Please find below a short version of my CV.
Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in a more updated and detailed version.
Work and Research Experience
2022 - present Assistant Professor - Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Florence (Italy)
2020 - 2022 ESO Fellow - European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching (Germany)
2018 - 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher - Astronomy Department, University of Geneva (Switzerland)
2016 - 2018 Graduate Research Student - INAF / Astronomical Observatory of Rome (Italy)
2015 - 2016 Graduate Research Student - Kavli Institute for Cosmology & University of Cambridge (UK)
Education
2023 - present National Scientific Habilitation to the role of Associate Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics
2015 - 2018 Ph.D. in "Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Science" - Sapienza University, University of Tor Vergata, and INAF (Italy). Final grade: Excellent cum Laude
2013 - 2015 M.Sc. in Astronomy & Astrophysics - Sapienza University (Italy). Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
2010 - 2013 B.Sc. in Physics & Astrophysics - Sapienza University (Italy). Final grade: 110/110
Publications & Research outputs
Last update: Jul 2024
83 publications (67 refereed; 3 papers in Nature Research Journals).
H-index: 30; citations: 2800 (Google Scholar)
58 seminars (30 invited) at international conferences and research institutes.
Teaching activities (selected)
2024 - Lecturer in "Computer Vision" - M.Sc. program in Data Science, University of Florence
2023 - present Lecturer in "General Physics" - B.Sc. program in Computer Science, University of Florence
2023 - present Lecturer in "Computer Science" - B.Sc. program in Physics & Astronomy, University of Florence
2023 - present Guest lecturer for the M.Sc. class "AGNs and Black Holes", University of Florence
2023 - present Guest lecturer for the B.Sc. class "Introduction to Astrophysics", University of Florence
2019 - 2020 Laboratory Assistant for the M.Sc. class "Galaxies & cosmology", University of Geneva
2018 - 2019 Guest lecturer for the M.Sc. class "Stellar Evolution", Sapienza University
2013 - 2014 Laboratory Assistant for the B.Sc. class "Laboratory of Astrophysics", Sapienza University
Supervision and mentoring
2024 Caterina Bracci - M.Sc. thesis "Classification of spectra from emission-line regions with neural networks", University of Florence
2024 Riccardo Trallori - B.Sc. thesis "Using neural nets to predict the mass-metallicity relation with galaxy images", University of Florence
2024 Nicole Maio - B.Sc. thesis "Galaxy kinematics using convolutional neural networks" (main advisor: Prof. Enrico Di Teodoro), University of Florence
2023 Michael Cavicchioli - B.Sc. thesis "Going Beyond Pixels - Image Representation via Embedding Vectors obtained from Large Pre-trained Models", University of Florence
2023 Elia Grilli - B.Sc. thesis "Analysis of MOONS simulated spectra with Neural Networks", University of Florence
2023 Francesco Chiti - B.Sc. thesis "Exploring the properties of quasars with Machine Learning", University of Florence
2023 Matilde Brazzini - M.Sc. thesis "Studying the metallicity in HII regions of nearby galaxies" (main advisor: Dr. Francesco Belfiore), University of Florence
2023 Elia Eredi - B.Sc. thesis "Evaluation of human and model observers based on Artificial Intelligence in Computed Tomography protocols" (main advisor: Dr. Sandra Doria), University of Florence
2023 Federica Monchi- B.Sc. thesis "Dual Energy CT : physical principles and clinical applications" (main advisor: Dr. Sandra Doria), University of Florence
2022 Maria Stone (University of Turku) - Ph.D. research project (3 months visiting period) "Lyman-alpha nebulae around dust-obscured quasars at z~3", ESO
2022 Claudia Di Cesare (Sapienza University) - Ph.D. research project (6 months visiting period) "Baryon cycling at high-redshift", ESO
2022 Meghana Killi (University of Copenaghen) - Ph.D. research project (6 months visiting period) "A study of spatial offsets between stellar and ISM phases in distant galaxies", ESO (co-supervised with Dr. Gergo Popping)
2021 Ivanna Langan (ESO) - P.h.D. thesis project "Multi-wavelength studies of the baryon cycle of disc galaxies", ESO (co-supervised with Dr. Gergo Popping and Dr. Nicolas Bouche)
2021 Louise Kluge (University of Heidelberg) - ESO Summer Research Programme 2021 project "The mysterious [CII] emission in the interstellar medium of galaxies"
Observing Experience
PI of 2 ALMA and 3 MUSE accepted observing programs
CO-I of more than 25 ALMA, MUSE, HST, JWST, NOEMA, Chandra, APEX, VLA, and Keck accepted programs.
Extensive experience in scheduling and executing observations with the APEX telescope; more than 500 hours of observations (either remote or from Atacama, Chile)
Professional Service and Organization of Science Activities (selected)
2022 - present Co-founder and co-organiser of the Machine Learning Discussion Group at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Florence
2020 - 2023 Co-founder and co-organiser of the Galaxy Evolution Coffee, ESO
2022 - 2023 Organiser of the 2022-edition of the ESO Summer Research Programme
2021 - 2022 Selection Committee for the 2021-edition of the ESO Summer Research Programme
2020 - 2022 Organiser of the Knowledge Exchange Series, ESO
Referee for ApJ, MNRAS, A&A
Outreach (selected)
2024 Science communicator at "ScienzEstate 2024", University of Florence
2024 Invited speaker, event: "Uno sguardo al cielo", Istituto Comprensivo Carlo Pisacane – Ponza (Italy)
2023 Science communicator at "BRIGHT NIGHT 2023", Florence
2023 Science communicator at "ScienzEstate 2023", University of Florence
2021 - present Member of "Associazione Astronomiamo" which promotes a direct link between astronomers and the general public. In 2022 I delivered a full course on "Galaxy Evolution" for the general public.
2021 Invited seminar - "Il destino e l’origine dello spazio-tempo", Sezze (Italy).
2021 Invited seminar (virtual) – "Galassie in evoluzione: il ciclo cosmico dei barioni", Associazione Astronomiamo
2021 Invited seminar (virtual) – "L’Universo bello e complesso: stelle, galassie, buchi neri e tanto altro...", event: "Giornata della Scienza 2021", Istituto Comprensivo Don Camagni, Brugherio (Italy)
2019 Invited speaker, event: "Progetto Lezioni di fisica moderna", Liceo Statale Leonardo Da Vinci, Terracina (Italy)
2018 Science communicator (subject: "Galaxies") at "La Cité des Métiers", one-week exhibition at Palexpo, Geneva (Switzerland)
2018 Invited speaker at the Science Event "Incontro di Astrofisica", Latina Scalo (Italy)