Educational Background

- Master's degree Agriculture Science

- PhD in “Biochemical and chemical applied”

Current Academic Position 

- Full Professor AGRI-06/A – Agricultural Genetics.

Academic Appointments

- 2014–2019: Delegate for Student Orientation and School–Work Alternation Projects at the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences.

- Since 2015: Member of the Academic Board of the International PhD Program in Agricultural Technologies and Biotechnologies.

- Since 2018: Coordinator of the Welfare, Biotechnology and Quality of Animal Production curriculum within the same PhD program.

- Since 2020: President of the Degree Program Council in Food Sciences and Culture (Scienze e Culture del Cibo – LGastr).

- 2020–2025: Member of the Executive Board of the Unimol Management Center for Advanced Education and Public and Private Sector Management.

- 2022–2025: Member of the University Quality Assurance Board (Presidio di Qualità di Ateneo).

- 2022–2025: Rector’s Delegate for Third Mission and Public Engagement.

- Since 2024: President of the Degree Program Council of the Master's Program in Nutrition and Food Biosafety.

- Since 2025: Vice Rector for Strategic Plan Implementation and Monitoring.

Professional skills and Expertise 

The research activity is documented by publications spanning various fields of genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics, focusing on the identification of chromosomal regions and candidate genes associated with traits of interest for genetic improvement and biodiversity studies.