Short bio: I am a Professor of Theoretical Astroparticle Physics at GRAPPA, the Center of Excellence in Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics of the U. of Amsterdam, where I lead a research team supported by NWO and by the ERC Advanced Grant De Tenebris.
After an MSc in Theoretical Physics at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome and a PhD carried out between the University of Oxford and the Institute of Astrophysics in Paris, I have held postdoc positions at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and (briefly) the University of Padova. I then moved to Paris to take up a permanent CNRS position at the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris.
Before relocating permanently to Amsterdam, I also served as Visiting Professor at the University of Zürich. More recently, I was Visiting Professor at Columbia University and a fellow of the Italian Academy of Advanced Studies in America.
In 2011, together with a group of talented young faculty, I contributed to establish in Amsterdam the GRAPPA center of excellence in Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics, for which I acted as Spokesperson until 2019.
From July 2019 to Jan 2024 I was the Founding Director of the European Consortium for Astroparticle Theory, which aims to bring together the European community of theoretical astroparticle physicists and cosmologists.
I strongly believe in the importance of science outreach. I have written two popular science books, and gave number of public lectures. I have launched in 2018 a new initiative for the communication of science, Premio Cosmos, for which I act as president.
More information about me and my work can be found in the FULL CV.
A complete list of my publications is available at: Google Scholar; ArXiv; INSPIRE