Emanuele Natale was born in Bielefeld, Germany. In 2021, he graduated from the University of Mannheim with a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc.) in Business Administration. In the same year, he continued his studies at the University of Mannheim pursuing his Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) in the Mannheim Master in Management (MMM) program with a focus on Marketing. During his studies, he spent one semester abroad at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, and gained several years of experience as a student research assistant at the Chair of Quantitative Marketing and Consumer Analytics at the University of Mannheim.
Since September 2024, Emanuele is a doctoral candidate at the Chair of Quantitative Marketing and Consumer Analytics. As such, he follows the Marketing Track of the structured PhD program administered by the Center of Doctoral Studies in Business at the University of Mannheim. His research interests are primarily in consumer behavior, machine learning in marketing, and generative artificial intelligence.