Curriculum vitae
Employment history
January 1st, 2012-present: Coordinator of the
IMPRS for Quantum Dynamics
.
2009-present: Group leader at the
Theory division of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
.
2004-2009: Post-doc at the
Theory division of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
.
Educational history
2011: Habilitation and Venia legendi at the
Physikalisches Institut Heidelberg
2001-2004: PhD in Theoretical Physics at the
Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica dell'Università degli Studi di Trieste
. Final thesis: "Particle production in a strong, slowly-varying magnetic field with an application to astrophysics".
1994-2000: Graduation in Theoretical Physics at the
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche ed Astronomiche dell'Università degli Studi di Palermo
(110/110
cum laude
). Final thesis: "High-order harmonic generation: analytic study of the two-level system and comparison with a system with two bounded levels and an infinite number of unbounded levels".
1988-1993: Diploma at the Liceo Classico Statale G. Garibaldi, Partinico (Palermo, Italy).