| 2024–Present | Institute Scientist at Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado. |
| 2021–2024 | Staff Scientist at Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado. |
| 2014–2021 | Principal Scientist at Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado. |
| 2011–2014 | NASA Senior Postdoc fellow at Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Boulder, Colorado & Houston, Texas. |
| 2010–2011 | Research fellow at Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis and Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, France. |
| 2008–2010 | Research fellow at Department of Astronomy, Padova University, Italy. |
| 2007–2008 | Visiting Scientist at German Aerospace Agency (DLR), Berlin, Germany. |
| 2003–2007 | Research fellow at Department of Astronomy, Padova University, Italy. |
| 2003 | PhD in Applied Physics, Pisa University, Italy. |
| 1998 | Degree in Physics, grades 110/110 Cum Laude, Pisa University, Italy. |
| 9/2022–Present | Deputy Project Investigator of the NASA Lucy mission. |
| 2017–9/2022 | Deputy Project Scientist of the NASA Lucy mission. |
| 2017–Present | Co-Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission. |
| 2016–Present | Co-Investigator of the stereo camera SIMBIOSYS for ESA BepiColombo mission. |
| 2016–Present | Co-Investigator of the NASA Dawn mission. |
| 2012–Present | Associate Scientist of the VIRTIS Science Team on board ESA Rosetta. |
| 2012–Present | Associate Scientist of the JANUS Science Team for ESA JUICE mission. |
| 2011–Present | Chair of the "Morphology, Topography and Crater Properties" working group for ESA MarcoPolo-R. |
| 2010–Present | Associate Scientist of the VIR Science Team on board NASA Dawn. |
| 2010–Present | 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–Present | Associate Scientist of the OSIRIS Science Team on board ESA Rosetta. |
| 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–Present | Member of the International Astronomical Union (commissions 15, 16, 53, 55). |
| 2007 | Asteroid 72543 Simonemarchi named after Simone Marchi by the International Astronomical Union. |