Starting from March 1st, 1999, he has held a permanent position at the University of Turin as a tenure researcher of organic chemistry. In December, 2004, he moved to the University of Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria, at the DISAV department, where he currently works. Industrial research: He worked at Eniricerche (S. Donato Milanese), the R&D sector of ENI (the Italian petroleum company), from July 1990 to December 1995. There, he dealt with synthetic polymers and other oil derivatives (NMR and optical spectroscopies). Present research interests: His research is oriented towards bio-organic chemistry, and, in particular, the isolation, structural characterization and synthesis of secondary metabolites, mainly of fungal origin. He actively collaborates with biologists and pharmacologists in order to assay the various bioactivities of the isolated metabolites, the cultivation of fungal mycelia and other research activities. Teaching experience: He has been teaching Organic Chemistry since 1999 to students of Chemistry and Biology courses. He also holds a practical Organic Chemistry laboratory course, in which basic synthetic skills are taught to pupils.