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Titolare di una borsa di dottorato all'UPMC, Ecole  Doctorale ED288 “Ondes et  Matiere” in co-tutela Università di Pisa – Università Paris Sud  (UPS) di  Orsay. Amongst the courses of Physics of Matter at the University of Pisa, I addressed my studies to Plasma Physics, to which I devoted my Bachelor Thesis with a dissertation about different mechanisms of electron acceleration in laser-driven plasma wakes (final evaluation 110/110 cum laude). During the Master I spent two months at the CR-ENEA in Frascati (Rome), where I learnt the basics of complex interferometry applied to plasma density measurements. I prepared my Master Thesis at the Queen’s University of Belfast, with a 6-months experimental work about laser-driven proton radiography of current propagation in complex target geometry. In the same period I was involved in an experimental campaign at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Oxford) as responsible for target manufacturing. The final thesis evaluation was 110/110 cum laude. Currently I am carrying out my PhD in joint supervision between France (Paris, CEA Saclay and Université Paris Sud) and Pisa. My research focuses on particle acceleration driven from nano-structured solid targets irradiated by ultra intense, high contrast laser pulses.