Assistant Professor at the University of Naples “Federico II”. Laurea and PhD degrees in Aerospace Engineering, he was Post-doc Research Fellow at the Advanced Institute of Science Technology in Japan, Research Fellow at the Microgravity Research Center of the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, and holder of several research grants and scholarships at the Department of Industrial Engineering and the National Institute for Astrophisics. His research activities focused on fluid dynamics for space environments (Atmospheric Re-Entry, Space Propulsion and Micro-Gravity) and on measurement techniques for space experiments. He was responsible of several national and international research projects, Principal Investigator and Co-PI for experiments on Physics of Fluids on Parabolic Flights and Drop Towers, and consultant for the European Space Agency. Research activities were carried out in collaboration with universities, research centers and the main industries of the aerospace sector. He is author of more than 60 scientific publications lecturer in Aerodynamics, Hypersonic Aerodynamics and Space Experiment, reviewer for numerous international journals, and supervisor of several Bachelor's and Master’s theses on fluid dynamic, re-entry and space experiment.