1984: Laurea in Physics, Università di Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
1985: Diploma, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy)
1985-1987: Post-doc at UCLA, Los Angeles (USA)
1987-1990: Post-doc at UC Berkeley, Berkeley (USA)
1988-1996: Ricercatore INFN, Pisa (Italy)
1991-1992: CERN Fellow, Geneva (Switzerland)
1992-1998: Associate Professor at NYU, New York (USA)
1996: Adjunct Professor, The Rockefeller University, New York (USA)
1998: Professor at NYU, New York (USA)
2004-2007: Marie Curie Excellence Chair, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy)
 
Awards
"1998 SIGRAV PRIZE" of the Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation
"Marie Curie Excellence Chair" at Scuola Normale Superiore (12/04-12/07), Pisa (Italy)