PhD in Soil Science. Senior Scientist at CREA - Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - Centro di ricerca agricoltura e ambiente (Rome, Italy). Research fields of interest: i) Introduction of sustainable agricultural practices in organic and integrated farming (low-impact fertilisation, microbial and non-microbial biostimulants, circular economy for fertilizers’ production); ii) crop diversification (strip cropping, rotations, legumes/cereals as cover crops) in organic horticulture; iii) rhizosphere interaction in organic horticultural systems (rhizobia and AMF symbiosis); iv) nutrient cycling and SOM storage; v) phosphonic acid contamination of organic products. Responsible for several projects related to innovative fertilizers/adjuvants. National Coordinator of seven national projects funded by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture. Regional coordinator of H2020 Diverfarming project. EU Coordinator of EJPSOIL AGROECOseqC project. CREA coordinator of SUREVEG - Core Organic Co-fund project. National Government Expert in the “Ad Hoc Working Group 1 – Overall Structure” for the Revision of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 (European Commission). CREA Expert Member in “Permanent Group on Fertilizers and Plant Protection Products”. IT consultant within Standing Committee on Organic Farming (SCOF) (DG-Agri).Reserved Expert at EGTOP. About 200 publications, 49 ISI publications; 1200 citations. (Google Scholar) H-Index 18, i-10 index 29.