Date and place of birth: 04 September 1977, Ferrara.
Nationality: Italian.
Driving licenses: A & B (motorcycles and cars).
At present I am working with the High-Energy
Astrophysics Group at the Ferrara
University Physics Department.
The activities I am involved with are:
- Development of X-ray focusing optics
- Experimental activity at the X-ray facility
- Software development for focusing optics study
- Software development for data analysis
- Administration of the group Linux boxes
- Webmaster of the
group website
2005:
PhD in Physics, obtained at the Ferrara
University, Italy. Title of the thesis:
"Hard X-ray optics development: feasibility study of a Laue Lens".
2001: Degree "Laurea" in Physics,
specialization Solid State Physics, obtained at the Ferrara
University, Italy. Title of the thesis: "Magnetic interactions
in metallic granular systems". Marks: 110/110 cum
laude.
1996: High School-leaving examination
passed at the Scientific Liceo "A. Roiti" of Ferrara. Marks:
60/60.
March 2005: One month contract with the Ferrara
University Physics Department for software development.
December 2002 - Today: Owner of
grant for the research about the "Development of
focalizing optics for hard X-rays and soft gamma rays".
March 2002 - Today: PhD student
at the Department of Physics of the Ferrara University.
September - December 2001: Grant from
INFM (National Institute of Matter Physics) for the research on the
"Magnetic Hysteresis of metallic granular films", in collaboration
with the INFM group of Ferrara.
September 2000: Participation in a
structural characterization experiment using the GISAXS
(Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering) technique at
ESRF(European Synchrothron Radiation Facility), Grenoble
(France).
I am author of several scientifc publication in the field of focusing optics for X-ray.
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June 2005 - Today: Collaboration as a teacher with the association
"Studium".
07 April 2001 - 15 June 2001:
Physics teacher at the High School "F. Viola" in Rovigo
(Italy).
1999-2000: Laboratory technician at
the High School "L. Ariosto" in Ferrara (2 hours per week).
Academic year 1999-2000: Tutor at the
Physics Department of Ferrara University.
1998 & 1999: Employed at the General and
Historical Archive of the Ferrara University (150 hours per year,
scholarship).
PR for the Department of Physics in
the manifestations open for the public "Bussola" (2000),
"Porte Aperte" (2000-2004) "Salone dello studente"
(2000 e 2001).
16-22 May 2004 - Astrophysics National School (Italy).
("Gravitational lensing - Celestial mechanics and chaotic phenomena")
27 September-3 October 2003 - Astrophysics National School (Italy).
("Interstellar medium astrophysics - Pulsars and compact objects")
2-12 July 2002 - Leonardo Summer School ("Mission
Concept and Payload Design in X- and Gamma-Ray
Astronomy")
Good knowledge of written and spoken English.
Operating systems Linux and Windows.
Microsoft Office with Visual Basic,
OpenOffice.org, image manipulation software (Corel
Draw, GIMP), knowledge and daily use of several softwares for
Linux.
Programming and scripting languages:
Python, Perl, LabVIEW, C, C++, Fortran 77, Visual Basic, rsi-IDL, Bash.
Markup Languages: Latex and HTML.
Administration of Linux systems (Red Hat, Mandrake, Gentoo)
Webmaster of the
Ferrara High Energy Astrophysics Group website
and of my personal website.
Developer of the scientific software pyxcom.
Since September 2001 I am fond of Linux operating system and of
the open source software, that I use almost everyday to realize
scientific utilities.
My lectures vary from classical novels to essays and comic books.
Among my favourites books "Nausea" by Sartre and "The Idiot" by
Dostoevskij.
I like rock music, almost British groups, especially Pink
Floyd.
I am fond of a lot of sports: I weekly play soccer and sometimes
I approach other sports.
When possible I do some bricolage,
even if it is hard to find the time.
Boxes are my favourite thing to build.
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