Employment
Proleptic Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Quantum Information Science & Technologies — February 2024 - Present
H H Wills Physics Laboratory & Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs), School of Physics, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Royal Commission 1851 Research Fellow — October 2023 - Present
H H Wills Physics Laboratory & Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs), School of Physics, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Research Associate— March 2023 - September 2023
H H Wills Physics Laboratory & Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs), School of Physics, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Royal Society Newton International Fellow — March 2021 - February 2023
H H Wills Physics Laboratory & Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs), School of Physics, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Education
PhD in Physics — March 2015 - January 2021
Thesis: Quantum causality and the indefinite thermodynamic arrow of time
Advisor: Prof. Philip Walther
Thesis External Reviewers: Prof. Antonio Acín, Prof. Aephraim M. Steinberg
Class: 1st, Award: Cum Laude
University of Vienna, Austria
MSc. in Physics — October 2012 - January 2015
Thesis: Transferring quantum information with no shared reference frames
Advisor: Prof. Fabio Sciarrino
Class: 1st, Award: Cum Laude
University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
BSc. in Physics — October 2009 - December 2012
Thesis: Quantum decoherence
Advisor: Prof. Fabio Sciarrino
Class: 1st
University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
Fundings
Royal Commission 1851 Research Fellowship — October 2023 - September 2026
Funding Body: Royal Commission 1851
Value: £211,490.
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship — (Awarded but declined due to concomitant offer)
Funding Body: Leverhulme Trust
Status: Awarded (Declined due to acceptance of Royal Commission 1851 Research Fellowship)
Newton International Fellowship — March 2021 - February 2023
Funding Body: The Royal Society
Value: £115,710.
Uni:docs Fellowship (Scholarship to fund PhD) — October 2016 - September 2019
Funding Body: The University of Vienna
Value: €146,853.
Further Training & Certificates
Mental Health First Aider Certificate — August 2023
Trained by St John’s Ambulance
Working towards: CREATE HEA Fellowship — September 2023 - Present
Cultivate Research-rich Education & Teaching Excellence (CREATE) Higher Education Authority (HEA)