Academic Experience

Academic and post-graduate teaching experience

• 05/2021 - 06/2021: guest lecturer at the master-level course Planets and Exoplanets of Prof. Enzo Pascale at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Topics: planet formation, Solar System, exoplanets, protoplanetary disks.
• 01/2021: lecturer at the international school Planets, exoplanets and their systems in a broad and multidisciplinary context organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía IAA-CSIC and held virtually on 18-29/01/2021 (http://so.iaa.csic.es/reports/training). Topics: Astrochemistry and the link between planetary formation and composition.
• 12/2020: guest lecturer at the master-level course Geology of Planetary Bodies of Prof. Matteo Massironi at the University of Padova. Topics: planetary formation and composition, Solar System, exoplanets.
• 05/2020: guest lecturer at the master-level course Planets and Exoplanets of Prof. Enzo Pascale at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Topics: planet formation, Solar System, exoplanets, protoplanetary disks.
• 05/2019: guest lecturer at the master-level course Planets and Exoplanets of Prof. Enzo Pascale at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Topics: planet formation, Solar System, exoplanets, protoplanetary disks.
• 09/2012: lecturer at the International School of Astrophysics "F. Lucchin" 2012 Formation of the solar system: clues from exploration - The Sun: a Plasma Physics Laboratory (Vulcano, Italy, 17-22/9/2012). Topics: formation of the satellites, evolution of the Solar System, differentiation of planetary bodies.
• 04/2011 - 05/2011: guest lecturer at the master-level course in English language on Planetary Science of Prof. Jonathan Lunine, visiting professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Topics: origins and evolution of the irregular satellites, non-gravitational forces and dust transfer processes between satellite.
• 05/2010 - 05/2011: guest lecturer at the master-level course on Planetary Science of Dr. A. Coradini at the University "La Sapienza" in Rome. Topics: planetary and satellite formation, dynamical and collisional evolution of satellites, non-gravitational forces and dust transfer processes.
• 05/2010: post-graduate level tutorship in English language on C++ language at INAF-IFSI in Rome. Topics: basic programming, code testing and optimization for scientific programs.

Supervision experience of graduate and undergraduate students

• 01/2022: Ph.D. thesis reviewer for the XXXIII Ph.D. cycle of the University of Palermo. Ph.D. School: Physical and Chemical Sciences.
• 09/2021: Ph.D. thesis reviewer for the XXXIII Ph.D. cycle of the University of Padova. Ph.D. course: Astronomy.
• 06/2021: co-supervisor of Mister Sebastiano Ledda for his master thesis in Astrophysics at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Title of the master thesis: Formation of second-generation exoplanets around double white dwarfs.
• 11/2020 - 06/2021: co-supervisor of Miss Lia Marta Bernabò for her master thesis in Astronomy at the University of Padova. Title of the master thesis: Dust evolution in protoplanetary discs during planet formation.
• 11/2020: co-supervisor of Miss Elenia Pacetti, graduate student of the Ph.D. School in Astrophysics at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Subject of the PhD research: astrochemistry of protoplanetary discs and its link to the composition of exoplanets.
• 09/2011 - 12/2012: co-supervisor of Miss Simona Pirani for her master thesis in Astrophysics at the University "La Sapienza" in Rome. Title of the master thesis: Asteroid 4 Vesta: dynamical and collisional evolution during the Late Heavy Bombardment.
• 03/2011 - 01/2013: co-supervisor of Mr. Michelangelo Formisano, graduate student of the Ph.D. School in Astrophysics at the University "La Sapienza" in Rome. Title of the Ph.D. thesis: Geophysical and thermal evolution of asteroids 4 Vesta and 21 Lutetia.

