EDUCATION
University of Bologna, Italy
Laurea in Astronomy (Master), 2004
TUM-Munich/International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS), Germany
Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy, 2007
Thesis: Large Scale Structures in X-ray Surveys
APPOINTMENTS
2018- University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Asst. Professor
2015-2017 Yale University, New Haven, CT
Yale Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics – Prize Postdoctoral Fellow
2010-2015 INAF-OABO, Bologna, Italy
INAF International Postdoctoral Fellow
2008-2015 University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Visiting Research Assistant
2007-2010 Max Planck Institut für Extr. Physik (MPE), Garching, Germany
Postdoctoral Scientist
2004-2007 MPE & TUM, Garching & Munich, Germany
PhD fellow at IMPRS in Astronomy
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
- Finalist for early career prize by ISSNAF (Italian Scientist and Scholar North America Foundation) 2016
- Yale-YCAA Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship 2015
- INAF International Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010
- Marsden Prize, European Astrosky Network, 2010
- Prize Fellowship Blanceflor foundation, Sweden, 2009
- Prize Fellowship Della Riccia foundation, Italy, 2009
- Marie Curie Early stage research PhD fellowship, 2004
ORGANIZATION OF SEMINARS AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
- LOC/SOC member of the Accretion History of AGN meeting, Miami October 2018
- SOC member of tristate area postdoc symposium, Columbia University, March 2017
- Organization of the professional workshop: “The performing art of science presentation”, Yale, 2016
- Organization of YCAA seminar series, 2016
- LOC of the NUSTAR meeting, Bologna, 2015
- Chair of the LOC and SOC member for the Conference: “Whereabouts, Physical State and Metallicity of the Missing Baryons in the Local Universe” Cervia Italy, June 2012
ORGANIZATION AND ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS
- Member of the early Black Holes WG for the X-ray surveyor, 2016 – Present
- Member of the proposer group for STAR-X, 2016 – Present
- Member of the AAS, 2016 – Present
- Member of Athena-WG 1.4 Missing Baryons, 2015 – Present
- Member of Athena-WG 2.1 Formation and growth of earliest SMBHs, 2015 – Present
- Member of Nustar UDS team, 2015 – Present
- Member of Steering Comm. Chandra-UDS Visionary program, 2014 – Present
- Member of ASTRODEEP Collaboration, 2013 – Present
- Member of the “The Hot Energetic Universe” winning team for ESA-L2 mission (ATHENA), 2012 – Present
- Member of the NASA-Euclid Consortium, 2012 – Present
- Member of Steering Comm. Stripe 82 XMM/Chandra survey (PI M. Urry), 2011-Present
- Member of the ground software development team for the eROSITA mission, 2007-2010
- Responsible of X-ray data analysis and catalogs in the XMM-COSMOS survey, 2004 – 2007