The current PhD community

Students

Meet the current doctoral researchers working across the four DRII curricula.

PhD student · Started in 2022

Ibn E ABBAS

Curriculum: Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences for Engineering
Advisor: Elisabetta Comini

Research focus: Metal oxide nanostructures and their applications.

PhD student · Started in 2024

Giovanni Angelo ALGHISI

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Francesco Gringoli

This research explores innovative strategies to enhance user privacy in Wi Fi networks, focusing on the challenges posed by unauthorized sensing using Channel State Information (CS…

PhD student · Started in 2022

Nicola ARICI

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Alfonso Emilio Gerevini

Research focus: Understanding and applying LLMs: from figurative language to industrial applications.

PhD student · Started in 2022

Pietro BELLERI

Curriculum: Electronics Engineering, Sensors and Instrumentation
Advisor: Fabrizio Torricelli

Neuromorphic circuits try to mimic the nervous system to create a more efficient architecture for particular tasks, like pattern recognition. Thanks to the performance shown by Ele…

PhD student · Started in 2025

Francesco BERNERI

Curriculum: Electronics Engineering, Sensors and Instrumentation
Advisor: Fabrizio Torricelli

This project focuses on using chitosan recovered from food waste for organic electronics, dye degradation, and eco friendly agriculture. Specifically, we synthesize chitosan based …

PhD student · Started in 2023

Stefano BERTELLI

Curriculum: Electronics Engineering, Sensors and Instrumentation
Advisor: Alessandro Nastro

MEMS devices combine mechanical and electronic components on a miniaturized platform, offering reliable performance and broad applicability in sectors such as automotive, consumer …

PhD student · Started in 2023

Annalisa CASTELLETTI

Curriculum: Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences for Engineering
Advisor: Renata Mansini

My research focuses on combinatorial optimization and mathematical programming, with particular expertise in Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP). I develop optimization models …

PhD student · Started in 2024

Federico CERUTTI

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Francesco Gringoli

I am working on repurposing wireless basebands as low power, high bandwidth SDRs. This requires reverse engineering both the firmware and hardware, building a high speed interposer…

PhD student · Started in 2024

Marco COLOMBO

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Alessandro Gnutti

This research aims to develop an algorithm for vineyard yield prediction using mainly RGB spectrum based imaging and AI driven computer vision techniques. Efforts will focus on des…

PhD student · Started in 2023

Paolo FAUSTINI

Curriculum: Electronics Engineering, Sensors and Instrumentation
Advisor: Anna Richelli

Current research focuses on ultra low power analog IC design, with a particular emphasis on digital based and inverter based amplifier architectures. It explores novel circuit topo…

PhD student · Started in 2025

Denis FESTA

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Francesco Gringoli

This research investigates how commodity Wi Fi network interface cards, found in smartphones and access points, can be repurposed as software defined radios (SDRs). By reverse engi…

PhD student · Started in 2024

Stefano FONTANA

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Francesco Gringoli

The technologies used for satellite communications in the areospace industry, whether for constellations or individual satellites, are rarely standardized. Although, as a starting …

PhD student · Started in 2024

Chiara FRANZONI

Curriculum: Electronics Engineering, Sensors and Instrumentation
Advisor: Stefano Rinaldi

The research project aims to develop a smart charging system for electric vehicles capable of dynamically modulating charging power based on electrical grid conditions. The solutio…

PhD student · Started in 2023

Elisa GALLI

Curriculum: Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences for Engineering
Advisor: Irene Vassalini

The idea of the research is to explore new strategies and develop new processes for the realization of waste based materials that can find various interesting applications in the f…

PhD student · Started in 2025

Gnana Prakash GOLI

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Mauro Migliardi

Social trust, economic stability, and democratic resilience are all under risk due to the quick dissemination of false information on social media. Current solutions, such as human…

PhD student · Started in 2023

Simone MARMAGLIO

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Giorgio Paolo Maria Vassena

I work on LiDAR SLAM in environments where standard approaches fail, like tunnels or flat areas with a lack of geometry. In these repetitive spaces, a mobile scanner can lose track…

PhD student · Started in 2023

Evgenii MENSHIKOV

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Davide Rocco

The research explores nonlinear light matter interactions in dielectric flat optics. It investigates how the polarization and angular momentum of light can be controlled through ha…

PhD student · Started in 2022

Stefano MORZENTI

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Barbara Rita Barricelli

Digital twins and Cyber physical systems are an innovative tool that is only recently finding diffusion, mostly in industrial fields. Among the possible applications on humans, Dig…

