CV

Experience
Current positions
2026-present

Visiting PhD

ELLIS Institute Tübingen

AI Safety and Alignment research under the supervision of Maksym Andriushchenko.

2023-present

Member, sAIfer Lab

University of Cagliari

Member as a PhD Student of the sAIfer Lab at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

2023-present

Member, ICT4Law&Forensics

University of Cagliari

Member as a PhD Student of ICT4Law&Forensics. Engaged as a technical forensic consultant in criminal and civil proceedings.

Past positions
10/2025-01/2026

Visiting PhD

CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Saarbrücken, Germany

Research focus: AI Security. Advised by Prof. Mario Fritz.

09/2024-11/2024

Research Intern

Cisco, San Francisco, U.S.

Research focus: Generative AI Security.

06/2024-09/2024

Research Intern

Robust Intelligence, San Francisco, U.S.

Research focus: Generative AI Security.

12/2023-12/2024

Academic Tutor

University of Cagliari

Support tutor for the Bachelor’s Program in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, and Telecommunications.

05/2023-09/2023

Research Grant

University of Cagliari

Comparative analysis of robustness of image classifiers against state-of-the-art perturbation models using PyTorch.

06/2022-11/2022

Cybersecurity Intern

Sky Italy, Comcast Group

Design and implementation of architectural cybersecurity solutions.

Education
2023-2026

PhD in Electronics and Computer Engineering

University of Cagliari

Research topic: Adversarial Machine Learning. PhD program co-funded by Robust Intelligence, now part of Cisco.

2021-2023

MSc in Computer Engineering

University of Cagliari

Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. Final grade: 110/110 with honors. Awarded best MSc student, AY 2022/23.

2018-2021

BSc in Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

University of Cagliari

Final grade: 107/110.