Teaching and Mentoring

Teaching

May 2026, Foundations of Gravitational-Wave and Multimessenger Astrophysics (GC-9). I taught a course on gravitational-wave data analysis to the PhD students of the 41st cycle in Astroparticle Physics at GSSI. The course covered the main approaches, from the Fisher information matrix approximation, to the full Bayesian inference problem, to deep-learning-based methods for fast inference. Each lecture was followed by a hands-on session on using the codes GWFish, Bilby, and Dingo. Teaching material available here upon request (6 hours).

Mar. 23, 2026, Hands-on session on Bayesian inference. I gave a lecture on using Bilby for standard inference problems, with a worked example on simplified gravitational-wave data analysis. The lecture was part of the course “Probabilistic Inference and Forecasting in the Sciences”, held by Dr. Stefano Piacentini for the first-year PhD students in Physics at Sapienza University of Rome. Material available here. (2 hours)
Aug. 6, 2024, Hands-on section on cosmo$\mathcal{R}$ate. Click here to access lecture material. Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile. (2 hours)
Aug. 2024, Lecturer of the course “Gravitational Wave Astrophysics” during the school “Cosmological History: from Gravitational Waves to Exoplanets”. Click here to access lecture material. ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil. (4 hours + hands-on sections)

Nov. 2021, Physics Lab assistant. I supported students during learning of basic programming skills for data analysis in C++. Univeristy of Padova, Italy. (20 hours)
Jun. 2021, Laboratory of Computational Astrophysics. I tutored a group of three students that completed a project using cosmo$\mathcal{R}$ate. Univeristy of Padova, Italy. (12 hours)
Nov. 2020, Physics Lab assistant. I supported students learning basic programming skills for data analysis in C++. Univeristy of Padova, Italy. (20 hours)

Co-supervisor of PhD thesis:
- Ludovico Alessio De Santis, Gran Sasso Science Institute, expected PhD defence Dec. 2026
- Mirko Pitzalis, University of Cagliari, expected PhD defence Dec. 2026
Co-supervisor of master thesis:
- Mar. 2022, Lorenzo Merli, University of Padova. Lorenzo looked at the evolution of the properties of Population III stars that can generate merging binary black holes at high redshift.
- Dec. 2021, Roberta Rufolo, University of Padova. Roberta explored the impact of various prescritpions modelling the spin distributions of binary black holes detectable with LIGO-Virgo inteferometers. My main task was to guide her through the various functionalities of our codes.

June 11, 2026, Space and Stars GSSI outreach programme in collaboration with Scuola Superiore Meridionale. Fifty high-school students selected from across Italy visited GSSI. Together with Dr. Cristiano Ugolini and Matteo Schulz, I gave a hands-on outreach lecture on the basics of gravitational-wave detection with a Michelson interferometer.

May 30, 2026, Periferie creative, a project organized by the Orbeat collective and GSSI, aimed at regenerating local urban spaces such as neighborhood parks into inclusive, participatory places. As part of the event, we brought a solar telescope and a Michelson interferometer to introduce the basics of gravitational-wave detection.
Nov. 24-29, 2025, lecture on gravitational-wave astrophysics as part of a teacher training program (Programma INFN per Docenti, PID), LNGS, L’Aquila, Italy.
May 12, 2025, Space Explorer – an outreach activity dedicated to the youngest astro-curious students at “Gianni Di Genova” Elementary School, L’Aquila, Italy.
Sep 27, 2024, volunteer at SHARPER24
Sep. 19, 2024, Tutte le direzioni della luce. The stunning island of Sant’Antioco provided the perfect setting for our discussions on the Sun and Moon. The event was organised by Ottovolante Sulcis in collaboration with IDeAS.

Outreach lectures on Physics and Astrophysics to high school classes:
- Mar. 25, 2024, “Alessandro Volta” high school, Pescara, Italy
- Jan. 25, 2024, “Albert Einstein” high school, Teramo, Italy
An outreach article presenting the research I conducted during my PhD was published in the Giornale di Astronomia, Vol. 50.
Sep. 29, 2023, volunteer at SHARPER23

Nov. 27, 2020, Night of Researchers. The 2020 Night of Researchers was followed by more than 500 people. I briefly introduced the gravitational wave topic and gave some short updates of my research work. At this link you can find the full recording.
Oct. 2018 - Mar. 2020, Guide for the Museum of History of Physics. I have been a guide for the Museum of History of Physics of the University of Padova. The visits were meant for both elementary and high school students