Here is a short version of my Curriculum Vitae. For a more extensive version, please download the FULL Version (Update March 2023).

Working Experiences

National Astronomy Education Coordinator, IAU - Office of Astronomy for Education, Italy, February 2023 - Present

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy, June 2022 - Present

Ordinary Member, Game Science Research Center, Italy, April 2021 - Present

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astrofisica, Università di Bologna, Italy, Sept. 2019 - June 2022

Associate Fellow, Istituto di Radio Astronomia, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Bologna, Italy, Sept. 2019 - June 2022

Long-term Visiting, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, United States, Sept. 2017 - Jun. 2018

Ph.D. Candidate, Group of Lasers and Plasmas/IPFN, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 2015 - Aug. 2019

Education

Ph.D. Candidate, Instituto Superior Técnico, Supervisors: Prof. L. O Silva, Dr. T. Grismayer and Prof. N. Loureiro (MIT), Jan. 2015 - Jan. 2020

MSc in Plasma Physics, University of Pisa, Supervisors: Dr. A. Macchi and Prof. S. Atzeni (University "La Sapienza" of Rome), Oct. 2012 - Sep. 2014 Download the thesis >

BSc in Physics, University of Pisa, Supervisor: Prof. G. Moruzzi, Sep. 2009 - Oct. 2012

Liceo Scientifico "R. Nuzzi", Andria, Sep. 2004 - Jul. 2009

Awards

2020 NRAO Image Contest for 40th anniversary of VLA - First Prize with the video “VLA shedding lights on the origin of the cluster radio relics“ Read more >

2020 MEET - Digital Culture Center Cross Fertilisation Lab winner with the project “Into the (un)known“. A collaboration with leading companies Artemide and Sky. Read more >

2019 Wiki Science Competition International Runner-Up and second prize in Italy with “Turbulence | Voice of Space“for the BEST SET category Read more >

2018 EPP/GoLP “Natas“ - Best Image, awarded with the image “Speiser and Dahu orbits: the trappings that heat you up!“ Read more >

2018 EPS Best video in Plasma Physics, Awarded at the 45th EPS Conference of Plasma Physics with the video "Turbulence | The origin" Read more >

2017 PPCF/EPS/IUPAP Ph.D. Poster Prize, awarded for the Basic Plasmas & Space & Astrophysical Plasmas section at the 44th Conference of Plasma Physics of the EPS for the poster named "Large-scale PIC simulation of high β Magnetorotational Instability"

2016 EPP/GoLP “Natas“ - Best Image, awarded with the image "Magnetic vortex in astrophysics collisionless accretion disk" Read more >

Grants

PI on ARCHER Supercomputer (HPC-Europa3), winner of the HPC-Europa3 Transactional Access application HPC17GP9RS for 288.000 CPU hours. Dec. 2019 - Feb 2020

PI on GALILEO Supercomputer (CINECA), awarded of ISCRA application ELICS1D - HP10CMUZUW for 200.000 CPU hours. Nov. 2019 - Sep. 2020

PI on MARCONI Supercomputer (CINECA), awarded of INAF-CINECA application INA17_C5A36 for 4.000.000 KNL hours. Nov. 2019 - Oct. 2020

Co-I on Marenostrum4 Supercomputer (PRACE), total 15.000.000 CPU hours (PI: K. Shoeffler), Oct. 2017 - Sep. 2018

Commission of Trust

FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience, Co-founder and Vice President, of the FAIL! - Inspiring resilience organization, which promotes a change of prospective of career failures as learning experiences, throughout talks, events and conferences, May 2018 - Present

MIT VISTA, Co-founder and Secretary, of the MIT VISTA – Visiting Student Association, which promotes the integration of visiting students in the MIT culture offering a familiar and positive hospitality with events, talks, and activities, Nov. 2017 - Jun. 2018