OUR STAFF

Alessio Assonitis

Alessio Assonitis

Director
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2003
assonitis[at]medici[dot]org

Alessio Assonitis (Rome, 1970) received his doctoral degree in Renaissance art history from Columbia University in 2003.

Elena Brizio

Elena Brizio

Vice Director
Ph.D. Università degli Studi di Firenze, 1993
ebrizio[at]medici[dot]org

Elena Brizio completed her Ph.D in Medieval History at the University of Florence in 1993 with a thesis on the political and prosopographical analysis of the Sienese government in

Lorenzo Allori

Lorenzo Allori

Technology Director
lallori(at)medici(dot).org

Lorenzo Allori, native of Florence, is currently attending the University of Siena majoring in Business Communication. Primarily a Unix and networking specialist, he has worked for Syracuse University and for several other firms, building ad hoc IT solutions and packages integrating opensource products.

Piergabriele Mancuso

Piergabriele Mancuso

Director of the Eugene Grant Research Program on Jewish History and Culture in Early Modern Europe
Ph.D. University College London, 2009

Piergabriele Mancuso (Venice, 1975) received his doctoral degree in Jewish Studies from University College London, 2009.

Sheila Barker

Sheila Barker

Director of The Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists in the Age of the Medici
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2002
barker[at]medici[dot]org

Sheila Barker graduated from Amherst College in 1993 and completed an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph. D.

Maurizio Arfaioli

Maurizio Arfaioli

Senior Research Fellow
Ph.D. University of Warwick, 2002
arfaioli[at]medici[dot]org

Maurizio Arfaioli was born in Piedmont in 1967 and grew up in Tuscany. He received a B.A. (Honors) in Renaissance History at the University of Pisa in 1995 and completed a Ph.D.

Brendan Dooley

Brendan Dooley

Senior Research Fellow
b.dooley[at]ucc[dot]ie

Brendan Dooley is the Professor of Renaissance Studies at University College Cork.

Roberta Piccinelli

Roberta Piccinelli

Compagnia di San Paolo Fellow di Torino 2009-2012
Ph.D. Università degli Studi di Teramo, 2008
rpiccinelli[at]medici[dot]org

Roberta Piccinelli has a degree in History of Art and a Ph.D in Art Collecting at the University of Teramo with a dissertation entitled: Communication and Documentary Research.

Alana O'Brien

Alana O'Brien

Senior Research Fellow
PhD La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia, 2002
aobrien [at] medici [dot] org

Alana O’Brien completed her PhD at La Trobe University in 2002, with a thesis focusing on the cult of San Filippo Benizi, and Andrea del Sarto’s fresco cycle of Benizi’s life in t

Laura Windisch

Laura Windisch

Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust Fellow (Spring-Summer 2013)
laura.windisch[at]culture[dot]hu-berlin.de

Laura Windisch studied art history and cultural studies at the Universities of Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Rome and Berlin.

Samuel Morrison Gallacher

Samuel Morrison Gallacher

Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust Fellow (Spring-Summer 2013)
samuel.gallacher [at] imtlucca [dot] it

Samuel Morrison Gallacher read history at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, graduating in 2009 with First Class Honours and the Sir Herbert Butterfield Prize for History.

Ashley Lynn Buchanan

Ashley Lynn Buchanan

Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust Fellow (Spring-Summer 2013)
ashleylynnbuchanan [at] gmail [dot] com

Ashley Lynn Buchanan is a doctoral history student at the University of South Florida studying early modern Italy, specifically the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

Lorenzo Pasquinelli

Lorenzo Pasquinelli

Senior Developer
lpasquinelli(at)medici(dot).org

A native of Florence, Lorenzo Pasquinelli is a JEE Solutions Architect with a strong background in the financial sector. During his eleven years in the IT industry he has specialized himself i

Joana Amill Luzondo

Joana Amill Luzondo

Web Graphic Designer
jamill(at)medici(dot)org

Joana Amill Luzondo was born in Barcelona in 1985 and graduated from Universitat Ramon Llull in 2007 in Industrial Design and has worked for Gemma Bernal Diseño as an Industrial and Graphic designe

Matteo Doni

Matteo Doni

Junior Developer
mdoni(at)medici(dot).org

Matteo Doni, native of Pontedera near Pisa, is curently attending University of Pisa pursuing a degree in Information Technology.

Tamara Graziotti

Tamara Graziotti

Paleographer
Ph.D. Università degli studi di Firenze, 2012

Tamara Graziotti received both her undergraduate degree (2007) and her doctorate (Medieval History, 2012) f

Caterina Pardi

Caterina Pardi

Digitization Technician
caterinapardi[at]gmail[dot]com

Native of Florence, graduated in Cinema and Media Studies at University of Siena she also studied photography and image postproduction at SSTI Academy in Florence.

Giovanni Piccolino Boniforti

Giovanni Piccolino Boniforti

Digitization Technician
g.piccolinoboniforti [at] gmail [dot] com

A native of Florence, Giovanni Piccolini Boniforti is currently pursuing a degree in architecture at the University of Florence.

Claire Eskander

Claire Eskander

Jane Fortune Research Program - Junior Researcher

Claire Eskander graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BA (Mod.) Hons in History of Art and Architecture with Ancient History and Archaeology in 2011. She wrote her undergraduate the

Myrto’ Psicharis

Myrto’ Psicharis

Jane Fortune Research Program - Junior Researcher

Myrtò Psicharis was born in Florence. She is currently carrying out a degree in Art History, Conservation and Care of Cultural Heritage at the University of Florence.