Employments 

03/2019-present        Assistant Professor at the Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Technische Universitat Wien (Austria)

12/2018-present        Permanent researcher at CNR-ISC, Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)

11/2016-11/2018       Senior Postdoc in the group of Prof. Christos N. Likos, Computational Physics, University of Vienna (Austria) 

08/2012-10/2016       FWF Elise Richter Fellowship at the Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Technische Universitat Wien (Austria)

08/2010-07/2012        FWF Lise Meitner Fellowship at the Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Technische Universitat Wien (Austria) 

09/2009-07/2010       Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the Institut fur Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf (Germany)

03/2009-08/2009       Erwin Schrodinger Fellowship at the Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Technische Universitat Wien (Austria) 

Education

10/04/2017                   National (Italian) Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (02/B2) 

05/02/2009                   Ph. D. graduation in Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy)

03/2008-05/2008         Visiting Ph. D. student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Utrecht University (The Netherlands) 

11/2005-11/2008         Ph.D.Fellowship for Physics at the University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy)

14/07/2005                   Degree in Physics, final mark 110/110 cum laude, at the Physics Department of the University of Rome La Sapienza 

Fellowships and awards

• START Grant, Project No. Y-1163-N27

• “Elise Richter” Postdoctoral Fellowship, Project No. V249-N27

•  “Lise Meitner” Postdoctoral Fellowship, Project No. M1170-N16

•  “Alexander von Humboldt” Postdoctoral Fellowship, Project No. 3.3-ITA/1133706 STP

• “Erwin Schrodinger” Junior Research Fellowship in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics

•  “Best talk” prize for Condensed Matter Physics a.y. 2007/2008, Scuola di dottorato “Vito Volterra”, University of Rome La Sapienza

•  “Best talk” prize for Condensed Matter Physics a.y. 2006/2007, Scuola di dottorato “Vito Volterra”, University of Rome La Sapienza

• PhD fellowship, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (2005-2008) 

Organized events

• CECAM workshop (upcoming) on “Exploring bio-inspired systems: a synergy between multiscale experimental and computational approaches", 4-7 September 2024, Vienna (Austria)

• CECAM workshop on “Charged Species in Bulk and Interfaces: Transport and Regulation”, 13-16 September 2022, Vienna (Austria)

• Mini-colloquium on “Design, synthesis and assembly of patchy particles" at the 15èmes Journees de la Matiere Condensee (JMC15), 22-26 August 2016, Bordeaux (France) 

• CECAM workshop on “Physics of colloidal particles with heterogeneously patterned surfaces”, 24-27 September 2014, Vienna (Austria). 

Member of the ENROL network 

Member of the MLTUW -- Machine Learning at TU Wien -- platform