Luca studied medicine in Padua, Italy, where he received his MD and did his residency in child neuropsychiatry. He spent part of his residency in Lyon and Grenoble, under the supervision of Philippe Kahane and Lorella Minotti. During this period he focused his research in the presurgical evaluation of children and in particular the SEEG correlates of infantile spasms. From 2014 he is part of the Epilepsy Surgery Unit of the Bambino Gesu’ Children Hospital. He is now investigating the role of high frequency oscillation and functional connectivity in predicting post-surgical outcome