I am an Associate Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of the University of Rome "La Sapienza". I received my Ph.D. degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the same university in 2010. My research interests include DNS/LES of compressible turbulent flows, high-Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers, shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions, computational aeroacoustics, roughness-induced transition, solid rocket motors, and high-performance computing. In 2014 I have been the recipient of a prestigious grant in the framework of the SIR project, a program funded by the Italian Ministry of Education to support the scientific independence of young researchers. I am the author of more than 50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.