English version Education
- July 2004 – Degree in Astronomy (summa cum laude), University of Bologna.
- March 2008 – PhD in Astronomy, University of Bologna.
Academic Career
- June–August 2004 – Research contract at INAF – Bologna Astronomical Observatory for the project "Automatic procedures for planning multi-fiber spectroscopic observations of the Magellanic Clouds".
- 2008–2009 – Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Astronomy, University of Bologna, working on the project "Chemical Evolution of the Large Magellanic Cloud Globular Clusters".
- 2009–2010 – Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Astronomy, University of Bologna, working on the project "Understanding the Formation Process of Blue Stragglers in Star Clusters".
- 2010–2011 – Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Astronomy, University of Bologna, working on the project "Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of the Two Stellar Populations in Terzan 5".
- 2012–2015 – Assistant Professor (fixed-term, Type A) at the Department of Astronomy, University of Bologna, within the COSMIC-LAB project funded by the European Research Council Executive Agency through an FP7 Advanced Grant.
- 2016–2019 – Associate Professor (fixed-term, Type B) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna.
Teaching Activities
- Lecturer for the undergraduate course "Physics Laboratory I" in the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Astronomy, University of Bologna (Academic Years 2017–18 to 2022–23).
- Lecturer for Module 2 of the graduate course "Multiwavelength Astrophysics Laboratory" in the Master's Degree Programme in Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Bologna (Academic Year 2022–23).
- Lecturer in the second-level Master's programme SPICES (Space Missions Science, Design and Applications) at the University of Bologna (Academic Year 2020–21 to present).
- Coordinator and lecturer for the outreach programme "Measuring the Universe: Planets, Stars and Galaxies", organized within the University of Bologna's National Scientific Degree Programme to promote STEM subjects among high-school students (Academic Year 2021–22 to present).
Scientific Activities
- Leader of the "Milky Way Satellites" Work Package within the Guaranteed Time Observation (GTO) programme for the MOONS spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope (VLT).
- Member of the Science Team defining the stellar-population science cases for the WST, ANDES@ELT, and MOONS@VLT projects.
- Principal Investigator of the PRIN 2022 project "LEGO: Reconstructing the Building Blocks of the Galaxy by Chemical Tagging", funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).
- Responsible for the computation of stellar atmosphere models for the BaSTI project.
Institutional and Academic Service
- Member of the Third Mission Committee of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, with responsibility for outreach activities.
- Member of the PhD Board in Astrophysics at the University of Bologna from the 34th PhD cycle (Academic Year 2018–19) to the 41st cycle (Academic Year 2025–26).
- Member of the Bachelor's Degree Examination Committee in Astronomy at the University of Bologna (Academic Years 2016–17 to 2022–23).
- Member of the Master's Degree Examination Committee in Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Bologna (Academic Year 2022–23 to present).
