Born in Angera (Va), Italy, in 1984.
Bachelor’s degree in Physics Engineer in 2006, Politecnico di Milano.
Master’s degree in Physics Engineer in 2008, Politecnico di Milano.
Feb 2009: Visiting scientist by Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Heidelberg, Germany.
Set 2009 – Oct 2009: Visiting scientist by AMOLF institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
PhD in Physics in 2012, Politecnico di Milano.
Feb 2012 - Jan 2017: Post-doc by ETH Zürich, Physics Department, Switzerland.
Feb 2016 – Mar 2016: Visiting scientist by The Tokyo University, School of Science, Chemistry department, Japan.
Mar 2017 – Nov 2019: Junior assistant professor at the Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano.
Mar 2018: winner of the National Scientific License: “Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale, Fisica Sperimentale della Materia, II fascia”.
Jun 2019: Winner of the prize "Alfredo di braccio per uno studioso in Fisica" (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei)
Jun 2019: Winner of the Fresnel prize for outstanding contributions in the field of attosecond sicence (European Physical Society, Quantum Electronics and Optics Division)
Sep 2019: ERC starting grant winner. Title: AuDACE
Dec 2019 – Nov 2022: Senior assistant professor at the Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano.
July 2021: Winner of the prize "Feltrinelli Giovani" in Physics, for his outstanding contributions to the Attosecond Science.
Dec 2022: Associate professor at the Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano.

Research topics:
- Generation and characterization of attosecond radiation
- Pump-probe experimental techniques based on attosecond pulses to study ultrafast electron dynamics in atoms, molecules and solids.

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