Gianluca Mastrantonio

Gianluca Mastrantonio is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences (DISMA) of the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy. He is a member of the Interdepartmental Center SmartData@PoliTO and actively contributes to the Statistics and Data Science research group. His academic roles include teaching in PhD programs (Mathematical Sciences, 2023-2025) and master's courses such as Statistical Methods in Data Science and Statistical Models/Statistical Learning.

His research focuses on Bayesian Statistics and Hierarchical Models, with applications spanning Biostatistics, Environmental Monitoring, Machine Learning, and Computational Statistics. Key keywords include RNA Velocity, Sea Climate Analysis, Animal Movement Modeling, and Bayesian Software Development.

• Selected Scientific Awards
  • Steering Committee Member, Royal Statistical Society (Emerging Applications, 2021-)
  • Effective Member, International Statistical Institute (ISI, 2019-)
  • Effective Member, Graspa (Italy, 2017-)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (2020-)
• Key Research Themes
  • Bayesian Modeling of RNA Dynamics
  • Environmental and Wildlife Behavior Analysis
  • Statistical Software Development (Julia/R packages)
  • Climatic Change-Point Detection
  • Integration of Linear/Circular Data in Ecology
  • Applications in Prostate Cancer Diagnostics