Academic interests
- Cosmology and the Early Universe
- Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM
- Observational cosmology
- Formation and evolution of galaxies and QSOs
- Far infrared and submillimetric extragalactic backgrounds
Education
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1989 PhD in Physics, Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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1985 Master in Physics, Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Positions held
- 2019 - present Head of the ESO-Garching Office for Science and Chair of the Astronomer Faculty
- 2016 - 2018 ESO - European ARC Manager, member of the ALMA science operations team
- 2006 - 2016 ESO - ALMA Regional Centre Department Head and European ARC Manager, member of the ALMA science operations team
- 1999 - 2012 Associate Astronomer, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy
- 1998 - 2006 Co-Investigator of the HERSCHEL/PACS Instrument, Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
- 1998 - 2002 A. von Humboldt Fellow at the Max-Planck für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
- 1990 - 1998 Assistant Professor at the University of Padova, Padova Italy
- 1988 - 1990 CNR (National Council of research) and MURST (Ministry for University, Research, Science and Technology) Fellow spent at the IAP (Paris, France) and at ESO
- 1986 - 1987 ESA Fellow at IAP (Institut d’Astrophysique) (Paris, France)
