Marie Curie Incoming International Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Department of Human Evolution, Leipzig, Germany.

European PhD (with honors) in Prehistoric Archaeology, La Sapienza University and Bordeaux 1 University (Institute of Prehistory and Geology of the Quaternary, Bordeaux, France). Thesis: Technologie lithique et circulation des matières premières au Paléolithique moyen dans le Salento (Pouilles, Italie) : perspectives comportementales. Directors: Prof. A. Bietti, M. Piperno and. J. Jaubert.

M.A. (1st class) Paleoanthropology and Prehistory, Bordeaux 1 University (France). Dissertation: "The anvil percussion in Central Italy". Director: Prof. J. Jaubert.

Prehistoric Archaeology at Rome "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy.

University Grant for the European Ph.D.

Full tuition scholarship for Doctoral studies, University of Rome - La Sapienza (First Place).

1st Prize Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria: Award for the best BA Dissertation of the year and Grant to prolong research on the subject.

Annual Grant to collaborate with Dipartimento di Paletnologia, University of Rome - La Sapienza.

Riparo Mochi, Balzi Rossi di Grimaldi (Italy). Principal investigator of a field and research project (together with Dr. S. Grimaldi, Trento University).

Principal investigator on the Middle Paleolithic site of Bénazit , in Cazères-sur-l'Adour, (Landes, Aquitaine, France).

Principal investigator in the Salento project survey, promoted by Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana.

Co-investigator in Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi di Grimaldi) research team. In charge of spatial analysis and refitting. Co-responsible of excavation method, lithic analysis and refittings.

Participation to PCR "ETICALP" « Evolutions, transferts, inter-culturalites dans l’arc liguro-provençal. Matières premières, productions et usages du Paléolithique supérieur á l’âge du Bronze ancien ». Coordinateur D. Binder (UMR 6130, Université de Provence, France).

Soprintendenza Archeologica della Puglia, Dott. M. A. Gorgoglione: collaboration in field and laboratory research.

Prehistoric Ecology Laboratory, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, University "Rome- La Sapienza", under the direction of prof. A. Bietti.
Researcher Position in the Following projects financed by Ministero per l'Università e la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (MIUR):

• Inorganic raw materials economy and provenance of chipped industry in some stone age sites of northern and central Italy.
• Grotta Breuil, Riparo Mochi and Grotta St. Angelo excavation and study.
• Anvil percussion analysis and experimental settings.

Tutoring of the students participating to the Summer School promoted by ALPINET project in Riparo Mochi, Liguria. Workshops, seminars, experimental archaeology and field techniques.

Collaboration to the chair "Prehistoric Ecology", Departement of Human and Biological Biology, Rome "La Sapienza University". Tutoring of BA students.

Carlotta Pisoni, University of Trento: supervision of BA Thesis "Spatial analysis of Grotta Breuil".

Salento (Apulia, Southern Italy) geo-archaeological survey promoted by Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana (ISIPU).

Riparo Mochi, Balzi Rossi, Grimaldi. Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. Directors Dr. S. Grimaldi (Trento University) and A. del Lucchese (Soprintendenza Archeologica Liguria).

Riparo Mochi, Balzi Rossi, Middle-Upper Palaeolithic. Director Prof. A. Bietti (La Sapienza University) and A. del Lucchese (Soprintendenza Archeologica Liguria).

Grotta Breuil, Latium, Central Italy, Middle Palaeolithic. Director Prof. A. Bietti (La Sapienza University)

Principal investigator in Acheulean site of Benazit, Landes, France.

Rome, Fiumicino, field evaluation and excavation of Middle Bronze, Iron and Roman age features in humid environment (marshy areas with peat). Excavation of wood and other organic features. Direction of Soprintendenza Archeologica di Ostia (Dr. A. Morelli).

Rome, archaeological evaluations in urban contexts. Director Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma.

Grotta S. Angelo, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Upper Palaeolithic. Director Prof. A. Bietti (La Sapienza University) and Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana.

Lanné Darré, Midi Pirenées, France, Lower Palaeolithic. Director Dr. D. Colonge.

S. Maria Cave, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Final Upper Palaeolithic. Director Prof. A. Bietti (La Sapienza University) and Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana.

Toppo Daguzzo, Basilicata, Eneolithic. Direction Prof. M. Cipolloni (Université de Urbino).

Grotta Breuil, Latium Central Italy, Middle Palaeolithic. Director Prof. A. Bietti (La Sapienza University) and Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana.