1999: 5 years degree in Engineering of Telecommunications at the University of Padova on the topic 'Application of the electromagnetic theory to the calculation of efficiency of diffraction gratings'.

1999: Engineer of Telecommunications.

2006: PHD degree in Engineering of Materials and Environment at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia on the topic 'Optimization, diagnostics, and performances of soft x-ray multilayers'.

Work experience
2000-2015: technologist for experiments for absorption X, reflectivity and photoemission spectroscopies with the beamline BEAR' at the synchrotron beamline BEAR @ Elettra of the CNR Laboratory TASC of Basovizza (TS):
march 2000 - april 2002 as collaborator of the project BEAR;
april 2002 to march 2008 as technologist;
april 2008 – 2020 beamline scientist with permanent position