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Researcher biography
I am an applied and computational topologist; my research is motivated and inspired by real life problems. My main focus is on understanding how shape influences behaviour, which is a common theme arising in the study of many natural systems. I have done my bachelor and master in Pisa (Italy), and my PhD and first postdoc in Oxford (UK). I then moved to Melbourne for my second postdoc, before starting my position at UQ.