Since 2015: Lead Scientist at DESY and Professor (W3) for Experimental Particle Physics at Universität Hamburg, CMS experiment at the LHC, future colliders
2007–2014: Senior Staff Scientist at INFN Florence, Italy, CMS experiment at the LHC
1995–2006: Staff INFN Researcher at INFN Florence, Italy
1992–1995: Research Associate Imperial College London, UK, ZEUS experiment at HERA
1989–1992: PhD in Particle Physics, University of Florence, Italy, L3 experiment at LEP
1982–1989: Diploma in Physics, University of Florence, Italy

Since 2023: Collaboration Board Chair of the CMS Collaboration, CERN
Since 2022: Member of the Steering Committee of the Cluster of Excellence “Quantum Universe”, Universität Hamburg
2021–2023: Deputy Collaboration Chair of the CMS Collaboration, CERN
Since 2019: Member of the Plenary European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA)
Since 2015: Member of the Academy of Science, Hamburg
Since 2015: Mentor in the dynaMENT mentoring program, Hamburg
2011–2014: Coordinator of the High Energy groups in Florence, Italy
Since 2010: International Advisory Committee of the DIS Workshop series
2006–2007: ZEUS spokesperson