I am a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, ACM Senior Member, ACM Distinguished speaker on AI for the UK, Full Professor at the School of Computing and Mathematics of the Manchester Metropolitan University.

I received my PhD in March 2012 from the University of Brescia. After my PhD, I worked at the planning group of the University of Brescia, as a postdoctoral research fellow, till September 2012. In October 2012 I moved to the University of Huddersfield, before joining the Manchester Metropolitan University in September 2026. During my tenure at Huddersfield, I served as a Research Fellow till April 2016, and then as a Senior Lecturer and Reader, and finally as Full Professor between 2022 and 2026.

My main research interests are in Artificial Intelligence Planning and Argumentation. In particular I am interested in the application of AI Planning techniques to Urban Traffic and Mobility (this is also the topic of my Fellowship). I am also interested in the field of innovative applications of AI in Medicine.