Curriculum Vitae
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Research
Oct 2021 - Present day  | Ph.D. student, The Open University, London Supervisor: Daniele Iudicone Co-supervisors: Samir Suweis and Olivier Jaillon Research topic: Role Of Oceanic Circulation In Plankton Communities’ Structure And Functioning |
Nov 2020 - Sept 2021  | Graduate student in Physics, University of Padova Supervisor: Amos Maritan Co-supervisor: Sandro Azaele Main research interests: Statistical Mechanics of spatial ecosystems. |
Jan 2020 - Oct 2020  | Research assistant at ICT center - Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento Supervisor: Bruno Lepri |
Education
Oct 2017 - Sept 2019  | Master's degree in Physics, University of Padova Thesis title: Analysis and modelling of information ecosystems. Advisor: Samir Suweis Co-advisors: Caterina De Bacco, Carlos Alberto Plata Final grade: 110/110 GPA: 29.03/30 |
Jul 2019 - Sep 2019  | Master Thesis Traineeship at the Physics for Inference and Optimisation group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems y, Tubingen Supervisor: Caterina De Bacco |
Apr 2018 - Sep 2018  | Erasmus Semester at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ruprecht-Karls-University, University of Heidelberg Supervisor: Caterina De Bacco |
Oct 2014 - July 2017 | Bachelor's degree in Physics, University of Padova Thesis title: Application of Voter Model to Ecosystems Advisor: Samir Suweis Final grade: 107/110 |
Publications
Delay effects on the stability of large ecosystems
Pigani, E., Sgarbossa, D., Suweis, S., Maritan, A., and Azaele, S., 2022. Delay effects on the stability of large ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (45).
Effect of delay on the emergent stability patterns in generalized Lotka–Volterra ecological dynamics
Saeedian, M., Pigani, E., Maritan, A., Suweis, S. and Azaele, S., 2022. Effect of delay on the emergent stability patterns in generalized Lotka–Volterra ecological dynamics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, A 380 (2227), 20210245.
Quantifying the drivers behind collective attention in information ecosystems
Calleja-Solanas, V., Pigani, E., Palazzi, M. J., Solé-Ribalta, A., Suweis, S., Borge-Holthoefer, J., and Meloni, S., 2021. Quantifying the drivers behind collective attention in information ecosystems. Journal of Physics: Complexity, 2(4), 045014.
Digital proximity tracing on empirical contact networks for pandemic control
Cencetti, G., Santin, G., Longa, A., Pigani, E., Barrat, A., Cattuto, C., Lehmann, S., Salathe, M. and Lepri, B., 2021. Digital proximity tracing on empirical contact networks for pandemic control. Nature communications, 12(1), pp.1-12.
Neutral theory for competing attention in social networks
Plata, C.A., Pigani, E., Azaele, S., Calleja-Solanas, V., Palazzi, M.J., Solé-Ribalta, A., Borge-Holthoefer, J., Meloni, S. and Suweis, S., 2021. Neutral theory for competing attention in social networks. Physical Review Research, 3(1), p.013070.
Attended conferences, schools and workshop
- SMEEB 2021, Venice, Italy, 22nd - 25th June 2021
- LiphLab Winter Workshop 2020, Folgaria, Italy, 16th - 18st January 2020
- First Italian Conference on Complex Systems, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy, 1st - 3rd July 2019
- LiphLab Winter Workshop 2018, Folgaria, Italy, 15th - 18st December 2018
Talks, presentations and posters
Deviation from neutral species abundance distributions unveils geographical differences in the structure of diatom communities
Contributed Talk at ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Unveiling Global Patterns in Taxonomic and Gene Expression Dynamics - Species Abundance Distributions and their Biological Interpretation
Contributed Talk at ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Modeling bio-geographies – a conceptual approach
Contributed Talk at AtlantECO and CEODOS, Santiago, Chile
CEODOS and AtlantECO Workshop Talk
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