1969-1974
High school education at the
"Liceo Scientifico Statale A. Calini" in Brescia. Final note 60/60.
1974-1978
Undergraduate studies at the Bologna University,
Bologna (Italy).
1978-1979
Undergraduate thesis at the Computer Center of the
National Commitee for Nuclear Energy (CNEN), Bologna (Italy).
Thesis title "Problema di Hartee-Fock con l'
interazione di Skyrme. Descrizione dello stato fondamentale dei
nuclei doppio magici" (Hartee-Fock problem with Skyrme interaction.
Description of the ground state of doubly magic nuclei.)
Supervisors: A.M. Saruis and S. Bergia.
28.11.1979
Undergraduate degree from the Bologna University with the note
110/110.
1980
Militar service in the Italian Air Force.
1981-1984
Ph.D student at the Institute of Nuclear Physics
(IKP) of the Kernforschungsanlage Juelich (KFA) in the
German Federal Republic. Thesis title: " A Model for Nucleon
emission induced by electron scattering". Advisors: J. Speth and
S. Krewald.
9.7.1984
Doctor Rerum Naturae of the Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet in Bonn (GFR) with the note
"sehr gut".
1984-1986
Research associate at the IKP of KFA Juelich (GFR).
Aug. 1986 - Aug. 1988
Research associate at the
Physics Department of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (USA).
Sept. 1988 - Aug. 1992
Research associate at the Lecce section of the National Institute
of Nuclear Physics, Lecce (Italy).
June - October 1992
Visiting researcher of the IKP der KFA Juelich.
From Nov. 1992
Associate professor of Nuclear Physics
at the University of Lecce (Italy).
May - Aug. 1998
Visiting professor at the Departamento de Fisica Moderna of
the Granada University (Spain).