LANGUAGES
Italian (native), English (Fluent), French (Fluent), Spanish (good)
EDUCATION
02/2007 PhD in Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, University of Florence, Italy.
Thesis "Magneto-hydrodynamic turbulence sustained by Aflvén wave reflection in the solar atmosphere and solar wind".
Advisor: M. Velli
09/2003 Master in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Florence, Italy (mark 110/110).
Thesis "Alfvén waves propagation and turbulence development in stratified stellar atmospheres".
09/2002 Stage in Astrophysics, Observatoire de Meudon, Paris, France.
Title: "Les disques d'accretion autour des Étoiles jeunes".
Advisor: M. Fulchignoni
1996/98 Two-year courses, Business and Administration, Department of Economy, University of Florence, Italy
POSITIONS
11/2016- Researcher , Università degli studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia
03/2016 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, LESIA (Observatoire de Paris) and LPP (Ecole Polytechnique), France
09/2015 Research assistant, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium.
06/2013 Postdoc, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Italy
08/2007 Research assistant, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2016 PLAS@PAR fellowship at Université Pierre et Marie Curie founded by the Agence Natianale de Recherche
2005 Long Term Program Grant at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, “Grand Challenge Problems in Computational Astrophysics”, UCLA, CA
2004 Phd Fellowship, Department of Astronomy and Space Physics, University of Florence, Italy
2002 European Erasmus Grant Program, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, École Normale Supérieure and Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
INVITED PRESENTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, AND SCHOOLS (not listed: more than 50 contributed talks).
04/2018 ISRADYNAMIC, Dynamical processes in space plasmas
07/2016 COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Instambul, Turkey (overview talk in session D.01).
Title: Turbulence in the heliosphere. (Conference canceled due to political instability)
09/2015 Turbulence and Dissipation in Collisionless Astrophysical Plasmas, Institut d'études scientifiques de Cargese, Cargese, France
Title: Radial evolution of Aflvénic turbulence in the solar wind.
06/2015 Energy Cascade and Dissipation in Astrophysical Turbulent Plasmas, Observatoire de Paris, France Title: Anisotropies of solar wind turbulence through out the inertial range.
05/2015 AGU Joint Assembly, Solar system plasma intermittency, turbulence and complexity, Montreal, Canada
Title: Solar Wind Turbulence: the Effects of Spherical Expansion on II and III Order Structure Functions.
04/2015 EGU General Assembly, Turbulence and Instabilities in space plasmas, Vienna, Austria.
Title: MHD turbulence in the solar wind: highlights on the effects of expansion.
12/2014 AGU fall meeting, Coordinated science from the corona to the inner heliosphere in preparation for Solar Probe Plus and Solar Orbiter, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Title: Expanding Box simulations: implications the Solar Probe Plus and Solar Orbiter missions.
10/2014 Turboplasma School, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Title: Turbulence in the heliosphere: acceleration and heating of the solar wind.
09/2012 Turbulent cascade in the solar wind: anisotropy and dissipation, Observatoire de Paris, France
Title: A mechanism for the formation of 1/f spectrum in the Heliosphere.
06/2012 Solar Probe Plus Science Working Group, Berkley, CA, USA.
Title: Turbulent heating of the solar wind & Alfvénic turbulence in coronal holes.
11/2010 ISSI workshop: Multi-scale physics in coronal heating and solar wind acceleration - from the Sun into the inner heliosphere, Bern, Switzerland.
Title: Fully self-consistent MHD turbulence models of the solar wind (?)
12/2009 AGU fall meeting, Solar Wind Turbulence: Advances in Theory and Observations.
San Francisco, CA, USA
Title: Turbulence in the Sub-Alfvénic Solar Wind Driven by Reflection of Low-Frequency Alfvén Waves
INVITED COLLOQUIA IN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTES AND UNIVERSITY
06/2015 Kaptyen Astronomical Institute, Groningen, Netherlands.
Title: Turbulent heating in magnetized plasmas, an update from the solar wind
11/2012 KU Leuven, Leuven, Netherlands.
Title: The Role of Leakage in the Turbulent Heating of Coronal Loops
07/2010 Astronomical Institute of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Title: Heating the solar wind and the corona: a turbulence scenario
ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
10/2017 Arcetri 2015 Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics (SOC/LOC)
University of Florence, 23-26 October, Firenze, Italy
11/2015 Arcetri 2015 Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics (SOC/LOC)
University of Florence, 9-12 November, Firenze, Italy
10/2014 Arcetri 2014 Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics (SOC/LOC)
University of Florence, 27-30 October, Firenze, Italy
08/2014 The Science with Future Solar Missions, from the Sun to the Heliosphere (Deputy Organiser)
COSPAR scientific assembly, session D2.4, 04-05 August, Moskow, Russia
09/2013 Meeting of the Italian Community in Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SOC)
4-6 September, Catania, Italy
11/2013 Arcetri 2013 Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics (SOC)
University of Florence, 14-17 October, Firenze, Italy
05/2012 Alfvén waves and turbulence in solar-terrestrial plasmas (SOC)
STCE workshop, ROB, 25 May, Bruxelles, Belgium
07/2012 Coronal Heating revisited (Main Organiser)
COSPAR scientific assembly, session E2.5, 10-11 July, Mysore, India
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2012– Co-I of the suite of telescopes “Extreme Ultraviolet Imager” (EUI) on ESA Solar Orbiter mission
2011– Support Scientist for the instrument “Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun” (ISIS) on NASA Solar Probe Plus mission
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2013 Review panel member for SHINE program, NSF, US
2011 Review panel member, Solar and Heliospheric physics program, NASA, US
2009 Review panel member, Solar and Heliospheric physics program, NASA, US
2007 Review panel member, Solar and Heliospheric physics program, NASA, US
2009 – Peer reviewer for: The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics
SUCCESFUL NUMERICAL PROPOSALS
2017 PI, ATFASW2: Cineca, Marconi machine, 400.000 h
2015 PI, ATFASW: Cineca, Fermi machine, 1.000.000 h
2015 CoI, HYBTURB: Cineca, Fermi machine, 1.000.000 h
2014 CoI, TUCASA3: Cineca, Fermi machine, 1.000.000 h
2014 PI, TUCASA2: Cineca, Fermi machine, 1.000.000 h
2013 CoI, TUCASA: Cineca, Fermi machine, 1.000.000 h
2012 CoI, TURBOLEX: Cineca, Fermi machine, 1.000.000 h
Fisica solare e dell'eliosfere, fisica del plasma, turbolenza, magnetoidrodinamica.
in particolare: il problema del riscaldamento coronale e l'accelerazione e il riscaldamento del vento solare, la termalizzazione dell'energia in un plasma non collisionale, aspetti della fisica solare e del plasma legati alla metereologia spaziale
Legenda
Solar and heliospheric physics, plasma physics, turbulence, magnetohydrodynamics.
In particular: the problem of coronal heating, the acceleration and heating of the solar wind, how energy can be thermalized in a collisionless plasma, aspects of solar and plasma physics related to space waether.
