- Laurea cum laude in Physics, Bologna University, 1988
- Admission to PhD course in Astronomy, Bologna University,
1990
- Pre-doctoral fellow of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics (Cambridge, MA, USA) in 1991
- PhD in Astronomy, 1993.
- Post-doctoral fellow at the European Southern Observatory (ESO,
Garching bei Muenchen, Germany) from 1993 to 1995.
- Post-doctoral fellow at the Dipartimento di Astronomia,
Universita' di Bologna from 1995 to 1997.
- Researcher at the Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia
Astronomia, Universita' di Bologna, since 1998.
Co-chair of the SOC for the Event E17 of the COSPAR Scientific
Commission E (Research in Astrophysics from Space) entitled
"Accretion and ejection in AGN: A Multiwavelength View", for the
37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly (Montreal, july 2008).
Proponent and co-chair of the SOC of the Joint Discussion "Hot
Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies" for the IAU XXVII
General Assembly (Brazil, august 2009). For the same General
Assembly, member of the SOC of the Joint Discussion "Dark Matter in
Early Type Galaxies".
Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), within
Commissions 34 (Interstellar Matter and Local Universe) of Division
H, 44 (High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics) of Division
D, and 28 (Galaxies and Cosmology) of Division J.
Member and chair of the panels for the selection of observing
proposals for the "Chandra X-ray Observatory" NASA's mission for
X-ray astronomy, in the subject "Clusters and Normal
Galaxies".
Teacher of various courses at the Astronomy Department of the
Bologna University since 1998, for the Laurea Degree (Fisica
Spaziale, Astronomia I and Astronomia II, Laboratorio di
Astronomia, Elementi di Programmazione I, Calcolo Numerico e
Statistica), for the Laurea Magistrale degree (Formazione ed
Evoluzione delle Galassie, Astrofisica delle Galassie), and for the
PhD in Astronomy (Astrophysics of Galaxies).
