Graduated in Environmental Engineering in 2012 (University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy). Received a grant for a post graduate course OTTIMA Operational Oceanography and Information Technologies for Maritime Safety (PON 0102823) at IAMC-CNR (Institute for Coastal Marine Environment - National Research Council, Naples, Italy). From February 2015 started to collaborate with the Department of Civil Engineering (University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy) working in the wave flume of Laboratory of Large Scale Facilities (G.M.I.). He received the Ph.D. degree in Civil and Industrial Engineering with a thesis titled “Experimental and numerical modeling of solitary wave loads on horizontal circular cylinders”. To date, he is a Research Fellow at University of Calabria and is mainly involved in experimental activities related to coastal engineering.