June 2024 - Now: Assistant Professor - Tenure-Track (L.240/10 type B), Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, IT 

Feb. 2021 - June 2024: Junior Assistant Professor - Fixed-Time Researcher (L.240/10 type A), Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Pisa, IT 

Feb. 2019 - Jan. 2021: PostDoctoral Fellow (PostDocktor), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Nov. 2015 - Jan. 2019: Ph.D. in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences (cum laude), SNS, Pisa, IT

Oct. 2013 - Oct. 2015: Master's Degree in Chemistry. 110/110 cum laude, University of Pisa, Pisa, IT

Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2013: Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry. 110/110 cum laude, University of Pisa, Pisa, IT

Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2015: Diploma in Chemistry. Studente Ordinario, SNS, Pisa, IT

Sep. 2006 - Jul. 2010: Diploma in Classical Studies. 100/100, Liceo Classico G. Galilei, Poppi (AR), IT

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2024:   Raman Award for the best Junior Researcher
2024-25: IUPAC Young Observer for Italy
2024:      CAS Future Leader 2024 - Top 100
2022:   Young Physical Chemistry Award
2022:   Italian national qualification to Associate Professor
2018:      Philip J. Stephens Award
2010-15: Fully granted scholarship, SNS, IT.

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2025: Co-supervisor of Dr. Luca Nicoli (SNS), Ph.D. candidate in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences (defended 25/03/25). Thesis title: “Atomistic Models for Plasmonics: from Metal Nanostructures to Molecular Plasmonics”.

2025: Co-supervisor of Dr. Pablo Grobas Illobre (SNS), Ph.D. candidate in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences (defended 21/03/25). Thesis title: “Modeling Atomistic Nanoplasmonics: Classical and Hybrid Quantum Mechanical/Classical Schemes”.

2023: Co-supervisor of Dr. Piero Lafiosca (SNS), Ph.D. candidate in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences (defended 05/04/24). Thesis title: “Modeling light-matter interactions in complex embedded systems”.

2023: Co-supervisor of Dr. Luca Bonatti (SNS), Ph.D. candidate in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences (defended 11/07/23). Thesis title: “Modeling nanoplasmonics from an atomistic point of view: from theory to applications”.

2022: Co-supervisor of Dr. Gioia Marrazzini (SNS), Ph.D. in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences (defended 26/09/22). Thesis title: “Accurate Multiscale Approaches for Embedded Systems”

2016-21: Active supervision of the Master's Thesis work in Chemistry of Chiara Sepali, Piero Lafiosca, Luca Bonatti, and Oliviero Cannelli, discussed at the University of Pisa (all evaluated 110/110 cum laude, supervisor Prof. Chiara Cappelli). 

2017-21: Active supervision of the Bachelor's Thesis work in Chemistry of Luca Melega, Federico Rossi, Matteo Castagnola, Patrizia Mazzeo, Laura Grazioli, Rosario Roberto Riso, and Piero Lafiosca, discussed at the University of Pisa (all evaluated 110/110 cum laude, supervisor Prof. Chiara Cappelli). 

• PI of Research Projects University of Rome Tor Vergata.
  Title: “aI driveN desigN Of noVel plAsmonic maTerIals fOr sustaiNable CatalysiS” (INNOVATIONS)
  Funding: 13 800.00 €.

• PI of TOV unit and substitute PI, PRIN 2022 PNRR
  Title: “hydroPhObic eutectic SolvEnts In water remeDiatiON” (POSEIDON)
  PI of the project: Dr. Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Politecnico di Milano, IT
  TOV fundings: 105 262.00 €.

• Member of the research team (WG1, WG2, WG3) of COST Action COSY “Confined molecular systems: from a new generation of materials to the stars”.

• External collaborator on European Research Council (ERC) AdG n. 101020016 (Prof. Henrik Koch).
  Title: “Coupled cluster theory for polaritons: changing molecular properties with quantum light” (QuantumLight).

• PI Class C project, Italian SuperComputing Resource Allocation (CINECA HPC), 32.000 GPU hours.
  Title: SENSORS – “adSorption ENergy of Sars-cov-2 on plasmOnic substRateS” 

• PI Class C project, Italian SuperComputing Resource Allocation (CINECA HPC), 15.000 GPU hours. Title: SCOOPS – “Sars-COv-2 On Plasmonic Substrates”

• Member of the research team working on the project founded by ex DM n. 289/2021 programmazione triennale (PRO3), programma congiunto delle sei Scuole ad ordinamento speciale.
  Title: “Calcolo scientifico per le scienze naturali, sociali e applicazioni: sviluppo metodologico e tecnologico”.

• External collaborator on ERC CoG n. 818064 (Prof. Chiara Cappelli).
  Title: "General Embedding Model for Spectroscopy" (GEMS).

• Member of the Third Mission Committee and social media manager, Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata (2025-)

• Elected researchers' delegate in the Consiglio di Classe di Scienze, SNS, Pisa, IT for the 2022-24 period.

• Member of the evaluation committee of the JUMP 2023 (Joint Universities prograM for Poc), proposed by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Scuola Normale Superiore e Università di Palermo.

• Member of the evaluation committee of the Ph.D. defense in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences (SNS, Pisa, IT) of Dr. Matteo Ambrosetti (defended on 25/07/2022), Dr. Gioia Marrazzini (defended on 26/09/2022) and Dr. Luca Bonatti (defended on 11/07/2023). 

• Member of the Ph.D. board in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences, SNS, Pisa, IT (2021/22). 

• Member of the evaluation committee for admission to the Ph.D. in Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences, SNS, Pisa, IT (2021/22). 

• Member of the evaluation committee for admission to the undergraduate course in Chemistry, SNS, Pisa, IT (2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24).

• Member of the evaluation committee of the Diploma in Chemistry, SNS, Pisa, IT (2021, 2023).