Riccardo is a PhD candidate at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, mentored by the Professor Prof. Diego Garlaschelli. His studies focus on the multi-scale modelling of complex networks and its application to economic systems. Currently in the Netherlands, he has been developing those models at ING Bank. Prior to pursuing his PhD, he earned both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Physics from Università degli Studi di Padova.