Graduated with an honors degree in Geological Science in 1993, qualified as a Geologist and registered to the Italian National Register of Geologists in 1996. Has attended several enhancement courses about soil physics, soil hydrology, analytical methods for soils and water, geostatistics, GIS, and spatial statistics since 1999. From 1998 to the present, has been working at CREA-AA, dealing with the spatialization of experimental data using geostatistics, digital soil mapping techniques, and satellite imagery; the application of crop simulation models for soil nitrogen and carbon dynamics; soil quality and environmental concerns; the monitoring of nutrients leaching from soil; nitrate contamination; statistical data processing; the monitoring of soil chemical features; soil chemical, physical, and hydrological characterization; soil water dynamics; irrigation water quality and irrigation with anomalous water; and soil chemical fertility. From 2012 to 2014, collaborated with the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) as an expert in mapping, GIS, and geostatistics. Is a reviewer for several international journals.