Education and diplomas
21/01/2025, PhD in Historical Studies, University of Milan. Part of ERC TACITROOTS - The Accademia del Cimento in Florence: tracing the roots of the European scientific enterprise (2019-2024) – research group. PhD thesis Observing, testing and (re)measuring: the Accademia del Cimento’s experimental activity (1657-1667). PhD Visiting Student at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS), University of Cambridge [Michaelmas Term 2023 and Lent Term 2024].
23/07/2021, master’s degree in Astrophysics and Cosmology - University of Bologna, 110/110 CUM LAUDE. Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA) Degree Award 2022 for the thesis Unveiling the size of the Universe: the first accurate measurement of the Earth-Sun distance by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
26/06/2020, Teacher training 24 CFU - Anthropo-psycho-pedagogic topics, education methods and technologies.
18/07/2019, bachelor’s degree in Astronomy - University of Bologna, 110/110. Curricular professional training activity on the historical-scientific heritage preserved at the Museo della Specola, SMA (100 hours).
05/07/2016, Double secondary school diploma ESABAC, 99/100 - "très bien". Simultaneous achievement of the State Exam and Baccalauréat diploma at the Liceo Ginnasio "Luigi Galvani" in Bologna.
Workshop / Summer schools
14-21/07/2024, Controversies vs. collaboration in the scientific revolution: societies, experiments and the “common language” of science across seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. Princeton-Bucharest-Hamburg Summer School in Early Modern Philosophy 2024, at the Hamburg Institute of Advanced Studies, Hamburg (Germany). Grant for travel, room and board.
17-21/07/2023, Cultural Astronomies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Summer school organized by Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw) in association with the Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia (Lisbon) and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Lampeter).
26/02/2023-03/03/2023, Material Culture in the History of Physics. V International Seminar funded by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation, organized by the Europa-Universität Flensburg at the Deutsches Museum (Munich). Grant for travel and room.
14-18/09/ 2021, ONSCI - Officina di Narrazione della Scienza. Summer School organized by DIFA, University of Bologna.
Prizes /awards
Scientific Instrument Society -SIS- Research Grant 2024 for the project “Investigating a unique Coulomb’s torsion balance in the collections of the Deutsches Museum”.
Winner of the Second Prize in Section 7: Physics Education and History of Physics, for the Best Presentations at the 110° Italian Physical Society (SIF) National Congress.
Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA) Degree Award 2022 for the MA thesis “Unveiling the size of the Universe: the first accurate measurement of the Earth-Sun distance by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.”
Academic Year 2019-2020: Total merit-based exemption for students enrolled in the first year of second cycle degree programs at the University of Bologna.
Conferences /lectures
18-21/06/2025 – Alla ricerca di conferme osservative “per sodisfare in qualche parte alla curiosità del S.r Cassini”. Paper for the International Congress “Giovanni Domenico Cassini, European astronomer of the 17th century on the fourth centenary of his birth”, at the Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna.
17-20/09/2024, Hidden Treasures: The tale of Florentine Thermometers 150 years after their crafting. Paper for the LXIV SISFA National Congress, at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory (National Institute for Astrophysics, INAF).
9-13/09/2024, Verso i confini disciplinari: esperimenti di "matematica mista" all'Accademia del Cimento (1657-1667). Paper at the 110° Italian Physical Society (SIF) National Congress, University of Bologna.
12/03/2024, Sound equability and distance measurement: ambiguities explored in a 1656 experiment. Paper for the workshop Fertile Uncertainties: Experimentation between Ambiguity and Objectivity in the Early Modern Time II, sponsored by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the ERC– CoG grant agreement TACITROOTS, the Marie Sklodowska Curie grant agreements “VegSciLif” and “Soundepth”, University of Milan.
09/02/2024, Observing, measuring and (re)testing: experimentalism at the Accademia del Cimento (1657-67). Presentation of my PhD work in progress at the HPS (History and Philosophy of Science) workshop, University of Cambridge.
18-22/09/2023, A Mysterious Coulomb Torsion Balance in the collections of the Deutsches Museum. Group paper for the XLII Scientific Instrument Symposium (SIC) hosted by the INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Italy.
7-10/06/2023, Time-keeping the speed of sound in Florence in the early modern period. Paper for the SCIENTIAE23 Conference, organized by Scientiae in collaboration with the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic.
14-15/12/2022, Misurare la velocità del suono e ricavarne “conseguenze curiosissime ed utilissime”: acustica sperimentale all'Accademia del Cimento. Paper for the workshop La Scienza degli Strumenti: Riflessioni e Studi, organized in honour of Paolo Brenni by SISFA, Museo Galileo and the Italian Society for the History of Science (SISS), at the Museo Galileo, Florence.
26-29/09/2022, The unpublished physical and astronomical notes of the Accademia del Cimento. Paper for the XLII SISFA National Congress at the Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia.
26-29/09/2022, SISFA Degree Award 2022 for the MA thesis with the title “Unveiling the size of the Universe: the first accurate measurement of the Earth-Sun distance by Giovanni Domenico Cassini”. Plenary presentation at the XLII SISFA National Congress at the Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia.
31/05-01/06/2022, Permeare i confini del Cimento osservando i Satelliti Medicei. Paper for the SISS conference Ad limina: frontiere e contaminazioni transdisciplinari nella storia delle scienze, at the Department of Humanistic Sciences, University of Catania.
