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).
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