Professional Experience

Current Position 

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)

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 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.