Bio:

• 2004 - Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego.
• 2003 - Associate Professor, Virginia Tech.
• 2000 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech.
• 1998 - 2000 Visiting Scientist, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
• 1999 - 2000 Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University.
• 1997 - 1999 Research Associate, Vanderbilt University.
• 1993 - 1997 Ph.D. in Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland).
• 1992 - 1993 Military Service.
• 1991 'Laurea' (Diploma) in Physics 110/110 cum laude, University of Trieste.