Antonino Del Popolo completed his undergraduate studies in Bologna University in 1990, and his graduated studies in Catania University in 1994. He worked as a researcher in CRL (NICT) Institute (Tokyo), in Argelander Institute (Bonn), as an assistant professor in Bosphorus University (Istanbul), and full professor in Istanbul Technical University (Istanbul). He has been visiting professor in Bogazici University (Istanbul), Sao Paulo University, Brazil, and the International Institute of Physics, Natal, Brazil. Since November, 2008, Antonino is Researcher-Adjunct Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Catania University. He is also an associated member of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). 

His main interests are Cosmological Physics (CDM models, structure formation). He has also been involved with migration models in extra-planetary systems, and stochastic forces in gravitational systems. Recently, he has been working on the effects of baryons on CDM predictions on small scales showing how baryon physics can solve the weak points of the CDM model on kpcs scales. Antonino has been involved in Gaia since 2000. He was member of the Gaia PS task (http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/heritage/gaia/ps/members.html). His main interest is in the field of exo-planets, and the study of substructure around the Milky Way.