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Positions
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- 2023 – pres. Reader (Associate Professor) — School of Mathematics and School of Physics and Astronomy
- 2021 – 2023 Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
- 2019 – pres. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow (Phase 1: 2019-23; Phase 2: 2023-26)
- 2015 – 2018 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, then Research Associate — School of Physics and Astronomy
- 2012 – 2015 Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellow — School of Mathematics
Visiting Research Appointments
- 2018 – 2019 JSPS – Royal Society Fellow — Dept. of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, JP
- 2012 – 2013 The Gruber Foundation – IAU Fellow — Dept. of Astronomy, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA
- 2010 – 2011 Fulbright Visiting Graduate Researcher — Dept. of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Selected Awards and Fellowships
- 2022 Future Leaders Fellowship (Phase 2), UK Research and Innovation
- 2019 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, William Herschel and Royal Astronomical Societies (lecture) (citation)
- 2019 Future Leaders Fellowship (Phase 1), UK Research and Innovation (video) (GOV.UK press)
- 2018 Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Royal Society (feature) (JP press)
- 2015 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission (EU CORDIS press)
- 2012 The Gruber Foundation Young Scientist Award, International Astronomical Union (citation)
- 2012 Research Fellowship, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
- 2011 Research Fellowship for Theoretical and Particle Physics, Angelo Della Riccia Foundation
- 2010 “All Disciplines” Visiting Graduate Research Fellowship, US-Italy Fulbright Commission
- 2008 “Open Topic” National Doctoral Fellowship, Italian Ministry of Education
Education
Department of Physics “Aldo Pontremoli”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
- 2012 Ph.D. in Theoretical Astrophysics (conferred Jan 2013)
Thesis: “Dynamics of globular clusters”, Advisors: Prof G. Bertin, Prof E. Vesperini, Prof S. L. W. McMillan - 2008 M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, 110/110 cum laude
Thesis: “Tidal effects on an isothermal truncated stellar system”, Advisors: Prof G. Bertin, Prof R. Pozzoli - 2005 B.Sc. in Physics, 110/110 cum laude
Thesis: “The dark matter problem in the solar neighborhood”, Advisors: Prof G. Bertin, Prof M. Lombardi
Liceo Classico Statale “Giovanni Berchet”, Milano, Italy
- 2002 Diploma di Maturità Classica (Secondary School Diploma in Classics and Classical Languages), 100/100
Thesis: “The birth of mathematical logic and the scientific method in the Ancient World” (in Italian)
Advisors: Ms M. R. Gambarini (Ancient Greek and Latin), Ms M. C. Di Maio (Philosophy), Ms I. Sassi (Maths and Physics)