[1] The scaling relations of elliptical galaxies: constraints from stellar dynamics
(1999-2002, dr. Carlo Nipoti, Supervisor: prof. G. Setti, co-supervisors: prof. L. Ciotti, dr. P. Londrillo)
[2] Dynamical models of elliptical galaxies with a central black hole
(2003-2005, dr. Andrea Riciputi, Supervisor: prof. B. Marano, co-supervisors: prof. L. Ciotti, dr. P. Londrillo)
[3] A panchromatic view of the evolution of supermassive black holes
(2008-2011, dr. Elisabeta Lusso, Supervisor: prof. L. Ciotti, co-supervisor: dr. A. Comastri)
[4] Dynamics of the halo gas in disc galaxies
(2008-2011, dr. Federico Marinacci, Supervisor: prof. L. Ciotti, co-supervisors: dr. F. Fraternali, dr. C. Nipoti)
(2011-2014, dr. Andrea Negri: prof. L. Ciotti, co-supervisor: prof. S. Pellegrini)
[6] The dynamics of early-type galaxies as a tool to understand their hot coronae and their IMF
(2011-2014, dr. Silvia Posacki, Supervisor: prof. L. Ciotti, co-supervisor: prof. S. Pellegrini)
[7] On the luminous and dark matter distribution in Early-Type galaxies
(2012-2015, dr. Lorenzo Posti, Supervisor: dr. C. Nipoti, co-supervisors: prof. L. Ciotti, dr. M. Stiavelli)
[8] RR Lyrae stars as standard candles and stellar population tracers with GAIA
(2016-2019, dr. Alessia Garofalo, Supervisor: prof. L. Ciotti, co-supervisors: dr. G. Clementini, dr. F. Cusano, dr. T. Muraveva)
[9] Dynamical models of dwarf spheroidal galaxies based on distribution functions depending on actions
(2017-2020, dr. Raffaele Pascale, Supervisor: prof. C. Nipoti, co-supervisors: prof. L. Ciotti, dr. L. Posti)
[10] An efficient Jeans modelling of axisymmetric galaxies with multiple stellar components
(2018-2022, dr. Caterina Caravita, Supervisor: prof. L. Ciotti, co-supervisor: prof. S. Pellegrini)
(2019-2023, dr. Antonio Mancino, Supervisor: prof. L. Ciotti, co-supervisor: prof. S. Pellegrini)
[12] In progress
(2022-..., dr. Leonardo De Deo, Supervisor: prof. L. Ciotti, co-supervisor: prof. S. Pellegrini)