Work Experience

• Quantum Software Developer II
  Xanadu Quantum Technologies, Toronto, ON, Canada (Feb 2024 - present)

• Working in the core team of PennyLane, an open-source software framework for quantum machine learning, quantum chemistry, and quantum computing.

• Developed DefaultTensor, a PennyLane quantum device based on fast and efficient tensor network simulations of quantum circuits. The public tutorial is available on the PennyLane website.

• Researcher and Teaching assistant
  Western University, London, ON, Canada (Sep 2020 - Dec 2023)

• Conducted scientific research with the backing of the Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada.

• Integrated high-performance computing into loop quantum gravity research. Published original contributions in peer-reviewed journals, also as a first and solo author.

• Teaching assistant for engineering students in Calculus I, Calculus II, and Numerical Methods courses.

• Scientific translator
  Adelphi Edizioni, Milano, Italy (Jun 2020 - Feb 2021)

• Adapter and Italian translator for General Relativity: The Essentials, written by Carlo Rovelli. The Italian version is Relatività generale. Una semplice introduzione.

• Lifeguard
  New Kalos, Rimini, Italy (Jun 2012 - Aug 2012)

• Lifeguard in a swimming pool during summertime in Rimini, Italy. Seasonal work during the formative years.