Affiliation & Grants

✦ Affiliation and Grants ✦

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

Sept 2021 – (in progress)

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

Associated scientist of LICIACube cubesat on board DART mission

Nov 2019 - (in progress)

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

Affiliated scientist at INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri

Feb 2017 – (in progress)

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

✦ Space mission collaborations✦

Mars2020 Perseverance science team member

Dec 2020 - (in progress)

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

MARS2020 mission, NASA and JPL, USA

DART mission investigation team member

Nov 2019 - (in progress)

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

Oct 2018 - (in progress)

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