Personale docente

EDUCATION
1987-1992 Degree in Economics with honors (110/110 cum laude), Department of Economics, University of Parma.

1994-1997 PhD in Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Bologna.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
September 1997 - October 1999: Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Science, University of Parma.

November 1999 - September 2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Parma.

October 2006 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Verona.

June 2011 - present: Associate Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Warwick.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY & SCIENTIFIC SERVICE
Guest Editor
2010-2012: Guest editor of the special Issue “Quantitative Analysis of Energy Markets” published in January 2013 for the Journal “Energy Economics”

Reviewer
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Quantitative Finance, Environmental Conservation,EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Statistical Methods and Applications, Statistica, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, The Energy Journal, Communications in
Statistics - Theory and Methods, European Transactions on Electrical Power, Wiley Statistics Series Book.

Doctoral Committees
University of Padua, Department of Statistics (2009); Catholic University of Milan, Department of Economics (2010).

Project evaluator
Reviewer of research projects for the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR).

Scientic Committees
December 2004 - September 2006: Member of the scientific committee of the PhD in Financial Markets, University of Bologna.

November 2006 - present: Member of the scientific committee of the PhD in Economics and Finance, University of Verona.

February 2012: Member of the scientific committee of the RiskWorkshop, University of Parma.

September 2012: member of the scientific committee of the Conference: New Robust Methods for the Analysis of Complex Data, University of Sannio.

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS
2005: member of the local organizing committee of the international conference CLAGAD2005, University of Parma.

2009: member of the local organizing committee of the international conference ICORS09,University of Parma.

2010: organizer and chair of the specialized session “Robust statistical methods for data analysis: methodological innovations and applications”, international conference GfKl-CLADAG 2010, University of Florence.

2010: organizer and chair of the international Workshop ”Quantitative Analysis of Energy Markets”, University of Verona.

2010: organizer and chair of the specialized session “Econometrics of Electricity Markets”, international conference CFE 2010, Senate House, University of London, London.

RESEARCH PROJECTS
1998-2005: Involved in seven yearly research projects financed by the Italian Ministry of University about outlier detection, robust estimation, time series analysis, longitudinal data analysis.

November 2000 - November 2001: Scientific Consultant, project “HelpDesk Time Series Analysis in Official Statistics”, Institute for Systems, Informatics and Safety, Joint Research Center of the European Economic Community.

October 2006 - October 2008: Member of the local unit of Parma, European Research Project CARERA, “The Impacts of CAP Reform on the Employment Levels in Rural Areas”.

PH.D STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS SUPERVISION
Angelica Gianfreda (December 2008 - August 2011), temporary assistant professor (assegnista di ricerca), title of the project: “Longitudinal models for the analysis of Italian economy”, University of Verona. Now, Marie-Curie fellows at the London Business School.

Fany Nan (August 2012 - present): temporary assistant professor (assegnista di ricerca), “Robust Models for the Analysis of European Energy Markets”, University of Verona.

Matteo della Noce, Ph.D. Program in Political Economics, University of Piacenza; thesis: “A VAR-MGARCH model for the deregulated Italian electricity market”, defended in 2011.

Emmanuel Senyo, Ph.D. Program in Economics and Finance, University of Verona; thesis: “Risk management for energy markets”, to be defended in 2013.

Shanty Noviantie, Ph.D. Program in Economics and Finance, University of Verona; thesis: “Internalization of Emission Credits, Social and Environmental risks of Lending Activities: An extension of Dealership Model under regulatory extended-partial liability”, to be defended
in 2013.

Alexandre Aronne, Ph.D. Program in Economics and Finance, University of Verona; thesis: “Robust Methods for the Analysis of Energy Markets”, to be defended in 2014.

VISITING POSITIONS
Summer 1999: Visiting Student at the Center for Ecological & Environmental Statistics, Department of Statistics, PennState University, Pennsylvania. Inviting Professor: G.P. Patil.

01 July 2007 - 31 December 2007: Visiting Fellows at the Department of Economics, University of Warwick, UK. Inviting Professor: Michael Waterson.

2008 - present: Occasional Visiting Fellow (one/two months a year), Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry (UK).

GRANTS
May-September 1997: scholarship, Department of Statistics of Bologna, developing a stochastic model for short-term forecasting of air-pollution in Bologna.

October 1997 - October 1999: scholarship, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Parma and Italian Ministry for Environment, project ”Map of the Italian Nature”.

2010-2011: Principal investigator of the research unit of Verona. Project financed by MIUR (PRIN 2008). Title of the local unit project: Robust Method for the Analysis of Energy Markets.

2010: Grant from the University of Verona for a research visiting period of one month of Prof. Michael Waterson at the Department of Economics.

2010: Grant for teaching in English, PhD program in Economics and Finance, University of Verona. Title of the course: Statistics III.

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
November 2003 - September 2006: Deputy director of the library at the faculty of Economics, University of Parma.

May 2004 - September 2006: Responsible for the information systems at the faculty of Economics, University of Parma.

AFFILIATIONS
Italian Statistical Society, Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG), Time Series Analysis Group (ANSET) of the Italian Statistical Society.