I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University. I earned my PhD in Organizational Behavior and Theory from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, where I received the Herbert A. Simon Doctoral Dissertation Award in Behavioral Research in the Administrative Sciences.

I study how the relationships people form at work—who talks to whom, who shares information with whom, who trusts whom—shape success for both individuals and organizations. My research examines how these informal networks emerge, how they evolve over time, and how they influence collaboration, innovation, and performance. I’ve explored these questions in settings as varied as the papal conclave, global consulting firms, and manufacturing plants, using different research methods, including field data and experiments.

My work has been published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Personality, Social Networks, and Research in Organizational Behavior.

I teach at the undergraduate, Master’s, and PhD levels on topics related to organizational behavior, social networks, and leadership, and I regularly speak to academic and practitioner audiences about how informal relationships shape performance. 

For more information, please visit my research page, teaching page, or see my full CV.