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I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of the Politecnico di Milano. In 2019 I was awarded a PhD in Aerospace Engineering by the University of Southampton and since 2018 I am part of the COMPASS group led by Professor Camilla Colombo at the Politecnico di Milano. In 2020 I was awarded an MSCA IF – Global Fellowship for the CRADLE project to study the motion of particles orbiting asteroids and other small bodies and investigate possible ways to safely collect these samples in orbit via the preliminary design of a collection device. I started the CRADLE project in March 2021 in partnership with the Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA), the University of Padova, and D-Orbit.

Research Interests

My research interests are in the field of astrodynamics, spacecraft and asteroid re-entry, space debris assessment and mitigation strategies, small bodies dynamics, and mission design.  I participated in international research projects in collaboration with ESA and ASI and I am the author of 40 research products among journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters. I serve as a reviewer of international journals in the field of aerospace engineering and celestial mechanics.

Mar 2021
Milan
CRADLE Starts

The CRADLE project starts on the 15th of March

Jan 2020
Milan
MSCA Awarded

EU communicates the MSCA results. CRADLE is selected for funding!

Feb 2018
Milan
PostDoc Starts

Started the Postdoc at Politecnico di Milano with the COMPASS group

Sep 2014
Southampton
PhD Starts

Started the PhD at the University of Southampton

Nov 2013
Pisa
Master Degree

Awarded cum laude a MSc in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Pisa

Research Interests

  • Mission trajectory design
  • Small particles dynamics
  • Uncertainty modelling and propagation
  • Perturbed Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem
  • Asteroids exploitability and reachability
  • Sample-return missions
  • Particle collection devices and strategies
  • Mitigation and remediation strategies
  • Space environment modelling
  • Space sustainalbility and exploitability
  • In-orbit fragmentations
  • Ejecta models of kinetic impactors
  • Space debris impacts
  • Spacecraft vulnerability analyses
  • Re-entry modelling of satellites and meteorites
  • Re-entry predictions
  • Destructive re-entry analyses
  • Design-for-demise

Astrodynamics

Mission trajectory design

Small particles dynamics

Uncertainty modelling and propagation

Perturbed Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem

Small bodies

Asteroids exploitability and reachability

Sample-return missions

Particle collection devices and strategies

Space debris

Mitigation and remediation strategies

Space environment modelling

Space sustainalbility and exploitability

Impacts | Fragmentations

In-orbit fragmentations

Ejecta models of kinetic impactors

Space debris impacts

Spacecraft vulnerability analyses

Re-entry

Re-entry modelling of satellites and meteorites

Re-entry predictions

Destructive re-entry analyses

Design-for-demise

other Projects and collaborations

The COMPASS project exploits orbital dynamics, dynamical systems theory, optimisation and mission design for novel orbit manoeuvring techniques exploiting orbit perturbations...CHECK IT OUT!

e.Cube Mission

eCube is a mission concept by Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with D-Orbit, UniPd, Temis, and Intelligentia to demonstrate key technologies for space debris remediation...CHECK IT OUT!

ESA - Space Environment Impact Assessment

In this project with the European Space Agency, we study the impact of space missions on the environment and enable future sustainable access to space. If you are interested, check our publications.