Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

Education:
2018: PhD in Physics (Columbia University). Thesis title: "Low Energy Physics for the High Energy Physicist". Advisor: Prof. Nicolis.
2013: Master's Degree in Theoretical Physics (Sapienza University). Thesis title: "A Mechanism for Hadron Molecule Production in pp(pbar) Collisions". Advisor: Prof. Polosa.
2011: Bachelor's Degree in Physics (Sapienza University). Thesis title: "Teoria dei gruppi e simmetrie in Fisica". Advisor: Prof. Testa.

Academic appointments:
2022-present: Tenure-track researcher, Sapienza University (Rome, Italy).
2021-2022: Roger Dashen Member, Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, USA).
2018-2021: Post-doctoral fellow, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland).

Grants & Awards:
2023: Buchalter Cosmology Prize for the work "Squeezing fNL out of the matter bispectrum with consistency relations", American Astronomical Society.
2022: Grant SEED for the project "Low energy neutrinos with new materials" (10k ), Sapienza University.
2021: Marie Sk odowska-Curie Global Fellowship (declined), Horizon 2020.
2017: Allan M. Sachs Teaching Award, Columbia University.
2016: Giuliano Preparata prize for young graduates, Società Italiana di Fisica.
2013: ARAP prize for Astroparticle physics, Società Romana di Astroparticelle.

Teaching:
2022- : Mathematical Methods for Physics, Physics Department, Sapienza University of Rome.
2022-2022: Fisica Generale 2, Mathematics Department, Sapienza University of Rome. (32 hours out of a total of 90 hours.)
2019-2021: Travaux Pratique on Group Theory and Quantum Field Theory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. (Short course for Master's students.)
2015-2016: Introduction to Experimental Physics Lab, Columbia University. (Course for Engineering majors.)
2013-2018: Teaching assistant for Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory 2 and 3, Columbia University.

Research interests:
Quantum Field Theory and Effective Field Theories: effective field theories for phases of matter, breaking of spacetime symmetries, on-shell amplitude methods.
Light Dark Matter Detection: sub-GeV dark matter searches with novel techniques, superfluids, magnetic materials, Migdal effect.
Exotic Hadron Spectroscopy: study of the production and decay of tetraquark states, internal structure of multi-quark hadrons from low energy scattering.
Primordial non-Gaussianities: measurement of primordial non-Gaussianites using consistency relations for large scale structures.
Search for relic neutrinos: search for a carbon based structure for optimal storage of tritium for the PTOLEMY project.