Academic education

	2006-2009: Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Pisa University, Italy (ISCED 6) Ph.D. Thesis Experimental study of stable propagation and efficient electron acceleration in plasmas with ultra-short laser pulses
	2003-2005: M.Sc. in Physics Science at Pisa University, Italy (final mark 109/110) Subjects include: Cryogenics, Quantum Optics, Informatics (C, C++), Nuclear Physics, Laboratory of Fundamental Interactions M.Sc. Thesis Produzione e caratterizzazione di plasmi per esperimenti su nuove tecniche di accelerazione di elettroni (in Italian)
	2000-2003: B.Sc. in Physics at Pisa University, Italy (final mark 107/110)
	July 1999: Scientific High-School diploma (final mark 100/100)