About
I am a PhD Candidate at the Department of Information Science at Cornell, advised by Cristobal Cheyre and Alessandro Acquisti. I am also a VSR at the Department of Economics at Stanford, supervised by Douglas Bernheim. My research lies at the intersection of industrial organization and behavioral economics, and aims to understand digital markets and economic user behavior. I run experiments to study the interaction between algorithms and user (or consumer) welfare, with a focus on online advertising, tracking and targeting, algorithmic recommendation systems, and addiction in digital platforms. My work combines field experiments, large-scale behavioral data, and theoretical modeling to examine how platform design choices affect consumer welfare, market outcomes, and privacy.
My research is supported by LinkedIn, Amazon and Yuka. I believe that collaboration with industries is necessary to understand the well functioning of markets.
I received a BSc and an MSc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University, where I specialized in Behavioral Economics and Industrial Organization. During my masters, I worked on empirical projects in digital markets and ad-tech with Francesco Decarolis. Before starting my PhD, I also worked for Compass Lexecon (London) and Oxera Consulting LLP in Oxford (UK). A detailed overview of my academic background, research, and experience is available in my curriculum vitae.