He was born in Naples (Italy) in February 1970. He got a first-class degree in Geologic Science at the Department of Earth Science, University Federico II of Naples on 27/03/96, and received his Ph.D. degree in Sedimentary Geology from the same university in 2002. He spent about 3 years as a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Naples, working on the "Internal units of southern Apennines, Italy". He is currently a Technologist at the Institute of Heritage Science (CNR-ISPC, Naples-Italy).