Personal Data
Date of birth: 7 March 1968
Place of birth: MODENA (Italy)
Status: Married
· March 1998 – Physic Graduation at the University of Bologna (Italy) with the thesis: ”Spettroscopia ad Assorbimento Ottico Differenziale: analisi di misure effettuate al circolo polare artico”. Evaluation: 106/110.
· December 2005 – PhD in Physic at the University of Evora (Portugal) with the thesis “SPATRAM – Spectrometer for ATmospheric TRAcers Measurements, a Prototype Equipment for the monitoring of minor compounds of the atmosphere. Evaluation : Aprovado com distinção e louvor (Approved with merit and honor).
Present position
Since March 2006 – Pos-DOC fellowship at the Geophysics Centre of the University of Evora (CGE-UE) (Portugal)
Since January 2007 – Associated to the Institute for atmospheric sciences and Climate of the National Council of the Researches (ISAC\CNR) in Bologna (Italy) in order to participate to the activities of the group RATAMGA ( Radiation Transfer and Minor Gases in Atmosphere.)
Previous positions and activities
January – May 1996 ENEA (Ente nazionale per le Nuove tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente), Bologna (Italy)
Study of the physical principles and mathematical methods of Quantum physics and sub nuclear particles: Research on the validation of the Top-Quark discovery.
September 1998 – August 2000, FISBAT-CNR Bologna, Italy
Fellowship in the frame: “Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) applied to the analysis of total column of trace gases from measurements of solar radiation obtained with airborne equipment”.
June – December 1996 - FISBAT-CNR, Contribution for the implementation of a software for the acquisition of data from the spectrometer (GASCOD/A), used during the measurement campaign APE1 (Airborne Polar Experiment), supported by the Italian PNRA (National Project of Research in Antartide), Rovaniemi, Finland, December 1996 – January 1997.
January – August 1997 - FISBAT-CNR, Bologna. Study of the physical principles and mathematical methods of the Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) and software implementation for the elaboration of data obtained with GASCOD/A spectrometer
September 1997 – November 1998 - FISBAT-CNR, Bologna. Implementation of the software tools for the data Acquisition of the spectrometer GASCOD/A4p, utilized in the measurewment campaign APE-THESEO (Airborne Platform for Earth observation – Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone).
February – June 1999 – ISAC-CNR, Bologna, Modification of the hardware and software of the spectrometer GASCOD/A4p, preparing it for the measurement campaign APE – GAIA (Airborne Platform for Earth observation – Geophysica Aircraft in Antarctica) programmed to September – October 1999, at Ushuaia (Argentina, 54°48’ S, 68°19’ W – Great Island of Tierra del Fuego, Beagle Channel).
September 2000 – February 2001, ISAO-CNR Bologna, Italy
Contract in the frame: ”Studies of atmospheric trace gases by means of DOAS tecnique, durino the APE-GAIA Measurement Campaign”.
January 2000 – December 2002 – ISAC-CNR/CGE-UE, Development and setup of the LIS spectrometer
March 2001- February 2005 , CGE – University of Evora, Portugal
PhD fellowship for the setup of “SPATRAM – Spectrometer for ATmospheric TRAcers Measurements, a Prototype Equipment for the monitoring of minor compounds of the atmosphere”.
January 2003 – December 2003 – ISAC-CNR/CGE-UE Development and setup of the SPATRAM (SPectrometer for Atmospheric TRAcers Measurements) to be installed at the University of Evora.
March 2005- February 2006 , CGE – University of Evora, Portugal
Fellowship in the frame of “Cloud properties retrievals from ENVISAT in the presence of aerosol events over Portugal”.
January 2004 – December 2006, ISAC-CNR Bologna, Italy
Research assignment for : “Processing and analysis of spectral data obtained with round based spectrometers at the Italian Antarctic Station and at the Observatory of the University of Evora”.