Research Executive at the Istituto di Radioastronomia "INAF" of Bologna (Dirigente di Ricerca) - now retired and INAF associate
Director of the Istituto di Radioastronomia INAF of Bologna (with the sections of Medicina -Bo- and Noto -Sicily)(2007-2015)
Qualified Scientist at the Istituto di Radioastronomia of Bologna, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (1996-2001)
Researcher at the University of Bologna, Faculty of Science, Department of Astronomy (1981-1995)
Fellow of the Italian Ministry for University and Research at the University of Bologna (1976-1980)
Degree in Physics, PhD equivalent, University of Bologna(1973)

(Abroad)

Visiting scientist at the DSM/DAPNIA/Service d'Astrophysique, CEA/Saclay, with a grant from Egide (Centre francais pour l'accueil et les echanges internationaux) (Oct-Dec 2005)
Visiting scientist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Socorro, NM, USA), with NATO Advanced Fellowship Program for Physical Sciences (1989 - 1990).

Boards and Scientific Committments

Editorial Board of The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review: Member 2013 - now
Observing Programmes and Time Allocation Committees: VLA, VLBA, GMRT, ESO, TNG, XMM: Member many times through years
Organising Committee of the IAU "Historic Radio Astronomy" Working Group: Member 2015 - now
SKA Science Working Group "Cosmic Magnetism": Core Member 2012 - now
SKA Science Working Group "Extragalactic continuum": Member 2019 - now
LOFAR Key Science Project "Deep Extragalactic Surveys": Member 2010- now
Working Group for the Managment of "Sardinia Radio Telescope SRT": Member 2014-2015
Board "Sardinia Radio Telescope SRT" Project: Chairman 2007-2013
Board of Directors "Square Kilometer Array SKA" Organization: INAF representative 2012-2015
Board "European VLBI Network" Consortium Directors: Member 2007-2015
Board "Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe JIVE": Member 2007-2012, Chairman 2013-2014
Board "Radionet EU" Project: Member 2007-2015
European "SKA" Consortium (ESKAC): Member 2007-2013, Vice-Chairman 2011-2013
International "SKA" Science and Engineering Committee SSEC: Member 2007-2011
International "SKA" Science Working Group SWG: Member 2002-2012
Steering Committee of the Istituto di Radioastronomia: member 2002-2004
Science Working Group for The VLA Development Plan of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: member 1995
Teaching Organization Committee, Faculty of Science, University of Bologna: Member 1994-1996
Referee for Scientific Journals: A&A, ApJ, MNRAS, Nature, Science

Panels for Research Evaluation and Allocation of Funds

Jury Laboratoires d'Excellence, "Agence Nationale de la Recherche", France: Member 2018-2019
Jury Severo Ochoa and Maria de Maeztu Centers, "MICINN, Spain": Member 2018-2019
Projects of National Interest PRIN " Italian Ministry of Research": Member 2018
Jury of Strategic plans of the "Spanish National Research Council CSIC": Member 2009
Jury of Scientific/Technical Facilities "Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation MICINN": Vice-chairman 2009
Physics Evaluation Panel, "Individual Marie Curie Fellowships EU", FP5: Vice-chairman 1999-2000, Chairman 2001-2002
Physics Evaluation Panel, "Training and Mobility Research Programme, EU,", FP4: Member 1997-1998
Physics and Engineering Panel, Basic Research Grant Programme, "Enterprise Ireland": member 2000-2001
Jurys for research positions, career advancements, PhD: member many years/times in Italy, France, South Africa, Spain, Sweden
Jurys for HDR: member Service d'Astrophysique, Saclay, 2004; member Observatoire de Nice, 2011

Memberships

IAU - International Astronomical Union, Member of

            Division B: Facilities, Technologies and Data Science, Commission B4: Radioastronomy

            Division J: Galaxies and Cosmology; Commission J2 Inter-Division B-H-J : Intergalactic Medium

            Inter-Commission B4-C3 WG Historical Radio Astronomy (Inter-Union IAU-URSI)
URSI - International Union of Radio Science, Member of Commission J: Radio Astronomy
COSPAR - Committee on Space Research

Scientific topics

Non thermal emission in clusters of galaxies, cluster X-ray emission and dynamical activity
Statistical and morphological properties of radio galaxies and quasars on the large scale
Active galactic nuclei and unified models
Observations carried out with Effelsberg, WSRT, VLA, VLBA, ISO, Einstein, ROSAT, BeppoSAX, CHANDRA, XMM-Newton.


