Born in Milazzo (Italy), October 12th 1972. Civil Engineer. PhD in Agroforestry and Environmental Engineering. From 2000 Researcher at ENEA, involved in R&D activity in the field of Geomatics (Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems - GIS). Head of ENEA APIC Lab (Analysis and Protection of Critical Infrastructures Laboratory)
From 2003 to 2008, Adjunct Professor of "Geographical Information Systems" (University of Rome "Sapienza"). From 2020 Professor at the 1st level University Master in post-catastrophe technical-administrative management of local authorities (University of L'Aquila). Adjunct Professor of "Remote sensing and GIS simulations for territorial planning" (Degree Course in "Geographical Sciences for environment and health", University of Rome "Sapienza").

Main interests in Geomatics applications to environmental studies (land planning, spatial analysis) and risk analysis (multi-risk assessment, GIS-based Decision Support Systems - DSS). Author and co-author of several scientific publications and contribution to Conferences in the above mentioned subject areas. Affiliate to AIT (Italian Remote Sensing Association) and AIC (Italian Cartographic Association). ECDL GIS Certified Examiner. Reviewer for many international Journals. Member of the Reviewer Board of the MDPI Remote Sensing Journal. Member of the Topical Advisory Panel of the MDPI ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.

Member of Programme Committee of the International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2011-2023). Organiser and Co-Chair of the ASTER Workshop 2015-2022 (Advances in information Systems and Technologies for Emergency preparedness and Risk assessment); “Deep Cities: Intelligence and Interoperability” Workshop 2017; AirQ&CScience Workshop 2020 (Air quality monitoring and Citizen Science for smart urban management. State of the art and perspectives); GeoForAgr Workshop 2020-2023 (Geomatics in Forestry and Agriculture: new advances and perspectives).