| Principal scientist at NXP Semiconductors in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. |
| October 2011 - now | Principal scientist at NXP Semiconductors in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Project leader of a research project (5 people) investigating new solutions for NXP magnetic sensor business for automotive; research and circuit design in the field of analog/mixed-signal front-end for magnetic sensors; system design and simulation. |
| January 2010 - September 2011 | Research scientist at NXP Semiconductors in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Research and circuit design in the field of sensor front-ends. |
| 2006 - 2009 | Marie Curie fellow at NXP Semiconductors (previously Philips Research) in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Research and design of analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits in the field of fully integrated frequency references, temperature sensors and wireless sensor networks. |
| June 2005 - October 2005 | Intern at the LEG laboratory of EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. Research and design of RFID systems and RFID readers. |
| October 2011 | Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology. Thesis title: "Mobility-based Time References for Wireless Sensor Networks." Advisors: Prof. K.A.A.Makinwa (TU Deltf), Prof. L.J.Breems (TU Eindhoven). |
| June 2006 | Graduated (Licenza specialistica) at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa (Italy), 100/100 summa cum laude. Thesis title: "Design of an interrogator for UHF RFID system with emphasis on backscattering modulation analysis." Full scholarship, for a programme of studies in engineering. |
| April 2005 | Graduated in Laurea Specialistica in Ingegneria Elettronica (Master's Degree in Electronic Engineering) at University of Pisa (Italy), 110/110 summa cum laude. Master's thesis on CMOS fully integrated Gm-C filters for very low frequency applications at "Microelectronic technologies and microsystems" center of University of Pisa and ST-Microelectronics in Pisa. |
| July 2003 | Graduated in Ingegneria Elettronica (Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering) at University of Pisa, 110/110 summa cum laude, with a dissertation on Real-time computation on a DSP platform of audio streams in a Bluetooth wireless network for motorcycles. |
| July 2000 | State exam at Liceo Scientifico "A.Einstein" in Teramo (Italy); 100/100. |