Born in Catania, Italy, december 1970
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