dr. Mattia Petroni


Mattia Petroni is a teaching assistant at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science. He received his BSc degree in Computer Science in 2011 and his PhD in 2018. His current research is focused on precise modeling of gene regulatory networks, by identification and estimation of biochemical reaction-kinetic parameters.

research interests

  • bioinformatics and computational biology
  • information processing with gene regulatory networks
  • modelling, analysis and design of synthetic biological systems
  • digital signal processing
  • data flow computer architectures
  • parallel programming

education and awards

  • PhD from computer science (2018)
  • BSc from computer science (2011)
  • student member of Slovenian iGEM 2010 team - Grand Prize winners (2010)
  • Dean's awards from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and information Science (2010)

free time

  • sailing
  • road and off-road cycling
  • skiing

contact and information