Invited talks and seminars

• 05/2021: invited seminar " Young giant planets, planetesimals and collisions: the hidden life of protoplanetary disks" at the NYUAD Science Division Seminar Series of the New York University Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
• 02/2021: invited seminar "Tracing the formation history of giant planets in protoplanetary disks with Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulfur" at the at the MPIA Exocoffee of the Max Plank Institute of Astronomy (Germany).
• 10/2019: invited seminar "Giant planets and planetesimals: a violent relationship in the shadows of circumstellar disks" at INAF - Trieste Astronomical Observatory (Italy).
• 06/2019: invited talk "Giant planets and planetesimals: making an impact on the composition of planetary systems" at international conference Zooming in on Star Formation in Nafplio (Greece).
• 04/2019: invited seminar "The birth of giant planets and its mark in the young Solar System and in circumstellar disks" at INAF - Arcetri Astronomical Observatory (Italy).
• 02/2019: invited talk "Towards the exploration of Uranus and Neptune and their satellite systems" at the XV National Planetary Science Conference in Florence (Italy).
• 11/2018: invited seminar "Asteroid Vesta and Jupiter formation: an astrochemical tale" at the Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium of the Heidelberg University (Germany).
• 07/2018: invited talk "The ARIEL space mission" at the 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Pasadena (USA).
• 03/2018: invited talk "The JUICE mission and the Jovian satellites: a window into the past of the Solar System" at the Circumplanetary Disks and Satellite Formation Workshop in Nagoya (Japan).
• 10/2017: invited seminar "The orbital and astrochemical signatures of giant planet migration around the Sun and beyond" at the Astronomical Observatory in Palermo (Italy).
• 09/2017: invited talk "From the asteroids to Uranus and Neptune: the astrochemical signatures of planetary formation in the bodies of the Solar System" at the LXI Conference of the Italian Astronomical Society in Padova (Italy).
• 06/2016: invited talk "The Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres: Crossing the History of Solar System" to the 15th Vatican Observatory Summer School.
• 10/2015: invited seminar "Planetary formation: lessons learned from the Solar System and extrasolar planets" at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome (Italy).
• 05/2015: invited seminar "Vesta as a geophysical laboratory to study the history of the Solar System" at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
• 03/2015: lectio magistralis "Planetary formation: lessons learned from the Solar System and extrasolar planets" at the Universidad de Atacama in Copiapò (Chile).
• 11/2014: invited talk "The Role of Water in Understanding the Formation of the Solar System" at the 4th AstRoMap Workshop Origin of solar system - the astrobiology point of view held at the ASI Headquarters in Rome (Italy).
• 08/2014: invited talk "The collisional and contamination histories of Vesta across the life of the Solar System" at the 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, held on 2-10 August 2014 in Moscow (Russia).
• 06/2014: invited talk "Planetary formation and evolution: from theory to space missions" at the National Planetary Science Day held at the ASI Headquarters in Rome (Italy).
• 05/2014: invited talk "Planetary formation in the Solar System and around other stars" at the Frontier Research in Astrophysics Workshop in Palermo (Italy).
• 05/2014: invited seminar "Jupiter, Vesta and the Dawn mission: exploring the birth of the Solar System" at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• 02/2014: invited seminar "Jupiter, Vesta and the Dawn mission: exploring the birth of the Solar System" at the University of Tel Aviv.
• 11/2013: invited talk "The birth of the Solar System as told by Jupiter and Vesta" at the 1st COSPAR Symposium in Bangkok (Thailand).
• 09/2013: invited talk "The ODINUS Mission Concept" at the Uranus beyond Voyager 2 Workshop in Paris (France).
• 02/2013: invited seminar "Jupiter, Vesta and the Dawn mission: exploring the birth of the Solar System" at ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
• 02/2013: invited seminar "Jupiter, Vesta and the Dawn mission: exploring the birth of the Solar System" at the National Astronomical Observatory of Athens (Greece).
• 07/2012: invited talk on the subject "The asteroid belt and the Jovian Early Bombardment: questions and clues on the origins of the Solar System" at the special session "Scientific and technological challenges in the study of Solar System origin" of the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) 2012.
• 11/2008: invited talk on the subject "Exogenous versus endogenous material: the capture of Triton and the irregular satellites" at the 2nd Joint Europlanet-ISSI Workshop Moon of the outer Solar Systems: exchange processes involving the interiors.
• 07/2005: invited seminar on the subject "Origin of the irregular satellites of Saturn" at the Institute for Physics of Interplanetary Space (INAF-IFSI) in Rome.