Testing gravity on cosmological scales
I am a cosmologist and, since October 2026, Associate Professor at the University of Nova Gorica, in the Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology. I am also affiliated with IFPU in Trieste.
I connect theories of gravity with cosmological observations to investigate dark energy and the formation of cosmic structure. My work combines analytical calculations, numerical simulations and data analysis, with interests spanning modified gravity, massive neutrinos and gravitational waves.
hi_class — testing gravity with cosmology
I am a main developer of hi_class, a public Einstein–Boltzmann solver for dark energy and modified gravity. Built on CLASS, it connects theories of gravity to cosmological observations, providing predictions for the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the Universe.
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Current and upcoming grants
- ESA PRODEX · HOPE (2026–2028). Principal Investigator and project coordinator. Precision galaxy-clustering modelling for Euclid DR2.
- SNSF–ARIS Weave · Awarded. Joint project with Martin Kunz on relativistic simulations of screening mechanisms for modified gravity; Principal Investigator of the Slovenian node. Planned start: January 2027.
Previously supported by Marie Curie SMASH and Fellini fellowships, and a Beecroft Fellowship at Oxford.
Academic background
After completing my Ph.D. at the University of Padova (2010–2013), I held research positions at Heidelberg (2013–2014), Barcelona (2014–2016), Oxford (2016–2020) and Geneva (2020–2021). From 2022 to 2023, I was a Marie Curie Fellini Fellow at INFN in Trieste, working in the SISSA–IFPU research environment. I then held a Marie Curie SMASH Fellowship at the University of Nova Gorica from 2024 to September 2026, before taking up my current appointment.
