Education: Doctor in Physics, Universita' degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza", 1986
Current position: Dirigente di Ricerca of the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics
(INAF).
History:
* Fellow, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (1987-1990).
* Visiting researcher at the Istituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Tenerife (Spain, 1989).
* INAF Research staff (since 1990).
Other Appointments:
* Member of the Scientific Council of the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics (2001-2003).
* Director of the Teramo Observatory - Italian National Institute of Astrophysics (2005-2011).
* Member of the Spanish Time Allocation Committee (CAT) for the Canarian telescope consortium (2004-2005).
* Member of the ESO panel for the Observational Program Committee (OPC) (2010).
* Chair of the Italian Time Allocation Committee (TAC) for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) and the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) (2014-2017).
* Associate researcher of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN, since 1996)
Research projects and publications:
* Scientifc PI of AMICA (Antartic Multiband Infrared CAmera).
* Proponent of the LUNA MV (Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics, a new 3.5 MV accelerator - progetto PREMIALE INFN.
* Coordinator of various research units under several PRIN-MIUR and PRIN-INAF approved projects.
* Author of more than 400 scientific papers (170 on referred journals, source: NASA-ADS).
* About 11500 citations with H=55 (source: NASA-ADS).
Teaching:
* Associate Professor University of L'Aquila (Italy, 2000-2006).
* Associate Professor University of Rome "Sapienza" (since 2016).
* Member of the board of the PHD program on "Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science" of the Rome University (since 2012).
* Tutor of about 10 PHD students and several master degree students of various Italian Universities.
* Member of the Board of ESSENA (European Summer School of Esperimental Nuclear Astrophysics).
Publications link: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu//#search/filter_database_fq_database=OR&filter_database_fq_database=database%3A%22astronomy%22&filter_database_fq_database=database%3A%22physics%22&fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3D%24fq_database%7D&fq_database=(database%3A%22astronomy%22%20OR%20database%3A%22physics%22)&q=author%3A(%22straniero%2C%20O.%22)&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&warning_message=when%20the%20astronomy%20or%20physics%20databases%20are%20selected%2C%20the%20arXiv%20selection%20is%20ignored&p_=0