I had my training in complex chaotic systems, with a focus on non-linear classical and quantum dynamics and statistical physics. I have worked on quantum transport in mesoscopic systems (i.e. Universal Conductance Fluctuations, Anderson Localization), dynamics and statistical mechanics of small magnetic systems and quantum computation and information.

I have an Assistant Professor position in theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Brescia, Italy. I am the group leader, together with Prof. F. Borgonovi, of the Quantum Biology group within the Interdisciplinary Laboratories for Advanced Materials Physics (iLAMP): http://centridiricerca.unicatt.it/ilamp-quantum-biology-research-2107.

The general themes of my current research interests are emergent effects in open quantum systems, focusing on the interplay of different environments. Together with an applicative interest, the purpose of my investigation is also to address basic theoretical questions such as the quantum/classical transition. The understanding of emergent properties and the discovery of new ones, are among the grand challenges in Condensed Matter Physics and in Basic Energy Science.

In particular I am currently working on the following research topics: quantum transport in light harvesting systems, within the Quantum Biology group in Italy and other international collaborations; photon localization in cold atomic clouds, in collaboration with the experimental group of R. Kaiser at INLN (CNRS) in Nice, France; cooperative effects and out-of-equilibrium dynamics in many-body systems with long range interaction in collaboration with L. F. Santos at Yeshiva University, USA.