Unique Researcher ID: ORCID 0000-0003-4205-8502
National Scientific Qualification (ASN): 2025 – Full Professor (I Fascia), SSD L-ANT/06.
Education
2005 – Bachelor’s degree in Archaeological Heritage at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Faculty of Conservation of Cultural Heritage.
Thesis in Etruscology and Italic Archaeology, entitled Black-gloss pottery in Etruria Padana in the 4th century BC; final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
2007 – Master’s degree in Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Thesis in Etruscology and Italic Archaeology, entitled Tombs with Etruscan inscriptions from Adria; final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
2009 – Postgraduate Diploma of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage, Classical Archaeology curriculum, at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Thesis in Etruscology and Italic Archaeology, entitled The Etruscan inscriptions from Adria and their contexts; final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
2014 – PhD in Study and Conservation of Archaeological and Architectural Heritage, curriculum in Sciences and Technologies for Archaeological and Architectural Heritage, at University of Padua.
Thesis in Etruscology and Italic Antiquities, entitled The Etruscan necropolis of Valle Trebba (Spina). Study of a set of tombs of the “dosso E” and archaeometric investigations on black-gloss pottery from the related grave goods; final evaluation: Excellent.
Participation in Research Centers and Institutes
Since 2023 – Ordinary Member and Board Member of the Section “Etruria Padana and Northern Italy” of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici.
Since 2021 – Corresponding Member of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici.
Since 2012 – Ordinary Member of the Accademia Petrarca di Lettere Arti e Scienze of Arezzo.
Scientific Responsibility of Projects
2023–2025 – PRIN 2022 ref. 2022LE33T, APENNINESCAPE. Marginal landscapes and production processes along the Reno and Bisenzio-Sieve valleys during the 1st millennium BC (€ 259,700).
2022–2023 – ALMAIDEA 2022, Marginality and mobility in the Apennines between antiquity and the contemporary age: comparative historical perspectives in the Reno Valley (€ 24,000).
2014–2017 – FIRB 2013 ref. RBFR13X8CN, KAINUA. Restoring, perceiving, disseminating the absent. Transmedia technologies for the Etruscan city of Marzabotto (€ 304,616).
Participation in National and International Competitive Research Projects
Since 2025 – Collaborating Member of the project ROMRIVERS. Sustainability of Roman fluvial structures: conception, operability, maintenance and risks, PI: Dr. Ferréol Salomon, CNRS (€ 646,507.36).
Since 2021 – Member of the COSP (Conseil d’Orientation Scientifique et Pédagogique) of the project EUR ArChal – École Universitaire de Recherche, Archaeological Challenges (Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a network of other European institutions), Coordinator Prof. Haris Procopiou (€ 6,450,000).
2023–2026 – Member of the Italian team of the project CATA. Celts Across the Alps, PI: Prof. Peter Christoph Ramsl, Universität Wien (Project no. P 36086 Einzelprojekte).
2023–2024 – Member of the Third Mission Project MaP: Mappe e Peripli. Attraverso gli spazi dell’interculturalità, PI: Roberta Bonetti (€ 10,000, Public Engagement 2023 call of the University of Bologna).
2022–2024 – Member of the project Adapticity. A Tale of two cities: Spina et Comacchio – Quelles adaptations au risque de submersion sur la longue durée? (Po Delta, Italy), PI: Dr. Ferréol Salomon, Université de Strasbourg, ref. IdEx-Exploratoire 2022 (Université de Strasbourg – CNRS; € 24,000).
2019–2021 – Member of the research group of the University of Bologna, ALES S.p.a. – Enhancement of the archaeological site of Marzabotto (2019–2020), PI Elisabetta Govi (€ 61,000).
2017–2021 – Member of the University of Bologna research group for the Interreg Italy–Croatia project VALUE. Environmental and cultural heritage development (€ 3,251,055).
2018–2020 – Member of the AlmaIdea Junior Grant From artifact to landscape: archaeological analysis and virtual modelling in the Picene necropolises of Numana (AN), PI Vincenzo Baldoni (€ 20,000).
2010–2012 – Member of PRIN 2008 ref. 2008CX7NFS, The necropolis of Valle Trebba at Spina: from the study of grave goods to the analysis of funerary ritual and social articulation, PI Giuseppe Sassatelli (€ 77,571).
Other Funded Projects
2022–2023 – Member of the Scientific Committee for the centenary celebrations of the discovery of Spina (funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture).
2023–2024 – Member of the Scientific Committee for the centenary celebration of the death of Gian Francesco Gamurrini (funded by the Accademia Petrarca of Arezzo, the Ministry of Culture, and the Luigi Rovati Foundation of Milan).
Since 2022 – Annual funding ALMASCAVI for excavations at the Etruscan port of Spina.
2020–2021 – Coordinator (with Giulia Morpurgo, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”) of the digitization and online accessibility of the journal Studi Etruschi, in collaboration with the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici and funded by the Rovati Foundation (€ 13,500).
