Role: PMC Website Project Office

October 2016 – now
PhD student in Astronomy – Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova

April – September 2016:
Scholarship in: “Optimization Study of project management processes by participating in a project for space” – INAF Observatory of Catania
Study and training, as part of the Italian participation in the CHEOPS project, of the IT management processes and tracking of documentation and products of the project; study of planning tools and control tasks; study of methodologies of the diffusions of the results in the project and to the outside.

October 2014 – September 2015:
Scholarship in: “PERFORMA” project – INAF Observatory of Catania
School and public visits at the Observatory of Catania and Serra la Nave Cooperation in the organization of: special courses, public lectures, contests and competitions for schools. Depth study on the means and methods of scientific communication and dissemination

2010-2016
Teaching experience

2013
Teaching qualification in Physics
Tirocinio Formativo Attivo (TFA), University of Catania

2009
Master Degree in Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
Title of the thesis: “Ossidi di azoto e di carbonio nelle nubi interstellari dense”
Supervisor: Prof. R. A. Zappalà
Co-supervisor: Dr. M. E. Palumbo

2005
Bachelor Degree in Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
Title of the thesis: “Applicazioni del modello di Kopp-Pneuman allo studio di un flare solare ”
Supervisor: Prof.ssa F. Zuccarello

D. Sicilia is member of the Italian PLATO Project Office and assists in the maintenance of the PMC website.