Jacopo Uggeri
Research interests: gravitational waves, computational methods in general relativity, machine learning.
Research Experience
Machine Learning Research Assistant – VRAI Labs
Università Politecnica delle Marche (Remote), Supervisor: Primo Zingaretti
2025
- Assisted in peer review of manuscripts for Journal Of Computing and Cultural Heritage
- Worked on novel metrics for evaluation of 3D generative diffusion models
Representation Theory of Non-abelian Magnetic Charges
MSc Dissertation at Imperial College London, Supervisor: João Magueijo
2024
- Investigated the representation theory of charges and non-abelian analogues of the Dirac quantization condition for non-abelian gauge theories, with the final aim of understanding gravitational magnetic charge
- Achieved a First Class Honours grade for the project
Black Hole Entanglement Entropy from Causal Graphs
Wolfram Summer School, Mentor: Jonathan Gorard
2023
- Research experience in the Wolfram Physics project, Causal Set Theory, and General Relativity
- Applied numerical GR tools in Wolfram Language to obtain causal structure of a Schwarzschild black hole
- Investigated the hypothesis that black hole entropy emerges from the entanglement of the interior and exterior causal graph regions
Red Giant Photoevaporation in the Galactic Centre
MSci Project at Imperial College London, Supervisor: James Owen
2022 — 2023
- Produced a comprehensive analysis, concluding that proximity to an accreting supermassive black hole can significantly impact the evolution of red giant stars
- Computational and theoretical project: designed, wrote, and tested shareable code
- Continued after graduation, building on previous results: modified MESA, a research-grade stellar evolution code, to simulate the evolution of red giants under photoevaporation
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
King's College London, London, UK
Oct 2025 — Present
- Supervised by Prof. Mairi Sakelleriadou
MSc Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces | Merit (66.93/100)
Imperial College London, London, UK
Sep 2023 — 2024
- Modules include: Particle Symmetries, Differential Geometry, QED, Advanced QFT, Black Holes, String Theory, Supersymmetry, Relativity and Cosmology
MSci Physics with Theoretical Physics | 2:1 (67.08/100)
Imperial College London, London, UK
2019 — 2023
Publications
Balloni, E., Paolanti, M., Uggeri, J., Zingaretti, P., & Pierdicca, R.
(2025).
Enhancing Cultural Heritage with Generative AI: A Comparative Framework for the Evaluation of 3D Model Accuracy and Visual Fidelity.
In Digital Heritage — Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, The Eurographics Association. https://doi.org/10.2312/dh.20253146
Additional Positions
Affiliate Researcher
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026
Wolfram Institute
AI for Academic Research Intern
Jan 2025 - June 2025
Framework (Harvard ILabs-funded)
Workshops & Conferences
Wolfram Science Winter School
Jan 2025
Heidelberg University, Passo del Tonale, Italy
- School organised by Heidelberg University aimed at advanced masters students and PhD students, participated in workshops on fundamental physics tests with GW and attended lectures from leading researchers in the field
KU Leuven, Leuven Gravity Institute
- Participated in week-long school on gravitational waves, focusing on the theoretical and experimental aspects
- Presented a poster on my MSc research on the representation theory of non-abelian magnetic charges
Frontiers in Scientific Research Summit
Feb 2024
Imperial College London, SynBIC
- Selected as a speaker and gave a talk on MSci research on Red Giant Photoevaporation
- Presented a poster, which was awarded the second best poster prize as judged by practicing physicists
DeepLearn Summer School
July 2021
Teaching Experience
Imperial College London
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Helpdesk)
Sep 2023 - Mar 2024
- Ran helpdesk sessions for UG students, providing support and guidance on course material and technical issues
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Labs)
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
- Assisted 1st-year students in labs, guiding them to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Extracurriculars
Imperial Eco-Marathon – Simulation Team Member
2023
Languages
Italian – Native
English – Native
Spanish – Advanced
Japanese – Intermediate
Mandarin – Beginner
Skills
Coding
C#
C++
Java
Git
Mathematica
Markup
LaTeX
HTML
CSS
ML & Data
Python
PyTorch
OpenCV