1992–1998: Master Degree in Electronic Engineering – Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
2016–2021: PhD in Information Technologies for Engineering – University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
2022-2024: Full time Researcher in Linguistics
2025- : Full tme Researcher in Linguistics
Main research areas
Forensic Speech and Audio Science – Forensic voice comparison, speaker identification and verification, forensic phonetics, acoustic analysis, likelihood ratio (LR) frameworks, Bayesian evaluation of speech evidence, and development and validation of forensic software.
Speech Processing and Voice Biometrics – Automatic speaker recognition, speaker embeddings, deep learning approaches, speech signal processing, acoustic modelling, and biometric systems.
Computational Linguistics, Dialectology and Sociophonetics – Computational analysis of language variation, Italian dialects, acoustic phonetics, dialect modelling, and AI-based approaches to linguistic research.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning – Application of machine learning and deep learning techniques to speech technologies, audio analysis, pattern recognition, and computational modelling.
Speech Analysis in Clinical and Cognitive Research – Computational and acoustic analysis of speech features for the investigation of cognitive decline and neurodegenerative conditions.