Curriculum

Education: University of Bari, Italy, 1984. Postdoc Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 1984-1988. Postdoc Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1989-1992. Since 1992: at University of Bari, Italy, at present Professor of Theoretical Physics. Languages: Italian, English, French. Some Japanese, Spanish and Dutch. Scientific interests: Quantum Simulations, Quantum Information, Complexity and Complex Systems, Neutron Physics, Neutron Interferometry, Neutron Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, Temporal Behavior of Quantum Systems, Irreversibility and Statistical Fluctuations, Mesoscopic Systems and Decoherence, Quantum Field Theory and Renormalization, Statistical Mechanics, Phase Transitions, Bose-Einstein Condensates and Cold Gases. Editor of 5 international physics journals, Referee for about 50 international physics journals. Elected Member, Strategic Advisory Board QuantERA. Panelist of the European Union. "Section Chair" for the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). "General Chair" of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Referee for Universities, Ministries and Research Organizations in Italy, Austria, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Israel, Czech Republic, South Africa, Canada and United States.