Curriculum Vitae

📄 Curriculum Vitae

I am an ATER (Temporary Teaching and Research Associate) at Université Lumière Lyon 2, having recently defended my PhD in Applied Mathematics. My expertise lies in developing statistical methods for clustering longitudinal mixed-type data, with extensive teaching experience across multiple academic levels and programming languages.

🎓 Education

PhD in Applied Mathematics
Université Lyon - Lyon 2, Laboratoire ERIC
November 2021 - May 2025
Thesis: "Mixed data temporal clustering for modelling longitudinal surveys"
Supervisors: Julien Jacques, Isabelle Prim-Allaz
Defense: Successfully defended May 19, 2025
Erasmus Exchange
University of Lisbon, Portugal
February 2021 - August 2021
Activities: Data Mining courses, Portuguese language courses, thesis preparation and writing
Master in Statistics - Data Science Track
University of Bologna, Italy
September 2019 - October 2021
Language of instruction: English
Thesis: "The Power of Digital Humanities: An Application of Text Mining to Study the Evolution of the U.S. Presidential Discourse"
110/110 cum laude
Erasmus Exchange
University College Dublin, Ireland
September 2017 - December 2017
Courses: Linear models, R programming, Data Mining, survival analysis, stochastic models
Bachelor in Statistics - Stats&Maths Track
University of Bologna, Italy
September 2016 - July 2019
Language of instruction: English
Thesis: "Analysis of Financial Time Series through GARCH, IGARCH and EGARCH Models"
110/110 cum laude
High School Diploma
Liceo Classico G.Perrotta, Termoli, Italy
September 2011 - July 2016
Major courses: Literature, Latin, Ancient Greek, Philosophy, Mathematics
98/100

💼 Professional Experience

ATER (Temporary Teaching and Research Associate)
Université Lumière Lyon 2, ICOM - Laboratoire ERIC
September 2024 - Present
• Contractual teacher-researcher position
• Teaching missions in CNU sections 26/27
• Continuation of thesis research
317 total teaching hours across multiple courses and levels
Tutor for CLAMSS - Master in Statistics
University of Bologna
December 2019 - October 2021
• Support for administrative structures in organizing teaching and orientation activities
• Liaison role between students and administration
• Assistance in resolving students' administrative problems
Statistician Intern
Cattaneo Institute Research Foundation
February 2019 - June 2019
• Electoral data collection, cleaning, and analysis using Excel and R
• Study and reporting of electoral flows
• Applied statistical analysis for political research
Student Collaboration - 150 hours
University of Bologna
July 2018 - June 2019 (intermittent)
• Support, assistance, and supervision in computer laboratories and university classrooms
• Technical support for students during practical sessions
• Position held intermittently from July to November 2018 and May to June 2019

💻 Technical Skills

💻 Programming Languages

  • Advanced: R, Python, LaTeX
  • Intermediate: C/C++
  • Basic: Stata, SQL, Gretl

📊 Statistical Software

  • R (RStudio, Tidyverse)
  • Python (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn)
  • Stata
  • Gretl

🔬 Research Areas

  • Clustering Methods
  • Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • Mixed-type Data
  • Matrix-variate Distributions
  • EM Algorithms

🎯 Applications

  • Healthcare Analytics
  • Social Sciences
  • Survey Research
  • Financial Modeling
  • Political Analysis

🌍 Languages

🇮🇹 Italian
Native
🇬🇧 English
C1 - Cambridge Certificate
🇫🇷 French
B2/C1
🇵🇹 Portuguese
B2

🏆 Awards & Recognition

First Place - Sales Forecasting Challenge
FATER Company
June 2020
Team competition to build predictive models for weekly sales volume estimation across the Italian market. The challenge involved understanding the impact of seasonality, media, and promotions on total sales volume for the period April-September 2019.

📞 Contact Information

📍 Office Address

Laboratoire ERIC
bureau K069
5 av. Mendès France
69676 BRON Cedex
FRANCE