April 1994: Laurea in Physics (Magna cum Laude), University of L'Aquila (Adv. Prof. Franco Occhionero)
May 1998: Ph. D. in Physics (Advs. Proff. Massimo Bianchi and Augusto Sagnotti)
1998-2000: EU Fellow at Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
2000-2001: Marie-Curie Fellow at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
2002-2003: CERN Fellow, Geneva
2004-2005: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at LMU University, Munich
Since 2005: Assistant Professor at the University of Turin
 
Awards
"Marie-Curie Fellowship", Ecole Polytechnique (France), 2000
"Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship", LMU Munich (Germany), 2004
"2004 SIGRAV PRIZE" of the Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation