Short bio: I am a Professor of Theoretical Astroparticle Physics at the Center of Excellence in Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics of the U. of Amsterdam. After an MSc at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome and a PhD at the University of Oxford and the Institute of Astrophysics in Paris, I have held teaching and research positions at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the University of Padova, the Institut d’Astrophysique in Paris and the University of Zurich, before moving permanently to Amsterdam in 2011.

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 am currently on sabbatical, visiting the Dept. of Physics at Columbia University in New York, and the Italian Academy of Advanced Studies in America.

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