Degree, positions and scholarship
- 1994- Degree in Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Catania University
- 1995- INFN - Fellowship
- 1996- attending classes to get Ph.D granted by University of Catania.
- 2000- Ph.D in Physics, Catania University, Italy.
- 2000- Post-doc Fellowship, supported by CSFNSM -Sicilian Centre for Nuclear and Solid State Physics.
- 2001- Post-doc Grants, Department of Physics, Catania University
- 2002- Post-doc Grants, Engineering Faculty, Catania University.
Teaching
- A.Y. 2001 - 2004, Course Assistant, Experimental Physics, Engineering Faculty, University of Catania.
- A.Y. 2002 - 2004, Lecturer on Detection of Ionising Radiations and Experimental Technique for Single Photon Spectroscopy in the activity framework of Ph.D classes at Catania University.
- 2009 Lecture on Experimental Nuclear Techniques of astrophysical Interest, National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering Bucharest, Romania
- 2009 Lecture on Interdisciplinary Application of Experimental Nuclear Techniques, Bucharest University
- Supervisor of several master degree dissertations and Ph.D thesis.
- A.Y. 2004- up Today is aggregate Professor of Experimental Physics, Engineering Faculty, University of Catania, Italy.
Professional Experience
- Member of Italian Physical Society (SIF)
- Member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
- Member of the Romanian Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences of the National University Research Council, CNCSI
Summary of main scientific interest and activities
- Reaction mechanisms in heavy-ion collisions
- Nuclear structure
- Nuclear astrophysics
- R&D of new instrumentation for measuring nuclear physics and biophysics
- Laser produced Plasmas
This work was mainly carried out in collaboration with several International Laboratories, Research Centres and Company
- ENEA- Frascati (Italy)
- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR (Italy)
- UCL - Laboratorio Ciclotrone di Louvain-la-Neuve, (Belgium)
- Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb (Croazia)
- Laboratorio dell'accademia delle Scienze di Praga (R.C.)
- USP- Departamento de Fisica Nucleare Istituto de Fisica - Sao Paulo (Brasile)
- Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (Bucarest, Romania)
- IMM - CNR Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (Italy)
- FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy)
- ST-Microelectronics