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CAREER HISTORY
2024–	Institute Scientist at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
2021–2024	Staff Scientist at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
2014–2021	Principal Scientist at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
2011–2014	NASA Senior Postdoc fellow at Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute in Boulder, Colorado & Houston, Texas.
2010–2011	Research fellow at Universite de Nice Sophia-Antipolis and Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, France.
2008–2010	Research fellow at Department of Astronomy, Padova University, Italy.
2007–2008	Visiting Scientist at German Aerospace Agency (DLR) in Berlin, Germany.
2003–2007	Research fellow at Department of Astronomy, Padova University, Italy.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
2003	PhD in Applied Physics, Pisa University, Italy.
1998	Degree in Physics, grades 110/110 Cum Laude, Pisa University, Italy.
SPACE MISSION EXPERIENCE
9/2022–	Deputy Project Investigator of the NASA Lucy mission.
2017–9/2022	Deputy Project Scientist of the NASA Lucy mission.
2017–	Co-Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission.
2016–	Co-Investigator of the stereo camera SIMBIOSYS for ESA BepiColombo mission.
2016–	Co-Investigator of the NASA Dawn mission.
2012–	Associate Scientist of the VIRTIS Science Team on board ESA Rosetta.
2012–	Associate Scientist of the JANUS Science Team for ESA JUICE mission.
2011–	Chair of the “Morphology, Topography and Crater Properties” working group for ESA MarcoPolo-R.
2010–	Associate Scientist of the VIR Science Team on board NASA Dawn.
2010–	External collaborator of NASA MESSENGER Geology Discipline Group.
2008	Member of the Italian feasibility study team for a camera system on ESA MarcoPolo.
2007	Member of the Science Team of the space mission WSO-UV.
2006–	Associate Scientist of the OSIRIS Science Team on board ESA Rosetta.
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001–2006	I repeatedly performed observations and analyzed data from ESO Very Large Telescope, New Technology Telescope, 2.2 m, 1.5 m, INAF Telescopio Nazionale Galileo.
TEACHING
2016	Teaching the Graduate Seminar 'The Rosetta mission to comet 67P' at University of Colorado, Boulder.
2003–2009	Teaching assistant at Padova University for the undergraduate lectures: Astronomy I, Astronomy II, Astrophysics of Stars and Planets.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
2003–2009	I have been either tutor or co-tutor for eight degree theses and two PhD theses at the Department of Astronomy, Padova University. I have also been external referee for one PhD thesis from INAF-Rome.
AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
2017	Paolo Farinella Prize.
2015	NASA Dawn Group Achievement Award.
2015	NASA Dawn VIR Team Group Achievement Award.
2014	NASA's Susan Mahan Neibur Early Career Award.
2013	Member of the American Geophysical Union.
2013	Member of the American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences.
2011	NASA Lunar Science Institute Fellowship.
2009	ESA Certificate of Outstanding contribution for the Rosetta mission.
2009–	Member of the International Astronomical Union (commissions 15,16,53,55).
2007	Asteroid 72543 Simonemarchi named after Simone Marchi by the International Astronomical Union.

CAREER HISTORY

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

SPACE MISSION EXPERIENCE

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEACHING

TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES

AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS