1988: High School Diploma (Maturità Scientifica, Liceo Ulisse Dini, Pisa, Italy), with top marks.
1988-1992: Undergraduate fellowship in Physics (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa - Italy)

1993: Degree (Laurea) in Physics (Università di Pisa - Italy). Summa cum laude

1993: Degree in Physics (Scuola Normale Superiore - Pisa Diploma di Licenza in Fisica )

1993: Post-graduate fellowship at INFM (National Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Genova Italy)
1993-1997: PhD fellowship in Physics (Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa - Italy)

1997: PhD Diploma in Physics (Summa cum laude)

1997-1999: School of Medical Physics (Università di Pisa - Italy)

1999: Medical Physics Specialization Diploma (Summa cum laude)

Career

November 1997 - November 1999: Post-Doc Fellowship (INFM-SNS, Pisa)
December 1999 - January 2000: Visiting researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
February 2000 - June 2003 : temporary research staff at NEST-INFM, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
September 2003 - March 2004: Visiting Scholar at the University of California - San Diego, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
June 2003 - January 2010: Scientist at NEST- CNR-INFM, SNS Pisa
February 2010 - present: Scientist at NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR and SNS Pisa

Research

Multi-Scale modeling of biological macromolecules. Details

Publications

Over 60 papers including articles on international journals, participation to books, proceedings. List

Other

Regular didactic activity. Curses
Regular activity as tutor of students
Regular activity as reviewer of international journals
Occasional activity as coordinator-organizer of conferences
Since 2007, member of the Committee for the assignment of resources on the national supercomputer facility, CINECA
Dissemination: autor of didactic papers for national journals and participation to didactic programs on local radio emittent
Languages: Italian (mother language), English (fluent), Spanish (scholastic), French (scholastic), German (rudimental).