- Laurea in Physics, University of Torino, 1989
- Dottorato in Physics, University of Torino, 1994
- Postdoc at RIMS, Kyoto University, Japan, 1994/1995
- Postdoc at the faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion, Israel, 1995
- Research associate at Politecnico di Torino, 1995-2002
- Visiting scientist at the Weizmann Institute, Israel, 2000-2001
- Staff scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2003-
