Employment December 2024 - present, Associate professor Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna October 2017 - present, Senior Lecturer Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool September 2013 – September 2017, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics (with tenure from October 2016), Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool October 2012 - August 2013, Postdoc (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter 2+3 years), Institute of Algebraic Geometry, Leibniz Universität Hannover October 2011 - September 2012, Postdoc (DFG Project “Moduli Spaces” 2 years) Institute of Algebraic Geometry, Leibniz Universität Hannover September 2009 - August 2011, Postdoc (fellowship from the Wallenberg foundation, 2 years) KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm November 2006 - August 2009 , PHD Scholarship International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), Trieste Education August 2009 Ph.D. in Geometry International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), Trieste Thesis: Chen-Ruan cohomology of moduli of curves Supervisor: Prof. B. Fantechi June 2007 IUSS Laureate IUSS, Pavia Thesis: Weierstrass preparation theorem and the GAGA principles Supervisor: Prof. P. Pirola September 2006 Master Degree in Mathematics ("Laurea magistrale in Matematica") International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), Trieste Thesis: Orbifold cohomology of the moduli space of elliptic curves with marked points. Supervisor: Prof. B. Fantechi Final mark: 110/110 Summa cum Laude September 2004 Bachelor Degree in Mathematics ("Laurea in Matematica") Università degli Studi di Pavia Thesis: The Lie-Cartan correspondence (in Italian) Supervisor: Prof. P. Pirola Final mark: 110/110 Summa cum Laude