02/2021-ongoing: Scientific Coordinator, Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

01/2015-12/2020: Leader of the Nano Interfaces Group, Department of Molecular Spectroscopy, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

12/2014-11/2015: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

11/2014-12/2014: Visiting Professor, School of Engineering - Laboratory of Fundamental BioPhotonics of EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

07/2014-11/2014: Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

07/2008-06/2014: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

11/2006-06/2008: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

01/2005-11/2006: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

Ph.D. (2004) Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

Laurea -equivalent to a M.S.-(2000) Dept. of Physics, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy