Albano Rikani

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow

INSERM
Paris, France

Georgetown University
Washington DC, United States of America


email: albano.rikani (at) inserm.fr
           ar2288(at) georgetown.edu

Short bio

After getting his Bachelor degree in Physics at Sapienza University of Rome in 2014, Albano obtained his Master degree in Physics of Complex Systems at University of Turin in 2017. He pursued his doctoral research at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and University of Potsdam, where he worked on modelling climate change impacts on international migration. In June 2022 Albano joined the EPIcx lab to work on human behaviour response to non-pharmaceutical interventions. In 2025, his research proposal KASSANDRA: Accounting for human behaviour in risk assessments of zoonotic spillover and international spread of infectious diseases in scenarios of global change was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship, started in early 2026, will take Albano to the Bansal Lab, Georgetown University (USA), for the outgoing phase of the action. He will conclude the fellowship with a return phase to the EPIcx lab. 

Research activities

Albano's main research interest focuses on human behavior in response to global transformative phenomena, including climate change and pandemics.

EPIcx lab, 27 rue Chaligny, 75012, Paris, France

INSERM - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Santé
IPLESP UMR-S 1136, site Hôpital St Antoine
Sorbonne Université Modeling Outbreaks Center (SUMOC)