- Board of Directors (since January 17, 2002): member
- Board of Directors (since January 17, 2002): member
- ESO OPC Panel D ``Stellar Evolution'' (since october 2003): member
- Associate Astronomer at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, La Palma (Spain)
- SOC for the IAU Commission 27 (Variable Stars): member
- PI of the ITAL-FLAMES Consortium (Bologna, Trieste, Cagliari and Palermo Observatories) for the FLAMES instrument
- ESA: XEUS (X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy) Astrophysics Working Group: member
- ESA: XMM-Newton User Group: member
- Expert evaluator of the European Union Marie Curie Training and Research Networks
- Local scientific coordinator of the European Union program ``Cosmolab'' in the framework of the ``Information Society and Technologies (IST)" programme
- Director of the Bologna Observatory
- INAF Dip.1: member of the Board
- INAF Dip.3: member of the TS Committee
- Cagliari Astronomical Observatory: member of the Board
- Sardinia Radio Telescope: member of the Board
- Consiglio Fondazione TT1 (Telescopio Toppo): member
- Organizer of the Observatory ``Thursday Seminars''
- TNG Time Allocation Commettee member
- Principal Investigator of the GIANO project
- ESO Observing Programmes Committee (OPC), panel A (cosmology): member
- Scientific Technical Committee, ESO, Garching: member
- TNG Time Allocation Committee member
- Board of Directors: member
- Board of Directors: member
- Deputy Director of the Bologna Observatory
- Space Telescope Users Committee: ESA member
- Local Late Galactic Evolution Group, International Space Science Institute (ESA), Berna (since 1998): member
- INAF Working Group for the Macro-Area Stars and Interstellar Medium : coordinator
- INAF Working Group for the Equal Opportunities: member
- PhD in Astronomy at the University of Bologna, Collegio dei Docenti: external member
- INAF committee for the selection of post-doctoral fellowships: member
- National Coordinator of MIUR-Cofin project
- ESO : VIRMOS Science Team : member
- ESO: Survey Working Group : member
- XMM: Time Allocation Committee: Survey panel : chairman
- SAX: Science Steering Committee (1999 - 2002): member
- INAF: Comitato di Consulenza Scientifica: chairman
- Board of Directors: member
- Coordinator of Loiano telescopes
- Member of the TNG working group site test
- Bologna University - Teacher of ``Laboratorio di tecniche astrofisiche'', AA 2002/2003