Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA

Born in Lucca, on 26 March 1978

ACTUAL POSITIONS

Associate Professor of Mathematical Physics (01/A4), Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa

Chair of the degree programs in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa

PAST POSITIONS

2011-2017 Tenured Assistant Professor of Mathematical Physics (01/A4), Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa

2007-2011 Post-Doc research fellowship, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, to work on the radio science experiments of the Bepicolombo and Juno missions.

2006-2007 Several contracts with ISTI-CNR and University of Pisa to work in the field of orbit determination of NEOs and space debris

STUDIES

2006 Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Pisa
2002 M.Sc. in Matemathics, University of Pisa
1997 Scientific High-School diploma, Istituto C. Lorenzini, Pescia (PT)

GRANTS AND FUNDS

Scientific Coordinator for the ASI-University of Pisa Agreement “Monitoraggio Asteroidale” (MONASTER), 2022-2025

Scientific Coordinator of the Pisa Unit for the ASI-University of Bologna Agreement Attività scientifiche per la missione Hera, 2022-2025

Scientific Coordinator of the Pisa Unit for the ASI-University of Rome La Sapienza Agreement Radio scienza: attività scientifiche per la fase E della missione BepiColombo e per la missione estesa Juno, 2022-2024

Scientific coordinator of the “Progetto di Ricerca d’Ateneo” PRA_2020_82 Sistemi dinamici in logica, geometria, fisica matematica e scienza delle costruzioni, 2020-2021

Scientific Coordinator of the Pisa Unit for the ASI Addendum Agreement Radioscienza per Bepi Colombo e Juno: prosecuzione attività scientifiche, 2020-2022

FFABR (Fondo di Finanziamento delle Attività Base della Ricerca), 2017

Scientific Coordinator of the Pisa Unit for the ASI Agreement Radioscienza per Bepi Colombo e Juno: prosecuzione attività scientifiche, 2017-2020

Scientific Coordinator of the Pisa Unit for the ESA Contract Radioscience with AIM, 2016-2017

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND PUBLICATIONS

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Reviewer for:

  • Acta Astronautica
  • Advances in Space Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy
  • Icarus
  • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
  • International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
  • Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics (Excellent Reviewer for JGCD in 2017)
  • Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Proceedings IAU Symposium 236
  • Remote Sensing
  • The European Physical Journal – Plus (Distinguished Referee 2014)
  • The Planetary Science Journal – AAS
  • Universe

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Universe

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Gruppo Nazionale di Fisica Matematica (GNFM), from 2003
  • Società Italiana di Meccanica Celeste e Astrodinamica (SIMCA), from 2003
  • Unione Matematica Italiana (UMI), from 2007
  • International Astronomical Union (IAU), from 2009

TEACHING ACTIVITY

AWARDS

  • In 2017 the paper Study and application of the secular resonant dynamics beyond Neptune (Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy, Volume 127, Issue 4) di M. Saillenfest, M. Fouchard, G. Tommei and G.B. Valsecchi has been selected among the ones read by the Editor in Chief and by the Honorary Editor of Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy

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