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.
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I'm currently an associate 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
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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
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April 2019- Present
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
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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 SkÅ‚odowska-Curie grant agreement No 690904
January 2016- December 2019