2000, degree in Physics, University of Milan, Italy; 2003, PhD in Accelerator Physics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Since 2004, with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland; 2004-05, Member, Accelerator Physics Team; 2006-11, Engineer-in-Charge, Large Hadron Collider (LHC); since 2012, Leader, LHC Collimation Project.