VERSIONE IN ITALIANO

- 11/07/1967: Born in Modica (RG, Italy)

- 1980-1985: Maturità Classica at Liceo T.Campailla - Modica (RG)

- 1986-1987: Attendance at Degree Course in Astronomy, University of Bologna

- 1988-1989: Military Service at Sommaruga barracks, Catania

- 1990-1994: Degree in Physics at University of Catania (Title of the thesis: “Neural Networks and Spin Glasses”, Tutor: Prof.A.Agodi)

- 1995-2001: Private activity as co-founder of two different software houses (Worksoft S.A.S – Trecastagni, CT – and Zetanet P.S.C.R.L. – Modica, RG): dealer Autodesk with Asia Computers; teacher in courses of Autocad 2D & 3D; development of CAD projects (2D-3D), databases, internet websites, etc...

- 2001: Winner at the National Competition for Teaching at Secondary School

- 2001-2008: Permanent position as Teacher of Mathematics and Physics (A049) at the “Istituto Statale d’Arte” in Catania

- 2002-2005: Ph.D. cum Laude in Theoretical Physics at the Faculty of Science at the Catania University (Title of the thesis: “Metastability, Nonextensivity and Glassy Dynamics in a Class of Long Range Hamiltonian Systems”, Tutor: Prof. A.Rapisarda)

- Since 2002: Association with INFN, Sezione di Catania

- 2005-2007: Post-doc fellowship FIS/02 “Fisica teorica, modelli e metodi matematici” at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania, tutor Prof.A.Rapisarda; project activity: “Studio di sistemi hamiltoniani con interazione a lungo range sia per mezzo di tecniche analitiche mutuate dai sistemi vetrosi che di simulazioni numeriche in connesssione con il formalismo della termodinamica generalizzata”

- 2007-2008: Collaboration research with the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania, tutor Prof.A.Rapisarda; project activity: “Studio delle anomalie dinamiche di sistemi a molti corpi con interazione a lungo raggio tramite sviluppo di software e simulazioni numeriche” (project “Comportamento fuori equilibrio di sistemi con interazione a lungo raggio”, PRIN-COFIN 2005)

- 2008: Post-doc fellowship FIS/02 “Fisica teorica, modelli e metodi matematici” at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania, tutor Prof.A.Rapisarda; project activity:“Studio teorico-numerico delle anomalie dinamiche e della sincronizzazione di sistemi a molti corpi con interazione a lungo raggio con particolare attenzione alle connessioni con la statistica nonestensiva ed alle violazioni del teorema del limite centrale”

- 2004-2008: Moderate teaching activity FIS02 in degree courses of “Meccanica Statistica” e “Fisica dei Sistemi Complessi”, at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania

- November 2008: Winner in a competition for a position as university researcher and aggregate professor in theoretical physics, at the Science Faculty of the University of Catania

- Since 01/01/2009: Permanent position as researcher scientist and assistant professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania

- Teaching: "Fisica Generale e strumentazioni fisiche" (Scienze Ambientali e Naturali, triennale); "Elementi di Fisica Statistica e Sistemi Dinamici" (Fisica, triennale)

- 30/09/2010: Winner (with Andrea Rapisarda and Cesare Garofalo) of the "Ig-Nobel Prize 2010 for Management" - Harvard University and M.I.T. (Boston, USA)