Born in Milano, Italy, 1963. Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 1994. Assistant professor since 1999 at Politecnico di Milano and in 2002 and 2003 at Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands. Teaching: Aerospace Systems and Mechanics of Flight. Research activity: Structural crashworthiness, cabin safety, biomechanics of impacts. Industrial activity: numerical analysis, experimental testing and certification of aircraft seats, landing gears and structural components for crashworthiness assessment.