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ABOUT ME

I'm a relativist interested in the physics and astrophysics of gravitational waves and their sources (black holes and neutron stars), as well as in theories of gravity extending General Relativity.

I'm currently full professor at SISSA (Trieste, Italy) in the Astroparticle Physics group.

I'm also leading an ERC-funded group on

GRavity from Astrophysical to Microscopic Scales (GRAMS).

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CURRENT PROJECTS

ACADEMIC CAREER

EDUCATION

GALFORMBHS

"Testing galaxy formation with gravitational-wave and X-ray observations of massive black holes" 

November 2012 - October 2016

June 2004

University of Padova, Italy

Laurea degree (MSc) in Physics

October 2008

International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)

Ph.D in Astrophysics

GRU

"Gravitational Universe:Challenges and Opportunities"

EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No.101007855 

January 2022 - December 2025

April 2019- March 2024

International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)

Associate professor 

PAST PROJECTS

November 2012- March 2019

Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris

Permanent Staff Researcher

November 2011- October 2012

University of Guelph

CITA National Fellow,

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Associate Postdoc

November 2008- October 2011

Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics & Joint Space-Science Institute

Post Doctoral Research Associate

GRAMS

“GRavity from Astrophysical to Microscopic Scales”

European Union’s H2020 ERC Consolidator Grant
Grant Agreement
 No. GRAMS815673 

April 2019 - September 2024

GUVIRP

"Gravity tests in the Ultra Violet and InfraRed with Pulsar timing"

PRIN grant of the Italian Ministry of Research 

October 2023 - July 2025

StronGrHEP

"Strong Gravity and High-Energy Physics"

European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 690904 

January 2016- December 2019

April 2024 - present

International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)

Full professor 

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