I am a PhD candidate at the Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies (M3CS). As part of The Dreamscape Project: Phenomenology and Neurophysiology of Dreams, my research explores the functions of dreaming and the nature of consciousness during sleep. This project leverages The DREAM (Dream EEG and Mentation) Database, integrating neurophysiological sleep data with dream reports to deepen our understanding of sleep mentation.   

My work adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the relationship between dreaming, autobiographical memory, and the self. I investigate how assumptions about the notion of narrative shape debates on dreaming and the autobiographical self. Furthermore, I explore the dynamics by which dreaming and spontaneous cognition might contribute to the integration and maintenance of the sense of self, as well as to psychological adjustment following transformative experiences.

Before beginning my PhD, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Trento, Italy, with a dissertation exploring the Forms of Reflection on Death Between Philosophical Tradition and Contemporaneity. I then completed a Master’s in Cognitive Science at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) at the same university. For my master’s thesis, I worked on a research project examining the relationship between gaze patterns and declarative memory, focusing on how gaze behavior reflects the categorical partitioning of visual space during mental search.