Tommaso Bighelli joined the Department of Structural Change and Productivity as a doctoral student in October 2019. He is also a member of the CompNet research team. His research focuses on productivity, firms' heterogeneity, and international economics.

Tommaso Bighelli received his bachelor's and master's degree from Sapienza University in Rome as well as a master of research in economic analysis from the IDEA Graduate Programme at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.