Career

Current position

Now

Staff Scientist

INAF – Istituto di Radioastronomia, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy

Now

Visiting Jr. Professor of Radio Astronomy

University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Research

2023 – present

Research Manager (Dirigente di Ricerca)

Istituto di Radioastronomia – INAF, Bologna, Italy

2022 – 2023

Researcher (Ricercatore)

Istituto di Radioastronomia – INAF, Bologna, Italy

2018 – 2021

Jr. Professor of Radio Astronomy

Hamburger Sternwarte – University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Quantum Universe – Cluster of Excellence, Hamburg, Germany

2015 – 2018

VENI Fellow

Sterrewacht – Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

2012 – 2015

Research Associate

Hamburger Sternwarte – University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Education

2009 – 2012

Ph.D. in Astrophysics

Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany
Excellence Cluster Universe and International Max Planck Research School for Astrophysics (IMPRS) at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich

  • Thesis: “The impact of radio emitting super massive black holes on their environment: the LOFAR view of the Virgo cluster”
  • Supervisors: Dr. Andrea Merloni & Dr. Guinevere Kauffmann
  • Final grade: 1 (magna cum laude)

2006 – 2009

M.Sc. in Physics, curriculum of Astrophysics

Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

  • Thesis: “Simulations and removal strategies of thermal systematic effects in Planck-LFI”
  • Supervisors: Prof. Davide Maino & Dr. Aniello Mennella
  • Final grade: 110/110 cum laude

2003 – 2006

B.Sc. in Physics

Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

  • Thesis: “Vasculogenesis models by means of statistical mechanical methods”
  • Supervisor: Prof. Giovanni Naldi
  • Final grade: 110/110