Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Milan, he teaches Land Planning, Landscape design and well-being, and Infrastructures and Landscape Planning for Sustainable Tourism in Mountain Areas. He is Responsible for the University of Milan of the Joint Master in Landscape Architecture (with the University of Genoa). His research topics are related to land planning, landscape and green area design, soft and active mobility (especially on the planning and design of greenways), green infrastructures and ecosystem services evaluation, and the relationship between human well-being and contact with nature. He serves as a reviewer for 41 international scientific journals and as project evaluator for several national and international organizations. He is President of the European Greenways Association, Vice President of the Italian Greenways Association, and member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Alliance for Soft Mobility. He is member of the Accademia dei Georgofili, the National Institute of Urban Planning, the Italian Association of Landscape Architecture, the Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering. He is member, by Ministerial Decree, of the Experts Group for the Ecological Transition of Mobility and Infrastructure. He is the author of 115 publications and has been the supervisor or co-supervisor of more than 120 degree theses. He has spoken at approximately 140 conferences in Italy and abroad.