CAVALIERE Matteo

Research Interests:

Computational Modelling of Complex Systems

Bio-Inspired and Cellular Computing

Molecular Programming

Evolutionary Game Theory (EGT)

Synthetic Biology

Early-Warnings for Evolutionary Dynamics



Academic Qualifications:

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGC LTHE), Manchester Metropolitan University, 2019

PhD (cum laude) in Logic, Computation and Artificial Intelligence, University of Seville, Spain, 2006

Advanced Studies Degree in Logic, Computation and Artificial Intelligence, University of Seville, Spain, 2004

BSc in Computer Science, University of Salerno, Italy, 2001



Career History:

Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, October 2023 -

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Aug 2019- September 2023

Lecturer in Computer Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Dec 2017-Aug 2019

Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh, UK, 2014 - 2017

Researcher at the Spanish National Biotechnology Centre - Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain, 2009 - 2013

Junior researcher at the Microsoft Research - University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Trento, Italy, 2006 - 2009



Postgraduate Teaching (selected):

Manchester Metropolitan University (MSc), 2021, 2022
Algorithms and Data Structures

Polytechnic University of Madrid (PhD and MSc in Computer Science), 2019
Evolutionary Game Theory

King's College London (PhD and MSc in Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Non-Equilibrium Systems), 2016
Evolutionary Game Theory and Synthetic Biology

Autonomous University of Madrid (MSc in Biophysics), 2012
Nature-inspired Computing

Polytechnic University of Madrid (PhD and MSc in Computer Science), 2009
Nature-inspired Computing and Evolutionary Game Theory

Microsoft Research – University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (Computational and Systems Biology Course), 2008
Bio-Inspired Computing

Microsoft Research – University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (MSc in Computational and Systems Biology), 2007
Automata Theory for Bionformatics, Formal Languages and Biological Modelling



Invited Lectures (selected):

Workshop on Adaptive Networks and Catastrophes, 2017 (Complexity Science Hub Vienna)

University of Dundee, 2017 (School of Life Sciences)

University of Stirling, 2017 (School of Computing Science and Mathematics)

International Conference on Membrane Computing, University of Milan-Bicocca, 2016

University of Manchester, 2015 (School of Physics and Astronomy)

University of Edinburgh, 2014 (Seminars in Mathematical Biology)

Integrative Ecology Group - CSIC, Seville, 2012

University of Bath, 2012

Colloquium of the Systems & Synthetic Biology Program, Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology, Madrid, 2011

Microsoft Research Cambridge, 2009

International Conference on Computability in Europe, Athens, 2008

Workshop on Algorithmic Bioprocesses, Leiden, 2007




Research Supervision (PhD):

Adam Miles, PhD in Computer Science, Manchester Metropolitan University. Principal supervisor until Aug 2023.

Joel Dokmegang, PhD in Computer Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, successfully completed in 2020. Principal supervisor from Nov 2019




Editorial Service and Memberships:

Member of the Editorial Board of “Mathematics” (MDPI), 2020 –

Member of the Editorial Board of “SynBio” (MDPI), 2021 –

Guest editor for a special issue on Natural Computing and Synthetic Biology of the Journal of Natural Computing, 2018




Program and/or Organizing Committee of the following Conferences and Workshops (selected):

Fluctuations, Tipping Points and Emergence in Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics, 2019.

Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023

Asian Conference on Membrane Computing, 2012-2017

26th Workshop on Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Molecular Biology, 2016

Conference on Membrane Computing, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020

Meeting on Membrane Computing and Biologically Inspired Process Calculi, 2006, 2008-2010

15th Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming, 2009

Workshop “From Biology to Concurrency and Back”, 2008



Academic Services / Management:

External member of PhD thesis committees: University of Salerno, 2009; University of Milano-Bicocca, 2017

Internal member of PhD thesis committees: Manchester Metropolitan University, 2021.

Programme Leader of the BSc in Computer Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2019-2022




Honors and Distinctions:

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, 2019

Academy New Appointments Grant (British Computer Society), 2018

Steering Committee Member of the Conference on Membrane Computing

Invitation to the 2014 NAFKI Conference (Collective Behaviors: From Cells to Society) organized by
the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

Award best PhD thesis in the Technical and Scientific Area, Univ. Seville, 2008