Andrea Zanzi won the PhD competitive examination in Padova. In 2003 in the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa) he has been declared eligible for the PhD in Physics with the general score 8/10. July 2003: He graduated in Physics cum laude at Ferrara University discussing a thesis entitled “Asteroseismology and extrasolar planets”. From september 1998 to july 2003 he passed all the examinations of the degree in Physics at Ferrara University with the highest score (30/30). He worked at the University of Ferrara, at College de France (Paris), at the Physics institute in Padova, at the Physics Institute in Bonn (postdoctoral position). Then he have a position at the University of Ferrara to teach the exercises of advanced classical mechanics and of classical physics. He is member of the board of the examiners for both courses. He was member of the board of the examiners for classical physics at the University of Ferrara and he taught the exercises of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics at the University of Ferrara.