2011 - Present: Associate, INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy

1991 - 2011: Dirigente di Ricerca, INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy

1991 - 2001: Visiting Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, Honolulu, HI, USA

1986 - 1991: Associate, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass, USA

1983 - 1990: Astrophysicist, HEAD-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
            Mass, USA

1980 - 1983: Visiting Scientist, HEAD-Smithsonian Astrophysical, Mass, USA

1971 - 1975: Consultant, Istituto di Radioastronomia CNR and

 Instructor Physics Course Faculty of Biology and Natural
 Sciences, University of Bologna

1970 - Doctor in Physics - University of Bologna

 Dissertation : The Radio Emission of Bright Galaxies

Grants and Awards

STScI-NASA grant "Multiple Arc Systems in X-tay Clusters" [GO-5401.01-93A]-PI

NASA grant "HRI Observations of MS0440+0202" [NAG5-2594] - PI

NASA grant "X-ray gas Temperature in the Arc Clusters" [NAG5-2914] - PI

1993 - Present Co-I in several other NASA, STScI grants

1990 - 2002 Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - PI in 8 grants

1987 - 1989 Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program "A Study of the

  Cosmological Evolution of Extragalactic X-ray Sources" [SS88-3-87] - co-PI

1984 - 1986 Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program "A Study of the

  High Galactic Latitude X-ray Sky Using Imaging Data from the Einstein

  Observatory [SS48-8-84] - co-PI

1982 - NATO fellowship

1972 - ESRO fellowship

Professional Activities

Member, INAF Scientific Advisory Committee, 2008 - 2011

National Representative, International Astronomical Union, 2006-2009

Member, XMM-Newton Observing Time Allocation Committee, 2005-2006

Member, Telescopio Nazionale Galileo Time Allocation Committee, 2002-2004

Member, European Southern Observatory Observing Programmes Committee, 2000-2002

Chair, Chandra X-ray Center Peer Review for Chandra Deep Fields, Feb 2001

Member, Chandra X-ray Center Peer Review, 1998

Member, Parrent Fellowship Committee, University of Hawaii, 1993-1994

Member, Committee for the Einstein Observatory Catalog of IPC X-ray Sources,

     1988-1990

Member, Scientific Committees for International Conferences

Referee for Scientific Journals

Citations

Listed in the ISI's 1120 World's Most Cited Physicists (1981-1997)

Memberships

Member, American Astronomical Society

Member, International Astronomical Union

                Commission 40: Radioastronomy

                Commission 47: Cosmology

                Commission 44: Space and High Energy Astrophysics

Languages

Italian, English, Spanish: fluent

French: basic (reading only)