Born in Bronte (Catania, Italy) in 1989, graduated magna cum laude in Technologies for Conservation of Cultural Heritage (BSc) and Chemistry of Materials (MSc) at the University of Catania. From 2014 to 2017, he pursued a PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Catania while also being a visiting PhD student at Aix-Marseille University and CNRS (France), CNR (Italy), Peking University (China), and the University of South Florida (US). In December 2017, he was awarded an International PhD in Chemical Sciences with distinction. From 2013 to 2017, he served as National Secretary of the Italian Association of Conservation Scientists. Over the years, he has been an invited speaker at universities in Italy, China, Australia, Japan, Romania, Egypt and other countries, has contributed to numerous international scientific committees, and has co-supervised over fourty thesis projects at various universities. He specializes in the characterization of ancient and modern materials through non-destructive and micro-destructive techniques (SEM-EDX, XRD, XPS, FT-IR, NMR, GC-MS, LC-MS) and the development of nanostructured materials for environmental applications. More recently, their research has focused on food science, particularly the paleo-diet and archaeological psychotropic substances in the Mediterranean, through innovative analytical methods for archaeological residue analysis.