AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND OF COMPETENCE 
AOS:  Philosophy of Food; Metaphysics and Ontology; Philosophy of Biology 
AOC:  Aesthetics; Applied Ethics; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Language and Logic; Early Modern Philosophy  

APPOINTMENTS 
PRIMARY 
University of Milan, Italy 
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy (August 2017 –) 
National Scientific Qualification to Full Professor in Theoretical Philosophy (July 2018 –)  
and in Philosophy of Language (June 2021 –) 
College of the Holy Cross, USA 
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy (August 2013 – August 2017) 
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy (August 2007 – August 2013)

EDUCATION
Columbia University, New York, NY, 2001–2007 
Ph.D. in Philosophy, May 2007 
Dissertation Title: On the Necessity and Sufficiency of Universals 
M.Phil. in Philosophy, May 2004  
M.A. in Philosophy, May 2002 
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy, 1996–2000  
Laurea in Philosophy (Summa Cum Laude), October 2000 Dissertation Title: David K. Lewis’s Theory of Possibility