Personal Data
Born on January 16, 1959 in Bologna.
Living in Bologna.
Married, two children.
Degrees Obtained
Laurea in Chemistry from Faculty of Science, University of
Bologna, Italy, Nov 29, 1983 (with P. Favero)
Positions Held
Jr. Research Assistant at the Molecular Spectroscopy Institute,
National Research Council, Bologna, Italy (4/1/1984-7/6/1990)
Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of
Bologna, Italy (7/6/1990-10/30/2000)
Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of
Bologna, Italy (11/1/2000 to date)
Periods Abroad
Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley
(USA) june 1991-april 1992 (with R.J. Saykally)
Visiting Scientist, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Warsaw (Poland), june-july 1997
Visiting Scientist, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Warsaw (Poland), july-august 2003
Research Scholar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (USA), july-august 2010
Teaching Tasks
Undergraduate course in Mathematical Methods for
Chemistry
Advanced undergraduate course in High Resolution Spectroscopy
Research Interests in the field of High Resolution
Molecular Spectroscopy:
Rotational and rovibrational spectroscopy in the gas
phase aimed to the study of:
molecular ions and unstable species produced in a low density
plasma,
species of astrophysical interest,
species of atmospheric interest,
collisional line broadening.
The current scientific interest lies within the field of Astrochemistry.
Coauthor of more than 130 (h-index: 24) papers on international journals and of
several contributions to national and international
conferences.
Academic Tasks
Director of Second Cycle Degree in Chemistry.
