Affiliation & Collaborations

Core member of ESA RAMSES mission

I'm a core member of the Science Team of ESA RAMSES mission to asteroid Apophis working in the WG1 on laboratory support to the mission in particular invetigating grain size properties and working on simulant production.

RAMSES mission, ESA, Europe

ExoMars science team member

Partecipation in the Rover Science Operations Working Group (RSOWG) and 'Macro' and 'Micro' sub-groups to prepare the scientific activity of ESA ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Mission.

ExoMars mission, ESA, Europe

Hera science team member

Laboratory support for spectroscopic identification of minerals and moecules and member of several science team WGs.

Hera mission, ESA, Europe

Co-I of JAXA MMX mission and member of MIRS spectrometer team

I'm a Co-Investigator of JAXA MMX sample return mission and member of the instrument team of MIRS, the VIS/NIR spectrometer.  I work on scientific data analysis, target definition and instrument calibration supporting the development of the instrument in LESIA laboratory.

LESIA - Observatory of Paris, Paris, France

Mars2020 Perseverance science team member

Laboratory support for spectroscopic identification of minerals and moecules and member of several science team WGs.

MARS2020 mission, NASA and JPL, USA

Associated scientist of LICIACube cubesat on board DART mission

I work on laboratory support and spectral analysis of ground base and remote sensing observation.
I'm member of several science team WGs.

LICIACube mission, ASI and ARGOTEC, Italy

DART mission investigation team member

Laboratory support and spectral analysis for ground base and remote sensing observation and member of several science team WGs.

DART mission, NASA and APL - Johns Hopkins University, USA

OSIRIS-REx science team member

Laboratory support and spectral analysis for OTES and OVIRS instruments and member of Spectral Analysis WG. Collaborator of Thermal Analysis and Photometric Modeling WGs.

OSIRIS-REx mission, NASA and University of Arizona, USA

Affiliated scientist at INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri

I'm affiliated scientist of INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, Florence, Italy