Andrea was born in Milan (Italy) in 1979 and devoted his entire life to science and culture. He studied Materials Science at University of Milan-Bicocca, and he subsequently worked as a researcher at the University College of London (UK), and at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society in Berlin (DE), where he obtained a PhD in Theoretical Physics. His curiosity and willingness to know, pushed him towards travelling, the reading of essays on a large variety of topics, sports and, ultimately, photography.