PhD student · Started in 2022

Nam NGUYEN HOANG

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Alberto Signoroni

As digital management of new and existing buildings and other kinds of construction sites are getting larger and increasingly more complex, the amount of work needed to gather accu…

PhD student · Started in 2025

Alessandro PAGANI

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Federico Cerutti

Situational understanding can be defined as the ability to recognize what is happening, gain insight into why it is happening, and use that knowledge to anticipate what may happen …

PhD student · Started in 2025

Nicolò PALETTI

Curriculum: Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences for Engineering
Advisor: Irene Vassalini

This project develops CO₂ hydrogenation catalysts using three complementary ionic liquid (IL) strategies: IL mediated synthesis, Supported Ionic Liquid (SIL) systems, and SCILL con…

PhD student · Started in 2023

Olesia PASHINA

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Costantino De Angelis

This research explores light induced transient photonic structures for ultrafast and reversible control of linear and nonlinear optical responses in semiconductor films and metasur…

PhD student · Started in 2025

Stefano PICCHI

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Devis Bianchini

His research focuses on the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into recommender systems. A central theme is how conceptual modeling and the structured organization of doma…

PhD student · Started in 2022

Giovanni PINTORE

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Alberto Signoroni

Research focus: AI and Deep Learning techniques for multi-room indoor reconstruction and exploration from panoramic images.

PhD student · Started in 2024

Claudio PIROLA

Curriculum: Electronics Engineering, Sensors and Instrumentation
Advisor: Emilio Sardini

The growing diffusion of printing techniques has enabled, through the use of printed electronics (PE), the design and production of printed sensors that can be integrated into obje…

PhD student · Started in 2022

Filippo RANZA

Curriculum: Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences for Engineering
Advisor: Renata Mansini

Research focus: Last mile delivery in routing problems: new paradigms, model, and algorithms.

PhD student · Started in 2022

Shabbir RAZA

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Francesco Gringoli

Research focus: CSI-based wireless sensing and localization with next-generation Wi-Fi: performance and privacy aspects.

PhD student · Started in 2022

Angelo ROSSONI

Curriculum: Electronics Engineering, Sensors and Instrumentation
Advisor: Zsolt Kovacs

The goal of the research is modeling the effect that the cuts on the Polysilicon on the neighborhood gates have on the performance of the devices, identifying the type of stress ca…

PhD student · Started in 2022

Alberto ROVETTA

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Alfonso Emilio Gerevini

Research focus: Models and algorithms for resilient planning under action failures.

PhD student · Started in 2024

Maryam SAMIEPOUR

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Barbara Rita Barricelli

Digital twin technology offers new opportunities to monitor and optimize systems while supporting sustainability. This research explores how digital twins can track user behaviors …

PhD student · Started in 2022

Lorenzo SERINA

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Alfonso Emilio Gerevini

Research focus: Fast and robust goal recognition through Deep Learning.

PhD student · Started in 2025

Ruggero SIGNORONI

Curriculum: Computer Science/Engineering and Control Systems
Advisor: Ivan Serina

The Mediterranean basin is identified as a primary 'hotspot' for climate change, facing increasing frequency of droughts and the degradation of coastal aquifers due to saltwater in…

PhD student · Started in 2022

Giuseppe SOARDI

Curriculum: To be confirmed
Advisor: Aldo Attanasio

Research focus: Development and validation of a discrete event simulation model for an industrial complex manufacturing process.

PhD student · Started in 2022

Kassahun Mamuye TESFAYE

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Daniele Modotto

My research concerns the design and experimental testing of multimode optical fibers and integrated

PhD student · Started in 2024

Sembukutti Arachchige Ayodya Bede THEJASIRI

Curriculum: Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences for Engineering
Advisor: Elisabetta Comini

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells have the highest energy conversion efficiency among fuel cells. To facilitate the hydrogen reduction reaction at the anode, high surface area with high densi…

PhD student · Started in 2022

Lorenzo TOMASETTI

Curriculum: Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences for Engineering
Advisor: Renata Mansini

The objective of is related to the optimization of production processes and reduction of consumption in energy intensive companies in the steel sector, that is achieved by the deve…

PhD student · Started in 2024

Elena TONINI

Curriculum: Telecommunication Engineering
Advisor: Renato Lo Cigno

This research investigates the integration of Integrated Communication and Sensing (ICAS), Cooperative Perception (CP), and Cooperative Driving for smart mobility. It explores how …