I am an Associate Professor of Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), where I lead the Solid-State Quantum Optics group.

I graduated from the University of Padua (Italy), 110/110 cum laude, with a thesis entitled "Optical properties of quantum dots in a magnetic field", carried out at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris (France).

I obtained my PhD from the University Paris-Diderot (France), Mention Tres Honorable, with a thesis entitled "Electrically injected semiconductor devices operating in the light-matter strong coupling regime".

I am recipient of the Ing. Aldo Gini Prize of Excellence, the Chair of the Semiconductor Group of the Institute of Physics, co-chair of the Non-linear Optics Technical Group of the Optical Society of America, a member of the American Physical Society, of the Optical Society of America, of the European Optical Society, of the Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.