..that's just me ;-)

Something about myself? I was born in 1963 in Rome, Italy. I am married, and I am also father of four children, Claudia, Andrea, Simone and Agnese. 

I am in the research staff at the Astronomical Observatory of Rome. I am interested in the stellar population of the Local Group dwarf galaxies, in globular clusters, and also in computation of stellar tracks and isochrones. I am also involved in ESA missions GAIA and PLATO. Here is my profile at CiteULike.

I opened and manage the website GruppoLocale.it (in italian), which is devoted to illustrate to the general public some interesing aspects and results from modern astronomical research. The website already has more than one thousand entries.

I maintain the website related to the book "Fondamenti di Astrofisica Stellare" (by Vittorio Castellani), for any info please refer to astrofisica.altervista.org