RESEARCH POSITIONS
•2020 Director of the Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Florence, Florence, Italy (from 1st November •2020).
•2020 Director of the Centre for the Study of the Complex System (CSDC) University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
•2019 Full Professor in Condensed Matter Physics (permanent job) – Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
•2019-2020 Awarded the Francqui Chair 2019-2020.
•2019 Invited Researcher CNRS (niveau DR)– Marseille, France (1 month).
•2017 Invited Researcher – University of Namur, Belgium.
•2013 Associate Professor in Condensed Matter Physics (permanent job) – Department of Physics and Astronomy, -University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
•2013 Invited Professor – Université d' Orleans Lyon, France (1 month).
•2008 Invited Professor – Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) de Lyon, France (2 months).
•2007- 2012 Associate Professor in Condensed Matter Physics (permanent job) –Department of Energy “S. Stecco”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Three years confirmation stage passed in May 2011.
•2006 - 2007 Lecturer in Theoretical Physics (permanent job)– Department of Physics, University of Manchester, UK. Teaching and research position. The research activity is aimed at establishing an independent unit with supervision of postdocs and PhD students.
•2006 Senior Researcher – SIDEC technologies AB, Stockholm, Sweden. Home page: www.sidectech.com. Project Leader of a project aimed at developing a simulator for the image formation in a Transmission Electron Microscope. The project involves the Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Sweden and the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
•2004 - 2006 Contracted Professor – Department of Energetic “S. Stecco”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Position sponsored by the Italian research council within the framework of the “Rientro dei Cervelli” program.
•2004 - 2006 Researcher – Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
•2002-2004 Postdoc – Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
•2002-2004 Researcher - SIDEC technologies AB, Stockholm, Sweden. Molecular imaging.
•1999 Visiting Researcher – Observatoire de Nice, Nice, France (3 months).
EDUCATION
•1997-2002 Ph.D. in Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and University of Stockholm, Sweden: “Self-gravitating Systems and Beam Dynamics in a Storage Ring”. Supervisor: Erik Aurell (Stockholm).
•1997-2002 Licentiate Philosopie in Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, University of Stockholm, Sweden: “On the dynamics of self-gravitating systems and a new interpretation of the resonance theory for betatron motion”. Supervisor: Erik Aurell (Stockholm). Recognised as a pre-doctoral degree: it is equal to completion of the coursework required for a doctorate and a dissertation which is formally equivalent to half of a doctoral dissertation.
•1989-1996 Laurea in Physics, University of Florence, Italy: “Regime non lineare della interazione plasma-fascio caldo di elettroni (Non linear warm beam - plasma instability)”. Supervisors: Yves Elskens (Marseille) and Stefano Ruffo (Florence). Thesis work carried out at the University of Marseille (France).
•1993-1994 Course of Maitrise, European Erasmus exchange, University of Provence, Marseille, France.
HABILITATION
•2017 Italian scientific habilitation (ASN) to full professor for section 02/A2 – Theoretical physics of fundamental interactions.
•2017 Italian scientific habilitation (ASN) to full professor for section 02/B2 – Theoretical physics of condensed matter.