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Professional Experience
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Current Position
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* **Assistant Professor (RTD-a)**, University of L'Aquila, Italy  
  **Period:** 1st March 2023 – present  
  **Responsibilities:**  
  - Co-advising Muhammad Waheed Khan, Ph.D. candidate (XXXIX cycle)  
  - Co-advising Idrees Ahmad, Ph.D. candidate (XXXIX cycle)  
  - Co-advising Payel Patra, Ph.D. candidate (XXXVIII cycle)  

Past Positions
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* **Expert of the Subject in Software Quality Engineering**, University of L'Aquila, Italy  
  **Period:** 2020 – 2023  
  **Responsibilities:**  
  - Supported students during the SQE course  
  - Served as a member of the Exam Committee  

* **Post-Doctoral Researcher**, Center of Excellence EMERGE, Italy  
  **Period:** 1st November 2019 – 28th February 2023  

* **Post-Doctoral Researcher**, Center of Excellence DEWS, Italy  
  **Period:** 1st November 2018 – 31st October 2020  

Visiting Experiences
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* **Visiting Researcher**, University College Dublin, Ireland  
  **Period:** 15th October 2017 – 25th March 2018 (5 months, 3 days)  
  **Supervisor:** Prof. Mel Ó Cinnéide  
  **Research Program:**  
  - Investigated combining functional and non-functional objectives in the context of multi-objective optimization for software refactoring, where non-functional objectives were supported by performance antipattern detection and resolution.  
  - Explored the porting of model-based performance antipattern detection and resolution techniques from the model level to the code level.