Curriculum Vitae

Career History

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.

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–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.

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–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.