“Making Sense of the Unexpected in the Gravitational-Wave Sky”
European Union’s Horizon ERC Synergy Grant, Grant Agreement No. GWSky-101167314
View moreABOUT ME
I'm a relativist interested in the physics and astrophysics of gravitational waves and their sources (black holes and neutron stars), as well as in theories of gravity extending General Relativity.
I'm currently full professor at SISSA (Trieste, Italy) in the Astroparticle Physics group. I'm also leading an ERC-funded group on “Making Sense of the Unexpected in the Gravitational-Wave Sky”.
CURRENT PROJECTS
GWSky
GRU
“Gravitational Universe: Challenges and Opportunities”
EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101007855
January 2022 - December 2025
GUVIRP
“Gravity tests in the Ultra Violet and InfraRed with Pulsar timing”
PRIN grant of the Italian Ministry of Research
October 2023 - July 2025
GRAMS
“GRavity from Astrophysical to Microscopic Scales”
European Union’s H2020 ERC Consolidator Grant, Grant Agreement No. GRAMS815673
April 2019 - March 2025
View morePAST PROJECTS
GALFORMBHS
“Testing galaxy formation with gravitational-wave and X-ray observations of massive black holes”
November 2012 - October 2016
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StronGrHEP
“Strong Gravity and High-Energy Physics”
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 690904
January 2016 - December 2019
View moreACADEMIC CAREER
April 2024 - present
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
Full professor
April 2019 - March 2024
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
Associate professor
November 2012 - March 2019
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
Permanent Staff Researcher
November 2011 - October 2012
University of Guelph
CITA National Fellow
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical PhysicsAssociate Postdoc
November 2008 - October 2011
Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics & Joint Space-Science Institute
Post Doctoral Research Associate
EDUCATION
October 2008
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
Ph.D in Astrophysics
June 2004
University of Padova, Italy
Laurea degree (MSc) in Physics