He is a Professor of Agronomy, Faculty of Biosciences and Agro-Food and Environmental Technology, University of Teramo, and a member at PhD Course in Crop Science, University of Padova, Italy. His research activity is focused on sustainable intensification of agricultural production, soil and water conservation, and decision-making tools for digital agriculture for improving national and international cooperation for sustainable agriculture growth and natural resource management. He is the Scientific Director of the Edagricole "University and Education" editorial book series. He is the author of books and publications, of which 61 are in International Journals (Scopus: h-index 20; T-citations 1958); guest editor of a Special issue of AIMS “Agriculture and Food” international Open Access journal on topic “Sustainable Crop Production Intensification”; "Conservation Agriculture for Ecosystem Services" of the journal Agriculture and Research Topic (article collection); “Digital imaging of plants” of the journal Frontiers in Plant Science. He is the co-inventor of the European patent “Method for increasing the content of useful components in edible plants”.