Riccardo Tomassini obtained his Master's degree in Mathematics (with a specialization in modeling and probability) from the University of Pisa in February 2024, with a thesis titled "Optimization Methods for Bilevel Variational Problems", under the supervision of Professor Giancarlo Bigi. Since November of the same year he has been pursuing a Ph.D. in the ABRO program, curriculum Operations Research (MAT-06/A), at the Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti (DIAG) at Sapienza University of Rome. His main research interests include continuous optimization and variational inequalities.