Desideria Giulia Pollak graduated cum laude from Luigi Bocconi University of Milan and is a practicing criminal lawyer at the Milan Bar, with expertise in corporate crimes. Since 2020, she has also been appointed to supervisory boards of various companies to oversee the prevention of corporate criminal liability.
In her academic role, she serves as a research fellow within the Chair of Legal Informatics at the University of Milan. She contributes as coordinator and lecturer of the Smart Cities, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation Law course and as tutor for the post-graduate Coding for Lawyers course. Her research focuses on AI and criminal law (in particular, opportunities and challenges of the adoption of facial recognition systems in criminal proceedings), disinformation and online extremism, AI literacy.