- Degree in Theoretical Particle Physics (Padova University, 1993). - Ph.D. in Experimental Particle Physics (Padova University, 1997) on physics analysis in the CDF experiment. - Post-doc (FNAL & INFN, 1997-2000) on physics analysis of CDF data and offline software for CDF-II. - Research associate (RAL & Manchester University, 2000-2002) on Herwig++ Monte Carlo event generator. - Since 2002 at CERN (Fellow, then Staff) working on Geant4, mostly on hadronic physics and physics validation.