Hi, I'm Luca!
I am a technical AI safety researcher working on model introspection, model organisms and CoT faithfulness/pathologies. I am currently a Visiting Researcher at Meridian, Cambridge.
Before this, I completed a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience focused on the visual cortex and vision restoration.
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Education
PhD in Computational Neuroscience
Charles University, Prague | Supervisor: Ján Antolík
2020 - 2026
MSc in Theoretical Physics
University of Milan - Bicocca | Graduated with honors
2017 - 2020
BSc in Physics
University of Milan - Bicocca | Graduated with honors
2014 - 2017
Work/Research experience
ERA AI Safety Fellow
AI Safety Research fellowship, Cambridge
July 2026 - September 2026
Meridian Visiting Researcher
Independent AI safety researcher on sleeper agents, @Meridian, Cambridge
January 2026 - June 2026
MARS 4.0 scholar
AI Safety Research program, Cambridge/Remote | Mentors: Puria Radmard, Shi Feng, Kola Ayonrinde
December 2025 - February 2026
ARENA 6.0 scholar
Technical AI Safety Research upskilling program, London
September 2025 - October 2025
SPAR scholar
AI Safety Research program, Remote | Mentor: Stefan Heimersheim
February 2025 - May 2025
PhD Research Secondment
Femtonics, Budapest
September 2022 - October 2022
PhD Research Secondment
Neuronal Intelligence Lab, Göttingen / Supervisor: Fabian H. Sinz
March 2022 - June 2022
MSc thesis research internship
LIPh (Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Physics), Padua
October 2019 - April 2020
Email: luca@lucabaroni.com
Location: Vienna, Austria
GitHub: github.com/lucabaroni
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/luca-baroni