Full Professor of Geomatics at the Dept. of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA) - University of Torino. 1996 - Master Degree in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). 2004 - Ph.D. in Geodesy and Geomatics at Politecnico di Milano (Italy). 2006 - 2015 Assistant Professor in Geomatics at University of Torino 2015-2023 Associate Professor in Geomatics at University of Torino. Since 2002 lecturer in BSc, MS, post-graduate masters and PhD courses. Main research topics: agro/forestry applications of Geomatics (optical remote sensing from satellite, aerial and UAV), aerial digital photogrammetry, forestry applications of aerial LiDAR, spatial analysis and GIS. Author of more than 150 papers in National and International Journals, Proceedings, and Books. Since 2023 President of the Italian Association of Remote Sensing. Since 2025 President of the Italian Confederation of Scientific Associations for Territorial and Environmental Information (ASITA) and member of the ASITA Scientific Committee. Chair of the Agriculture Special Interest Group (SIG) of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories - EARSeL. Scientific coordinator (PI and local units) of various national and international projects and tutor of more than 40 BS, MS and PhD theses. Since 12/2024 EiC of MDPI Geomatics, EBM of MDPI Remote Sensing, MDPI Agronomy, Springer Discover Agriculture and Guest Editor of some Special Issues from various Journals.