Position: Prof. Associato
Address: Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, Italy
I am a computational biologist working at the intersection of computer science, molecular biology, and medical science to develop methodologies to answer research questions and novel ways to analyze and interpret data. I graduated in molecular biology from the University of Turin and subsequently undertook my Ph.D. in computer science in Turin. My research interests in computational biology were developed during my Ph.D. training at Washington University where I investigated transcriptional factor detection using probabilistic graphical models. I returned to Turin and I start to work as Researcher in 2012. My research focuses on understanding cancer progression in terms of cellular and molecular mechanisms in order to define clinically-relevant biomarkers through computational analysis and models. In my work, my strengths have been in being able to understand both sides: the medical and the computational. This give me the opportunity to understand the requests of the medical and biological side and find the optimal solution for them.