EMPLOYMENT HISTORY & CONSULTANCY
2020
Senior Research Associate
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BERLIN
I am currently working at TU Berlin in the Institute of City & Regional Planning. Duties include teaching the course “Sustainability and Urban Renewal”(Summer Semester 2020 and 2021) and the project studio course “Is Berlin a Walkable City? (Fall Semester 2020/2021 and 2021/2022).
2020
Senior Research Associate
MUSEUM FUER NATURKUNDE BERLIN
I am currently working at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin in the Citizen Science Competence Centre, Department of Society and Nature. Duties include coordination and management of the EU-Citizen.Science project.
2018
Senior Research Associate & HEAD-Genuit Foundation Fellow
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BERLIN
In 2018-2020, I was the Principal Investigator of the Hush City Mobile Lab project.
2017
Inventor & Principal Investigator of Hush City
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BERLIN
I have envisioned and led the award-winning citizen science project Hush City, which empowers people to explore, map and evaluate quiet areas in their cities & worldwide.
2010
Contract Professor
ITALIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
I worked as a Contract Professor at the University of Ferrara, Faculty of Architecture, Ferrara, Italy (2014, Spring); Kent State University, College of Architecture & Environmental Design, Florence, Italy (AY 2012/2013); the University of RomaTre, Faculty of Architecture, Rome, Italy (AY 2012/2013); the University of Firenze, Faculty of Architecture, Florence, Italy (2010, Fall).
2006
Consultant and Freelance Architect and Urbanist
NOT-FOR-PROFIT, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS
I worked as a consultant and a freelance architect for different stakeholders from the not-for-profit, public and private sectors. I am a Chartered Architect. Register of Florence and Province (IT). License obtained with State Exam. Registration number 6858 – sez. A.
EDUCATION
2010
PhD in Urban Design and Territorial Planning
MIT (USA) + UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE (ITALY)
I undertook doctoral studies in Urban Design and Territorial Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Firenze and at the City Design and Development Lab, MIT (Boston, USA). My dissertation On the Sonic Image of the City. Mapping and Design Soundscapes in Contemporary Cities was awarded the 2010 National Institute of Urbanism Award and the 2012 City of Firenze Research Award.
2005
BArch & MArch Architecture
UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE (ITALY)
I completed my degree in Architecture (Summa Cum Laude) at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Firenze, with a master thesis in Urban Design and Planning: Designing the Emilia road in Modena.
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