Main Areas of Research:

European private law, comparative private law, law of obligations and inheritance law

Academic Career:

Born in 1980 in Italy, 1999-2003 studies of Italian Law at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, Institute for Italian Law (honors); 2000-2003 Student Assistant at the Institute for Legal History at the University of Innsbruck (Prof. Gerhard Köbler); 2003 „Dr. Otto Seibert Stipendienschenkung“ scholarship awarded by the President of the University of Innsbruck for excellent academic records; 2003 ASP Short Study Program, University of New Orleans, USA; project assistant in the area “Language and Law” at the European Academy, Bolzano (Italy); 2003-2004 law clerk at the regional court in Innsbruck, Austria; 2003-2006 Doctor iuris (honors); since 2004 assistant professor (chair Prof. Bernhard Eccher), Institute for Italian Law, University of Innsbruck (currently on leave); 2006 “Franz Gschnitzer” Prize of the Law School of the University of Innsbruck for the doctoral thesis; 2006-2008 practical legal training at a law firm, Bolzano (Italy); 2008 Junior Scientist at the Institute for European Tort Law (Prof. Helmut Koziol), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna; 2009 Research award for junior researchers, University of Innsbruck (together with Dagmar Hinghofer-Szalkay); 2009-2010 Master of Laws, Yale Law School, New Haven, USA; 2010 award for best paper by junior researchers, Juristische Blätter (together with Dagmar Hinghofer-Szalkay); since September 2010 senior research fellow at the Institute.