Birthdate 8th March, 1950 Graduated in Physics 13th November, 1972 (University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore) ** 1973 Fellowship Accademia dei Lincei 1973-74 Research Fellow Osservatorio di Brera 1975-84 Astronomer (tenured) Osservatorio di Brera 1984- Associate Professor of Astrophysics, University of Pisa *** 1979 Membership IAU 1979-84 Scientific Board of National Astronomical Group (CNR) 1981-87 Membership of the Council of the Italian Astronomical Society 1982-96 Director of the Magazine "Giornale di Astronomia" 1995-99 Member of the Council, Pisa University 1995-98 Member of the Solar System Working Group at European Space Agency 1998-00 PI of a National Research Program funded by University Ministry. 1999-02 Coeditor of the book Asteroids III, which will be the reference text for the next decade (published in 2002). Lead author of one of the chapters, coauthor of two other chapters. 2001-03 PI of a National Research Program funded by University Ministry. Research fields: Physics of the Solar System and Planetology: collisional evolution of the asteroids and formation of NEAs; collisional and dynamical processes; collisional evolution of satellites and planetary rings; formation of planetary systems; General astrophysics: star formation and evolution, statistical studies of binary systems. Author or coauthor of about 150 scientific papers, half published on international refereed Journals. The most relevant contributions to the research are related to the evolution of asteroids, collisional models and formation of binary asteroids. The asteroid 3176 has been given the name "Paolicchi".