Professional preparation: • 22-07-1993 Master Degree in Biology: 110/110 cum laude. Tutor: Prof. C. Miceli, University of Camerino, Italy. • 1993/1997 Doctorate Degree in "Biology". Tutor: Prof. C. Miceli, University of Camerino. • 13-03/03-04-1994. ERASMUS intensive program: "Blaise Pascal" University, Clermont Ferrand. France. • 28-03/10-05-1997. Antarctic field campaign at Palmer Station, Antarctica. • 11-1998/06-2000 Post-doctoral course. Tutor: Dr. R.Melki. Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales. CNRS, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France. Appointments: 1- President of the Spin off IrIdES srl (http://www.irides.eu/wp/). 2- Present position (from 2008): Assistant professor (Area of research: Ecology-Bio/07) h-index: 15. 3- Member of the Scientific Reports (https://www.nature.com/srep/) and Marine Drugs Editorial Boards. 4- Principal investigator (PI) of the H2020-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions RISE-Metable – 645693. Title: Advanced bioinformatics for genome and metagenome analyses with discovery of novel bio-catalysts from extremophiles: implications for improving industrial bio-processes.