[4] and he is a professor of cosmology at the Scuola Normale Superiore,[5][6] where the president of the Classe di Scienze (Faculty of Science) from 2018 to 2024, until he was succeeded by Angelo Vistoli.
[12] In 2018 he was associated editor for Italy of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics together with Steven Shore and Sergio Campana[13] n 2018 he was granted one the 100 Humboldt Research Awards by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,sponsored by Michela Andreani and Benedetta Ciardi.The related fellowship started in September 2019.
[1] In 2021 he became a member of the Science and Engineering Advisory Committee (SEAC) of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory.
[14] Professor Ferrara conducts theoretical and numerical research on the formation, properties and evolution of cosmic structures such as galaxies and black holes during the early stages of the Universe after the Big Bang.
[3][1] In 2022 he secured with colleagues Simona Gallerani e Andrei Mesinger 187 observation hours at the James Webb Space Telescope within the international "PRIMER" project.