Manuel holds a master Degree in Physics of the Earth System (University of Bologna) and will soon be awarded a PhD in Geosciences (University of Bari). He is Junior Associate Scientist at Advanced Digital Innovation Center (ADIC), working in the HPC research group where he blends his physics expertise with computer sciences. He is currently working on the EU-India partnership program GANANA and researching applications of Differentiable Physics in oceanographical simulations.