Publications on refereed international journals
Review articles
Edited books
Books as author

Conference organization

IAU Focus Meeting FM8: New Insights in Extragalactic Magnetic Fields, XXX IAU GA, 2018, 29-31 August, Vienna (Austria), Chairman
The many facets of extragalactic radio surveys: towards new scientific challenges, 2015, 20-23 October, Bologna (Italy)
9th ASTRI Collaboration Meeting, 2015, 23-25 February, Bologna (Italy)
12th European VLBI Symposium and Users Meeting, 2014, 7-10 October, Cagliari (Italy), Chairman
Transformational Science with the SKA , 2014, February 17-21, Stellenbosch (South Africa)
LVII Congresso SAIt: L'Astronomia Italiana verso Horizon 2020, 2013, May 7-10, Bologna, Chairman
The Modern Radio Universe 2013 , 2013, April 22-26, Bonn (Germany)
11th European VLBI Symposium and Users Meeting, 2012, 9-12 October, Bordeaux (France)
XXVIII IAU GA, SpS4 : New era for studying interstellar and intergalactic magnetic fields, 2012, August 20-23, Beijing (China)
First National Meeting on Science and Technology with SKA : The Italian Pathway to SKA, 2012, 19-20 Giugno, Roma, Chairman
Chandra Workshop : Structure in Clusters and Groups of galaxies in the Chandra Era, July 12-14 2011, Boston, MA (USA)
55th National Conference of Astronomical Society, 3-6 May 2011, Palermo, Italy
AAVP 2010 : Realising the Aperture Array Verification Programme for SKA1 and SKA2, 8-10 December 2010, Cambridge, UK
Jenam Symposium 2010, The Square Kilometre Array: Paving the way for the new 21st century radio astronomy paradigm, 6-10 September 2010, Lisbon, Portugal
A New Golden Age for Radio Astronomy, 10-14 June 2010, Assen, The Netherlands, Chairman
Jenam Symposium 2009, The next era in radio astronomy: the pathway to the SKA, 20-21 April 2009, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
MCCT SKADS Workshop, Astronomy in the next decade: Synergies with SKA, Bonn, 2008
Science with the new Hubble Space Telescope after Servicing Mission 4, Bologna, 29-31 January 2008
From Planets to Dark Energy: the Modern Radio Universe, Manchester, 2007
XXVI IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion n. 12, Long Wavelength Astrophysics, Prague, 2006
From Dark Halos to Light, Rencontres de Moriond, La Thuile, 2006
The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Magnetism, Bologna, 2005, Chairman
A Pan-Chromatic View on Clusters of Galaxies and Large-Scale Structure, Int. Adv. School, Tonanzintla, Mexico, June27/July8, 2005
Evolution in Galaxy Clusters: a multiwavelength approach, Joint Discussion n. 10, XXV IAU General Assembly, Sydney, 2003, Chairman
Matter and Energy in Clusters of Galaxies, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, 2002
New Frontiers in Astrophysics: Square Kilometer Array, Bologna, 2002
Cluster mergers and their connection to radio sources, Joint Discussion n. 10, XXIV IAU General Assembly, Manchester, 2000, Chairman
Ringberg Workshop: Diffuse thermal and relativistic plasma in Galaxy Clusters, Ringberg, Germany, 1999, Chairman
Extragalactic Radio Sources, IAU Symposium 175, Bologna, 1995

Education activity

Teaching of University Courses as Researcher at the Department of Astronomy, University of Bologna (1981-1995)
Teaching in PhD courses, National and International Schools, supervision of PhD Theses

Latest revision : May 2020