He got the Bachelor of Science degree in Physics cum laude in 2003 (final thesis on high-energy cosmic rays) and the Master of Science degree in Theoretical Physics cum laude in 2005 (final thesis on gamma-ray bursts) at the University of Pise.

In 2005 he got the Diploma in Sciences cum laude at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pise (final thesis on the corrugational instabilities of hyper-relativistic shocks from hypernova models).

In 2010 he got the Ph.D. in Physics cum laude at the Scuola Normale Superiore (final thesis on the simulation of high Lorentz-factor astrophysical flows).

He was visiting student at the École Normale Supérieure of Paris in 2004 and at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2007.

From 2008 to 2010 he joined in the MRI Sequence Development section of a ministerial research project.

From 2010 to 2011 he worked for Esaote S.p.A. in the R&D division as MRI Sequence Designer.

From 2011 he is Researcher at the Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging (IBB) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR).