Giacomo is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Francis Crick Institute.

Before joining the Crick, Giacomo obtained a BSc degree in Electronic Engineering and a MSc degree in Nanotechnology Engineering, both from the University of Rome ``La Sapienza’’ in his hometown (Rome, Italy), as well as a PhD in Nucleic Acids Nanotechnology for Bottom-Up Synthetic Biology from Imperial College London under the supervision of Lorenzo Di Michele (Di Michele Lab). He is passionate about bodyweight training (calisthenics) and everything photography-related, from smartphone cameras to DSLRs and drones.