CURRENT POSITION
PhD Student at the Radio Science and Planetary Exploration Laboratory, University of Bologna.
Research topic: Investigating Jupiter's System through Radio Occultation Experiments.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
03/2025 - 07/2025
Visiting Research Student, KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Department of Space and Plasma Physics (Stockholm, Sweden)
Research topic: Plasma Physics. Modeling of the ionospheres of Icy Moons.
05/2024 - 11/2024
Research Fellow, Radio Science and Planetary Exploration Laboratory, University of Bologna.
- Study of the gas giants through radio science experiments;
- Orbital determination analysis of the binary asteroid Didymos/Dimorphos for Planetary Defense applications.
EDUCATION
03/2024 - Master's Degree in Astrophysics and Cosmology
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
Thesis: Updating Jupiter's Shape integrating novel gravity experiments results and radio occultation measurements.
10/2020 - Bachelor's Degree in Physics
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
Thesis: Modeling the Cosmic-Ray Proton Flux on Low Earth Orbit Space Telescopes: Study of the Accuracy with Respect to In-Flight Measurements.
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
- JUICE SWT25, 2025 May 12-16, Uppsala — "The Shape of Jupiter Redefined by Juno" (oral presentation);
- EGU General Assembly 2025, 2025 Apr 27 - May 2, Vienna — "Geodetic Modeling of Gas Giants: An Integrated Approach Applied to Jupiter" (oral presentation);
- Swedish Space Plasma Meeting - SRS, 2025 Mar 25-27, Kiruna — "Sounding the Jovian System with Radio Occultations" (poster);
- JUICE SWT24, 2024 Nov 18-21, ESA-ESOC Darmstadt — "Analysis of the Radio Occultation Opportunities with JUICE" (oral presentation).
