Education:
- PhD in Astrophysics (2023 - present day)
Università di Bologna and INAF-OAS Bologna
Thesis: "Understanding pulsars and their environments at the highest energies" (Supervisor: V. Sguera; Co-supervisors: C. Vignali, R. Zanin, G. Ponti)
- MSc in Astrophysics and Cosmology (2021 - 2023)
Università di Bologna
Thesis: "Very-High Energy γ-ray observations of the Geminga pulsar with the LST-1 of CTA" (Supervisor: C. Vignali; Co-supervisors: R. Zanin, R. Lopez-Coto; Final grade: 110L/110)
- BSc in Physics (2018 - 2021)
Università di Bologna
Thesis: "Processi radiativi in Orione" (Supervisor: D. Dallacasa; Final grade: 110/110)
Abroad research projects:
- Research period during the second year of PhD (May - August 2025)
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory (Columbia University, New York City, USA)
Project: analysis of the X-ray data acquired by XMM-Newton, Chandra and NuSTAR and multi-wavelength emission modelling, from radio to Very-High-Energies, of the young Pulsar Wind Nebula G0.9+0.1.
- MSc Thesis preparation (March - July 2023)
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain)
Project: analysis of the first data acquired by the LST-1 telescope of the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory with the goal of studying the Very-High-Energy emission of the Geminga pulsar.
Other relevant activities:
- Outreach activities regarding the board game "PIXEL - Picture (of) the Universe" developed by INAF during the Play festival in Bologna (April 2025, May 2026), during the Play in the City festival in Modena (November 2025), and at high schools
- Outreach activities regarding the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory during the Researchers' Night in Bologna (September 2024), and during the Futuro Remoto Festival in Napoli (October 2024)
- Operator during a shift at the LST-1 telescope at the Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma (July - August 2024)
- Curricular internship at the ASTRI-Horn telescope at the Serra la Nave Observatory in Catania (February 2023)
Awards:
- Award for the best Thesis during the Academic Years of 2021-22, 2022-23 for the MSc in Physics (cod. 9245), Advanced methods in particle physics (cod. 5810), Astrophysics and cosmology (cod. 5828), LM Fisica del Sistema Terra (cod. 8626), LM Astrofisica e cosmologia (cod. 8018) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi” of Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (December 2023).