Direction and Responsibility of Archaeological Missions
Since 2021 – Director of the archaeological mission at Spina (Ferrara), supported by the Consorzio di Bonifica Pianura di Ferrara, the Municipality of Comacchio, in collaboration with CNRS, the University of Strasbourg, and the British School at Rome.
Since 2008 – Responsible for the excavations at Kainua-Marzabotto, Regio I (sacred areas), Scientific Director Elisabetta Govi, funded by the University of Bologna.
Scientific and Editorial Committees of Journals and Series
2024 – Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal Archeologia e Calcolatori.
2022 – Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Ocnus. Quaderni della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici.
2022 – Member of the Scientific Committee of the series Studi Ariodante. Linguistica ed epigrafia dell’Italia antica (Editors: M. Nafissi, A. Calderini, R. Massarelli).
Teaching Activities Abroad
Since 2022 – Teaching within the EUR ArChal Programme, 22–26/01/2024, Paris – Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.
Since 2021 – Doctoral committee for fellowships funded by the EUR ArChal programme for the Doctoral School in Archaeology of Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (ED 112).
Member of the Comité de suivi individuel for PhD students at the Universities of Paris 1 and Strasbourg.
Co-supervisor of PhD candidate Giulia Giannella at UCC – University College Cork; research title: Materials, Matters and Identity. Social Identity in the Periphery of the La Tène Iron Age world.
2022 – Visiting Professor at Univerzita Karlova – Prague.
2019 – Visiting Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Scientific Organization of Conferences
L’Appennino tra Passato e Presente: risorse, ambiente, open data, Workshop (Bologna), Organizer.
Architecture of the past: Inspiration for the future, International Colloquium (Paris, 19–20/09/2024), Scientific Committee Member.
Gian Francesco Gamurrini (1835–1923). The archaeologist and his legacy 100 years after his death. Cities and Museums of Etruria, Study Conference (Milan, 21–22/10/2024), Organizer and Scientific Committee Member.
Gian Francesco Gamurrini (1835–1923). The archaeologist and his legacy 100 years after his death. Scientific profile, private archive, institutions and field research between Arezzo and Chiusi, Study Conference (Arezzo, 4–6/12/2023), Organizer and Scientific Committee Member.
Moving Around. Tracing mobility in the Archaeological Record, International Seminar (Bologna, 9–12/05/2024), Organizer as member of the Conseil d’Orientation Scientifique et Pédagogique of the competitive project EUR ArChal – École Universitaire de Recherche, Archaeological Challenges.
Mobility and Memory in the Archaeology of the Middle Sea: Diachronic Interdisciplinary Explorations of a Complex Relationship, International Conference (Bologna, 17–18/12/2021), Organizer and Scientific Committee Member.
Workshops and ceramic craftsmanship in sites of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines between the 7th and 4th c. BC, First International Conference on Etruscan Material Culture of the Apennines (Arezzo–Dicomano, 18–19/10/2019), Scientific Director with Luca Cappuccini.
KAINUA 2017. Knowledge, Analysis and Innovative Methods for the study and dissemination of ancient urban areas, International Conference (Bologna, 18–21/04/2017), Scientific Director with Simone Garagnani.
The Etruscan City and the Sacred. Sanctuaries and political institutions, International Conference (Bologna, 21–23/01/2016), Organizing Committee Member.
Design of Exhibitions and Museum Installations
2024 – ALMASCAVI Exhibition. Archaeological discoveries and research in Italy and abroad (Bologna, March–July 2024), Organizing Committee Member.
2023 – Responsible for the reinstallation of the Classical Section of the International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza.
2022–2024 – Spina etrusca. A great Mediterranean port (Ferrara, National Archaeological Museum, Dec 2022 – Aug 2023; Rome, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, 10/11/2023–07/04/2024), Scientific and Technical-Organizational Committee Member.
2022 – Spina100 (Comacchio, Palazzo Bellini, from April 2022). Scientific Committee Member.
2021–2022 – Responsible for the design of the Epigraphic Hall of the National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara.
2021–2022 – Gioia di ber (Faenza, International Museum of Ceramics), Scientific Committee Member.
2019–2020 – Etruscans. Journey to the land of the Rasna (Bologna, Civic Archaeological Museum), Collaboration.
2018–2019 – Design of the new internal and external information system of the National Etruscan Museum P. Aria of Marzabotto and the archaeological area of Kainua.
2017 – The Kainua Project. A challenge in complexity, in Virtual Museum of Archaeological Computing, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (http://archaeologicalcomputing.isma.cnr.it/itineraries/projects/the-kainua-project-a-challenge-in-complexity/ ), with S. Garagnani.
2017 – #Zich. Interactive journey on Etruscan writing in Arezzo and its territory (Arezzo, National Archaeological Museum “Gaio Cilnio Mecenate”), Scientific Director of the permanent installation.
2014–2015 – Il viaggio oltre la vita. Gli Etruschi e l’Aldilà tra capolavori e realtà virtuale (Bologna, Museum of the History of the City of Bologna), Organizing Committee Member.
Teaching Activity in Other Universities
Appointed lecturer of Etruscology and Italic Antiquities at the Postgraduate School in Archaeological Heritage of the University of Florence.
