Simone Antoniucci (b. 1977) obtained his degree in physics at “La Sapienza” University of Rome in 2003, with a thesis on infrared spectroscopy of protostars. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Astronomy at Tor Vergata University, Rome, studying Young Stellar Objects using infrared high resolution spectroscopy and interferometry.
Discovered on 12-7-2002 in Campo Imperatore by CINEOS