Federica Ferretti

Postdoctoral Associate

I am a theoretical physicist interested in statistical modelling for biological systems. Prior to MIT, I earned my PhD from the University of Rome La Sapienza. My current work focuses on affinity maturation and optimization problems related to aspects of vaccinology. I develop and study mathematical models to better understand how the statistical features of the immune repertoire and of antigen-receptor affinity landscape can be manipulated to control the diversity and specificity of the antibody response.

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