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).