CURRICULUM VITÆ

Employment

  • Faculty Astronomer, European Southern Observatory, Germany, Jan 2023 – current
  • Invited Professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland, Jan 2023 – current
  • Assistant Professor, SNSF PRIMA grantee, Uni. of Geneva, Switzerland, Jan 2020 – Dec 2022
  • ESO Fellow, European Southern Observatory, Germany, Sep 2015 – Jan 2019
  • Science Operations Astronomer, ESO Very Large Telescope, Chile, 2016 – 2018
  • Koshland Post-doctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Nov 2012 – Jul 2015
  • Post-doc, Centre for Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Iceland, Jul 2011 – Jul 2012
  • Ph.D. researcher, University of Iceland, Jan 2008 – Jun 2011
  • Internship, European Southern Observatory, Chile, Feb – Apr 2009, Jan 2010
  • Internship, Centre of Excellence for Space, Planetary and Astrophysics, U. Leicester, UK, Jul – Sep 2009

Education

  • Italian habilitation for 2nd level Professorship in Astrophysics, Aug 2018
  • Ph.D. in Astrophysics, University of Iceland, Jan 2008 – Jun 2011 (dissertation on July 1st 2011)
  • Master in Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Bologna, Dec 2004 -Dec 2007
  • Trans Atlantic Science Student Exchange Program, U. of Calgary, Canada, Sep 2005 – Jun 2006
  • Bachelor in Astronomy, University of Bologna Sep 2002 – Dec 2004

Grants and Awards

  • PRIMA Grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation,  to build a research group at the University of Geneva (Jan 2020 – Dec 2024)
  • Koshland Prize for outstanding Fellows, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 2013 – 2015
  • Awards for outstanding Master (2007), Bachelor (2004), and Diploma (2001) – Cassa Rurale Dolomiti, Italy

Organization of international conferences/schools