I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Palermo, working in the field of string algorithms and combinatorics on words. My interests span both the theoretical foundations and algorithmic applications of string processing, particularly in contexts such as bioinformatics.
A central line of my research focuses on elastic data structures — compact representations of sets of similar strings. These structures are particularly relevant in the context of pangenomics, where multiple genomes must be analyzed jointly.
I am also interested in the Burrows–Wheeler Transform (BWT), especially its structural properties and connections to de Bruijn words, and abstract algebra.
In addition, I am involved in projects concerning consensus problems, studied from the perspective of parameterized complexity.
