusion devices

            Supervisor Prof. Alessandra Fanni, Dr. Fabio Pisano

            Final mark: passed magna cum laude, additional Doctor Europeaus Certification

• Master of Science in Electronic Engineering

           University of Cagliari, Italy, 2017 - 2019

           Thesis: Automatic identification of destabilizing mechanisms in Tokamaks

           Supervisor: Prof. Alessandra Fanni

           Final degree mark: 110/110 magna cum laude

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

           University of Cagliari, Italy, 2014 - 2017

           Thesis: Analisi statistica delle disrupzioni nei Tokamak

           Supervisor: Prof. Alessandra Fanni

           Final degree mark: 110/110 magna cum laude

Research/work Experience and internships

PostDoc (EUROfusion Engineering Grant)

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy

01 June 2024- 31 May 2026, topic: "Real-time heat flux estimation in fusion devices through machine learning techniques"

PostDoc

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy

January 2023-May 2024, topic: "Development of machine and deep learning techniques for the monitoring of dangerous events in nuclear fusion devices"

Visiting researcher

Fusion Technology Department Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Garching, Garching, Germany

August 2023-September 2023, topic: "Detection of flux pumping at JET by nonlinear transport simulations"

Visiting PhD student

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

September 2021 - February 2022, topic: "Development of codes for real-time heat flux computation using Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINN)."

Internship

UK Atomic Energy Authority / Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham, UK,

November 2018 - February 2019, topic: "Development of an SVD (Singular Values Decomposition) algorithm and test of a Coherence algorithm to identify MHD modes in the plasma."

Research Assistant

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy

• April 2018-September 2018, topic: "Analisi di sistemi di acquisizione, codifica e rappresentazione per realtà virtuale"

Internship

• UK Atomic Energy Authority / Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham, UK,

           July 2017 – September 2017, topic: "Statistical analysis of relevant signals during discharges in JET Tokamak."

Activity within international research projects

·        EUROfusion program on DEMO design WPDES: 2023, 2024

·        EUROfusion program on Tokamak exploitation WPTE: 2021, 2022-24 Topic RT04, 2023-2024 Topic RT08

·        EUROfusion program on JET experimental campaigns WPJET1: 2021 Task M21-03 and Task; 2020 Task M18-04

·        EUROfusion program on W7-X OP1.2b: 2020-21 Task S1.X2.A.T2 and Task S1.X2.A.T2;

·        EUROfusion Work Program WPW7X: W7-X Exploitation Task: 2023-2024-W7X-3.3.2-ENEA-UC: Preparation and Support for W7-X Experiments in 2023-2024

Teaching Experience

Lecturer on contract: Electrotechnics, BSc in Tecnologie Industriali per la Transizione Energetica e Digitale, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, 2023-2024

Bachelor-level course on fundamentals of circuit theory.

Tutor: Electrotechnics, BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, 2019-2023

 Bachelor-level course on fundamentals of circuit theory. Practical assignments, student support and seminars on the use of LTSPICE and Matlab for solving electrical circuits

Grants/Scholarships

• EUROfusion Engineering Grant 2024

                2024: Two-year salary and missions funded by EUROfusion

• Mobilità Giovani Ricercatori (MGR) researcher grant

               2023, supporting the 1-month visiting researcher period at the Max Planck Institüt für Plasmaphysik Garching, Fusion Technology Department.

• Research Grants - Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees / Cotutelle • DAAD

              2021-22, supporting the visiting PhD period at the Max Planck Institüt für Plasmaphysik Greifswald

• Fusenet Master support

              2018-19, supporting the visiting Master period at Culham Science Centre, Culham, UK

• Erasmus+traineeship

              2017, supporting the internship period at Culham Science Centre, Culham, UK

Summer schools/courses

-         Computational Physics School for Fusion Research (CPS-FR) 2022, organized by MIT, Boston, Massachusetts

-         ITER Summer School 2022 (ISS2022) on plasma control, San Diego, California

-         Advanced course on plasma physics and diagnostics: PhD course of the University of Padua, Italy

-         Advanced course on plasma control: PhD course of the University of Padua, Italy

-         Advanced course on fusion technology: PhD course of the University of Padua, Italy

-         SUMTraic 2019: Summer training course on COMPASS tokamak

-         PlasmaSurf 2018: Summer course on plasma physics, intense lasers and nuclear fusion + Internship

Others

• 2024 Consorzio RFX Paolo Piovesan prize for the best PhD thesis in Nuclear Fusion Engineering, Academic Year 2023
• 2020 Consorzio RFX prize for the best Master thesis in Nuclear Fusion Engineering, Academic Year 2019
• 2020 University prize as the best graduate of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Academic Year 2019
• 2020 University prize as the best graduate of the course: "Ingegneria Elettronica", Academic Year 2019
• 2018 University prize as the best graduate of the course: "Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica", Academic Year 2017