Collaboration to the GLAST (the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope) project (glast@Stanford/SLAC and glast@NASA/Goddard web sites) within the INFN-Perugia group. Extensive tests of the tracker silicon strip detectors (SSDs) in clean room. Science tools, source analysis, likelihood analysis, filtering and spectral-temporal analysis. Automated science processing and blazar source monitoring. Blazar variability and population studies (optical and spectral observations and analysis). Multiwavelength (MW) scientific programs and proposals for GLAST. Study of the Active Galactic Nuclei. AGN,  (blazars in particular). Emission mechanisms in blazar and multiwavelength spectral-temporal analysis and modeling.  Time series, cross-correlation and wavelet transforms analysis, flare/variability search algorithms.  
   

Blazars optical photometric monitoring and radio-optical long-term variability analysis. Sparse time series analysis, cross-correlation analysis, scaling, periodicity analysis, reconstruction. Polarization and spectroscopy observations of blazars. Acceleration and emission models (one-zone synchrotron self-Compton models). Collaboration to the WEBT consortiums, collaboration in the OJ 287 project.
 

Past collaboration to the project MAGIC within the Tuorla affiliation.    
   

Past collaboration to the project IRAIT and infrared astronomy from Dome C (Antarctica).
   

Past collaboration with the Perugia Physics Dept. group devoted to acoustic emission at Stromboli.
   

Ph.D. degree: December 2003, University of Perugia.
Thesis title: "Spectral-Temporal Analysis and Modelling of Blazars Multiwavelength Emission in the Framework of IRAIT and GLAST Projects".
   

Publications.  (207 total, 128 are referred papers, updated Oct.15, 2010)
   

More than 30 oral presentations to international conferences/workshops. 

Referee activity performed for the Journals Astronomy & Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and The Astronomical Journal. 

Apr. 2009 – March 2011: contract (contratto Co.Co.Co.) at the Physics Dept., Univ. of Perugia, for post-doc research financed by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI, contract ASI-INAF n.I/047/8/0 for studies and research with on-flight Fermi mission).

Associated for 9 years (1999-Nov.2008) at the INFN, Perugia Section.

Nov. 2005-Nov.2008: post-doc research grant (assegno di ricerca)  by University of Perugia and co-finaced by INFN Perugia, (GLAST/Fermi project).

1-year specialization course specialization Course in Physics, topic "Astrophysics": A.A. 2006-07 University of Perugia. --- 1-year specialization course specialization Course in Physics,  topic "Astrophysics": A.A. 2005-06,  University of Perugia ---  1-year specialization course in Physics, topic "Nuclear and sub-nuclear physics": A.A. 2000-01, University of Perugia.

Nov.2006-May.2008: 2-year school for teachers, SSIS classe A049 (mathematics and physics). 

2-years Post-Doc position in the European Community funded young researcher training network Enigma. Reasearch institute: Tuorla Astronomical Observatory, University of Turku, Finland (2004-2005).

Sept. 2002: teacher of the mini-course "Solar System and Planetary Systems" Coloti Observatory.

May-Oct.2001: contract at the Industrialist Association of Perugia.

Jan.-Apr.2001: collaboration contract at the Physics Dept. with the group of Acoustics and Research at Stromboli

2000-2001: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy, teacher in a private secondary school.

Jan-June 2000:collaboration contract at the Perugia Astronomical Observatory.

Master thesis degree: Nov. 1999, University of Perugia.

Nov.1996-Nov.1997: 1-year recruitment service  as "Carabiniere Ausiliario" in the military-police force of "Arma dei Carabinieri".

Participation to 3 National Schools on Astrophysics, 1 International gamma-ray and astro-particle physics school, 2 International Cosmochemistry and Nuclear Astrophysics school. Participation to several international and national conferences and workshops.
     

Co-organization of the "Physics at LHC 2011", (Perugia, Italy, June 6-11, 2011), and co-editor of the Conference Proceedings: tbd

Co-organization of the "2011 Fermi Symposium", (Roma, Italy, May, 9-12, 2011).

Co-organization of the School "Comunicazione e Divulgazione della Fisica 2010", (Perugia, Italy, November 9-12, 2010).

Co-organization of the "BEACH 2010: IX International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons", (Perugia, Italy, June 21-26, 2010).

Co-organization of the "SciNeGHE 2009, Gamma-Ray Physics in the LHC Era", (Assisi, Italy, October 7-9, 2009), and co-editor of the Conference Proceedings: American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Volume 1223, ISBN: 978-0-7354-0767-1; ISSN 0094-243X 

Co-organization of the "XXVIII Physics in Collision", (Perugia, Italy, June, 25-28, 2008), and co-editor of the Conference Proceedings: SLAC econf/C080625 and FORUM, Editrice Universitaria Udinese, Udine, 2009, ISBN 978-88-8420-560-5

Co-organization of the "V workshop italiano sulla fisica p-p ad LHC", (Perugia, Jan.30-Feb.2, 2008).

Co-organization of the "9th International Symposium on Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics", (Udine Univ. Udine, and ICPT Trieste, Italy, Jan.7-9, 2008)

Co-organization of the School "Astrofisica Gamma e Multifrequenza: Analisi Dati e Problematiche Astroparticellari", (Perugia, 3-7 Luglio 2006)

Co-organization of the "Beauty 2005: 10th International Conference on B-Physics at Hadron Machines" (Assisi, PG, Italy, June 20-24, 2005).

Co-organization of the "3rd Workshop on Science with the New Generation of Gamma-ray experiments" (Cividale del Friuli, UD, Italy, May 30-June 1, 2005).

Co-organization of the "4th Enigma Network Meeting" (Perugia, Italy, Oct. 6-8, 2004).

Co-organization of the "1st Workshop on Science with the New Generation of Gamma-ray experiments" (Perugia, Italy, May 21, 2003) and co-editor of Conference Proceedings.

Co-organizzazition of the "4th National Conference on Infrared Astronomy" (Perugia University, Dec. 4-7, 2001) and co-editor of the Conference Proceedings: Memorie Soc. Astr. It. vol.74, n1.
  

Co-organization of seminars.

Technical experiences: photometric/polarimetry observations with optical telescopes, extensive electrical tests of the GLAST's SSDs in clean room, standard programs and science software packages and languages.

Public outreach activities performed in the Perugia-Coloti Observatories, and (past) in the vialattea website.

Participation (as phd student, and grant post-doc) to applications for research funding: (COFIN/PRIN applications to the Italian MIUR; application to ASI, application to  INAF, applications to Academy of Finland).

Accepted scientific observing proposals as Principal Investigator. ESA-XMM-Newton: Cycle AO-4, prop. id. 30048, and Cycle AO-5 prop. id. 40106, Cycle AO-6 prop. id. 50263. NOT Observatory: Cycle 31, prop. n. 034. ESO-VLT: Period 77, prop. id. 077.B-0045(A). WEBT coordinated MW campaign: OJ 287 in 2005 and fall-winter 2006. Other proposals submitted as co-investigator:  RXTE, NASA/CalTech-Spitzer, ESA-Integral.