2006-Present.
Graduate School, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Advisor: Greg Laughlin

2004-2006.
M.S. in Astrophysics, Universita' di Bologna, 110/110 cum Laude.
• Thesis: A fluid model for the collapse of the system of globular clusters in elliptical galaxies. Advisor: Prof. L. Ciotti.

2005.
EAP Exchange student at University of California, Santa Cruz, "Overseas" program.

2001-2004.
B.S. in Astronomy, Universita' di Bologna, 110/110 cum Laude.
• Thesis: A numerical measure of the degree of chaoticity of N-body systems in Newtonian dynamics and MOND. Advisor: Prof. L. Ciotti, Co-advisor: Dott. P. Londrillo.

• PiTP "Computational Astrophysics"[2009]
• WE Heraeus Physics School, "The Early Phase of Planet Formation" [2008]
• National School in Astrophysics, "Dynamics of Galaxies - Active Galactic Nuclei" [2006]

• AAS International Travel Grant, 2009
• AAS International Travel Grant, 2009
• CODEP Travel Award, 2009
• Whitford Prize, 2008 [for research, coursework and preliminary exam]
• Regent's Fellow, 2006
• "Overseas" Scholarship, 2005