I'm a Research Fellow at the European University Institute, within the Florence School of Banking and Finance, where I serve as Scientific Advisor to the EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy, leading work on SupTech, Open Finance, and AI supervision, as well as on EU-TSI projects for Banco de España and Banque de France on the use of AI for SupTech and financial literacy. Previously, I was a researcher at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and worked with several fintech startups. 

On the policy side, I'm part of an expert working group at EIOPA, a visiting economist at ESMA, and previously at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

I hold a PhD in Finance from the University of Bologna.

My research interests lie in the fields of digital finance related to financial intermediation, Banking, and Empirical Corporate Finance. 

P.S. I still pretend to be a basketball player — the ball never lies!!!