7-8/04/2022, Gli “Astri” del Cimento: da Firenze al resto d’Europa attraverso l’osservazione dei Satelliti Medicei. Paper for the Italian Society for the Modern History (SISEM) conference Attraverso la Storia VI, at the Department of History Cultures Civilization, University of Bologna.
15-16/10/ 2021, The birth of scientific expeditions under the reign of Louis XIV of France: a case study. Paper for the SISS conference of Early Career Scholars in History of Science Storie di Scienza.
Professional activities (related to scientific museums)
01/12/2024 – 30/04/2025 – Collaboration with DIFA and SMA, University of Bologna (in synergy with PNRR CTA+) for the project “Specola 2025”, aimed at the reorganization of a section of the current Specola Tower in Bologna through an exhibition path focused on the figure of Guido Horn d’Arturo. 300 hours.
30/09/2022- Collaboration with the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci (Milan) for the 2022 European Researchers’ Night, for outreach activities on the value of ancient books – activity “Libri e Idee in movimento”.
April - November 2021 - Participation in the research group for the realization of the digital exhibition Di Terra, di Cielo e di Mare, organized by the Vatican Museums and Museo Officina dell'Educazione ModE, SMA, University of Bologna.
July - September, 2020 - English video recording for the exhibition Icons of Science at the Museum of Palazzo Poggi, University of Bologna, for the 9th European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) Conference.
April - June 2019: Curricular theoretical-practical activity of the bachelor’s degree in Astronomy: training on the historical and scientific heritage at the Specola Museum of Astronomy, SMA, University of Bologna.
October 2018: Extra in the docu-fiction “Frankenstein Senior: the scientific foundations of the myth in the Palazzo Poggi Collections”, directed by Carlo Sarti, produced by SMA for the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage.
April 2018: Actress in the film “La freccia del tempo”, directed by Carlo Sarti, produced by Misami Film srl, filmed in educational and museum spaces of the University of Bologna.
Professional activities (related to dissemination)
Since February 2019 – Ongoing collaboration with SOFOS A.P.S – Association for the Dissemination of Science (registered in the RUNTS no. 42802) as a member, for the following activities: Responsible for the design, organization, and delivery of science-themed educational shows and workshops for primary and lower secondary schools in Bologna and its province, as well as for the general public at various association venues; Operation of planetariums at various locations, including the Loiano Observatory (INAF – National Institute for Astrophysics of Bologna and OAS – Observatory of Astrophysics and Space Science), in schools, and during the 2019 European Researchers’ Night at Palazzo Malvezzi (Bologna);
Astronomical observation nights, also in English, at Palazzo Loup (Loiano), Villa Ghigi (Bologna), Loiano Observatory, and other locations; Public astronomy lectures; Planning and coordination of events linked to the 150th anniversary (2024) of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi, as part of the project “Onde su Onde: L'eredità scientifica di Marconi,” supported by the Emilia-Romagna Region; Design and implementation of the science festival "È tempo di Scienza" in its 2024 and 2025 editions; Educational lead and tutor for the PNRR-funded project “Esploriamo il Sistema Solare” (143 hours) at the Cesenatico Primary School District (2024/2025); Head of communication and content creation for social media channels.
Since 2023 – Ongoing collaboration with FUCINA XXI – Social Promotion Association (Bologna) (registered in the RUNTS no. 42681) as a member, acting as coordinator for educational and teaching activities within the Scuole Aperte 2023 project in Bologna.
05/06/2025, “Observer de concert”: l'astronomia di Cassini nel panorama europeo del '600. Conference part of the monthly astronomical dissemination meetings organized by DIFA, INAF and SMA, at the Aula della Specola in Bologna; part of thelecture series dedicated to G. D. Cassini organized by the National Committee for the Celebrations of the 400th Anniversary of his Birth.
05/12/2024, Marconi tra luoghi, relazioni e grandi intuizioni. Conference part of the monthly astronomical dissemination meetings organized by DIFA, INAF and SMA, at the Aula della Specola in Bologna.
21/02/2022 - L’altra metà del Cielo: due secoli di Astrofisica al femminile. Seminar for the 2022 International Day of Women and Girls in Science, organized by DIFA, University of Bologna.
12/11/2019 - L’altra metà del Cielo: il contributo delle donne alla nascita dell’astrofisica.Seminar part of the review Il cielo è di tutti! 200 anni di apertura della Specola a “dotti amatori e curiosi", organized by Sistema Museale di Ateneo (SMA), National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Astrophysics and Space Science Observatory of Bologna (OAS) and DIFA, at the Aula della Specola in Bologna.
05/09/2019 - La macchina di Antikythera: OOPArt (Out Of Place Artifact – meccanismo fuori dal tempo) o strumento d'avanguardia?Conference part of the monthly astronomical dissemination meetings organized by DIFA, INAF and SMA, at the Aula della Specola in Bologna.
Other information
Scientific Societies Membership
SIF – Italian Physical Society (2024)
SIS - Scientific Instruments Society (2022 - present)
SISEM - Italian Society for the Modern History (2022 - present)
SISFA - Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (2022 - present) - Member of the SISFA Executive Board (2025–2027)
SISS - Italian Society for the History of Science (2020 - present)
Language skills
Italian: Mothertongue
Englihs: CLA (Centro Linguistico di Ateneo, Università di Bologna) C1 (2020); First Certificate, Level B2 , Grade C (2015)
French: Baccalauréat (2016)
Spanish: DELE, B2 (2015)
