Resume

Experience

Smart Eye 2025 - current
Senior Engineer  Rome   |   Gothenburg 
Iris Authentication Technology Owner

  • Leading iris authentication technology for low-fidelity applications: from algorithm R&D to production-ready architecture.
  • Driving the technology's transition beyond automotive, into law enforcement, access control, and privacy-compliant applications.
  • Designed and implemented a multimodal biometric fusion framework (Iris + Face).
  • Architected APIs aligned with industry standards (FIDO, NIST).
  • Designed and implemented POCs, including those demonstrated at CES 2026 and AutoChina 2026.

Fingerprint Cards AB 2020 - 2024
R&D Engineer (Senior since 2023)  Rome   |   Copenhagen 
Touchless Technologies

  • Iris recognition system: algorithms + system design.
  •  4 patents pending on iris/face liveness detection (method + optical system).
  • Lowered the required resolution at the iris level to 3px/mm, enabling reliable iris recognition under automotive-grade NIR conditions.
  •  Foundational R&D that led to Smart Eye's acquisition of the iris technology.

Roma Tre University 2015 - 2020
Ph.D. + Post Doc  Rome 

  • Published several papers in journals and conferences.
  • Teaching Assistant: Signal Theory, Biometric Systems lab.
  • Supervised Master students.
  • Lead a team of ~10 students to participate at IEEE Signal Processing Cup .

Telefonica Summer 2016
Internship  Barcelona 
  • Proposed signal processing methods to analyse the interaction between different social network platforms.
  •  Published results as first author at the Int. AAAI Conf. on Web and Social Media [Best Paper Runner-Up].

University of Basilicata June – December 2013
Short term contract  Rome 
  • Developed an experimental set-up for acquiring and processing 3D echographic images for biometric recognition purposes.
  • Published results in several papers, mainly at the IEEE International Ultrasonic Symposium.

Education

Roma Tre University

Ph.D. in Applied Electronics 2019

  •  Thesis: Anonymous Biometrics [2020 EAB Award]
  • European Ph.D.

M.Sc. in ICT Engineering 2015

  • Thesis: "Biometric Cryptosystems Development"
  •  110/110 cum laude.
  • Information Theory | Parallel Computing | Digital Signal/Image Processing | Cryptography & Cybersecurity | Multimedia Communications | Antennas and Propagation | Sensors and Transducers | Optical Communications

B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering 2013
  • Thesis: "Biometric Systems Security: Attacks and Countermeasures"
  • Later published at BTAS, ICB, and on TIFS
  •  110/110 cum laude.
  • Signal Theory & Stochastic Processes | Digital Communications | Control Theory | Circuits| Electronics | Electromagnetism | Photonics | ...

Committees & Standards

NIST — Iris Experts Group (IEG) 2023 - current
Expert Member, Biometrics

  • Contributing member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Iris Experts Group.

Swedish Institute for Standards (SIS) 2026 - current
Expert Member, Biometrics

  • Expert member contributing to biometrics ISO standardisation.