Simone grew up in Bologna, Italy. He completed his BSc and MSc studies at Università di Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore. He obtained his PhD at Aalto University (November 2014) with a doctoral thesis in low-temperature nanophysics, supervised by Jukka Pekola. Before joining Chalmers, he was a post-doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich in the group of Andreas Wallraff (2015-2018). There he made several contributions in the areas of quantum information processing, microwave quantum optics, and hybrid superconductor-semiconductors quantum systems. He moved to Chalmers as a permanent researcher in November 2018. In May 2020, he took on an assistant professor position and started his own research group, the 202Q-lab. He was promoted to Associate Professor (Docent) in June 2024. He is part of the management group of WACQT, a 12-year Swedish initiative to build a quantum computer. In 2023, together with Robert Rehammar, he founded Sweden Quantum AB to develop inventive solutions in cryogenic hardware for quantum technologies. In his free time, Simone likes outdoor activities and reading a good book.