From 2023 (current position): Researcher and Professor at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Italy. From 2000 to 2021: Clinical and Research Investigator at the University of Bari ALDO MORO. Doctor of Dental Surgery (University of Bari ALDO MORO, Italy). MSc in Orthognathodontics (University of Foggia, Italy) and in Sexuality Medicine (University of Bari ALDO MORO, Italy). PhD in Biochemical and Biotechnological Sciences (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy). Post-graduate in Epidemiological Methodology, Bioethics, and Culture and Quality Management (University of Bari ALDO MORO, Italy). Laboratory Head at Department of Dental Sciences and Surgery from 2009 to 2012.   From 2019 to 2022: Adjunct Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology and of Technical Applied Sciences. Invited Professor of International post-graduate courses at School of Medicine, University of Bari ALDO MORO, Italy. Visiting Professor at City Unity College - Greece (and affiliated Institutions) and at University of Medicine, Tirana, Faculty of Dentistry (Fakulteti i Mjekësisë Dentare-FMD), Tirana, Albania. Winner of the Research Award from the Medical and Dental Council of Bari (Italy) in 2016. Speaker at national and international courses and conferences. His name is included in the Elsevier TOP 2% Scientists World List and in the Italian Top Scientist List.