Dr. Silvia Bartolucci is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University College London (UCL), where she is part of the Financial Computing and Analytics Group.

Her research leverages complex networks, statistical physics and data-driven modelling tools to investigate critical behaviour in socio-economic systems, assessing protocols’ design and applications of blockchain technologies, monitoring trends and issues in traditional and decentralized financial markets.

Before joining UCL, Dr. Bartolucci was a Research Associate in the Department of Finance at Imperial College Business School, working within the Centre for Financial Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from King’s College London and a background in Theoretical Physics from Sapienza University in Rome.