Education

• [1991]Graduated with marks 110/110 cum laude in Physics at the University of Rome “Sapienza” (Italy) 
• [1995] Ph.D  at the Physics Department of the University of Bologna (Italy).

Positions

• [1996 – 1997] Post-doc at the Physics Department of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) (funded by INFM and Italian Space Agency)
• [1998 – 2001] Post-doc at the Theoretical Physics Department of the University of Geneva Switzerland
• [2001 – 2004] Post-doc position at the Laboratoire de Physique Theorique University of Paris XI (France) 
• [2005-2009] Senior grant of the Enrico Fermi Center Rome, Italy
• [2010] Permanent Researcher at the Enrico Fermi Center (Rome, Italy) and associated researcher at the Institute for Complex System (CNR)

Visiting positions

• [1997-1999] Visiting researcher at the Observatory of Paris (France)
• [2007-2009] Visiting Professor of Astrophysics at the Physics Department of the University of Brescia (Italy) 

Funding

I have been involved in 9 Italian and two European research projects. Among these:

• [1998-2002] EC TMR Network “Fractal structures and self-organization” –
• [2005-2006] Reintegration Grant of the EC
• [2005-2007] PRIN-project on “Dynamics and thermodynamics of systems with long range correlations”

Teaching

I have been a lecturer at 5 Nato advanced schools. I have been co-advisor of 7 master thesis and two Ph.D students, The main courses I have given are:

• [1998-2001] Assistent professor at the physics department of the university of Geneva, for the courses of mechanics and theoretical physics
• [2007-2009] Professor of astrophysics at the physics department of the university of Brescia (Italy)
• [2005-2010] Lecturer at the physics department, University on Rome “Sapienza” of the course “Complexity”

Conference organization

I have been in the organizing committee of 11 international conferences and workshops. Recently:

• Member of the National Advisory Committee of STATPHYS 23, the 23rd International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
• Member of the Organizing Commettee of the conference “Dynamics and Thermodynamics of systems with long range interactions: theory and experiments”, satellite conference of STATPHYS 23
• Member of the Organizing Commettee of the conference “Problems of Practical Cosmology” St.-Petersburg, in the Palace of Russian Geographic Society 2008
• Member of the Organizing Commettee of the workshop “ New directions in Modern Cosmology Lorentz Center (Leiden, The Netherlands) from 27 Sep 2010 through 1 Oct 2011
• Member of the Organizing Commettee of the workshop “ Si può prevedere il futuro? Ruolo e limiti della scienza SALA MAXXI B.A.S.E., LUNEDI’ 10 DICEMBRE 2012

Invited talks
Invited talks at 19 international conferences, 28 international workshops, and 9 national meetings. In addition I have given more than 50 invited seminars at institutions in Europe and US, Recently:

• International Conference ”Complexity and statistical mechanics, 2008 Academia Belgica, Roma, Italy.
• 6th International Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems, (2009).
• International Workshop on Cosmic Structure and Evolution Bielefeld, Germany, September 23-25, 2009
• CosmoZsurvey: International Meeting on Cosmology with Redshift Surveys Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Marseille, April 27-30, 2010
• Paths In Complexity, Rome 23-24 September 2010 
• The secular evolution of self-gravitating systems over cosmic ages