Associate professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Basilicata since 1994. Graduated in Civil Engineering, Land Defence and Territorial Planning at the University of Basilicata in 1989 and obtained a PhD in Hydrodynamics at the university consortium of Genoa, Florence, Padua and Trento. He is a member of the board of the National Coastal Research Group (GNRAC) and Scientific Director of the Fondazione Ambiente Ricerca della Basilicata (FARBAS) and participated as project leader and/or senior expert in several national and international research projects.