I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies (CONTACT) research unit.
I obtained my Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Robotics (cum laude) from the University of Genoa and IIT in 2025. My doctoral research explored how collaborative interaction with robots influences human perception, adaptation, and interpersonal coordination. During my Ph.D., I was a Visiting Research Fellow at Brown University, where I investigated shared perception during joint action.
My research focuses on Human–Robot Interaction (HRI), particularly on how physical collaboration with robots shapes human perception, attention, and body representation. By combining behavioral experiments with quantitative analyses of human movement and cognition, I aim to understand the mechanisms underlying natural human–robot collaboration and apply these insights to the design of more adaptive and intuitive robotic systems.
I believe that understanding human cognition and behavior is key to designing robotic systems capable of more natural and effective collaboration with people.
