Graduated cum laude in Forestry Sciences, University of Reggio Calabria. Ph.D. in Environmental and Agro-forestry Engineering. Full professor in 'Rural buildings and agro-forest landscape planning' (AGR/10) at the University of Messina, Department of Veterinary Sciences. He is a member of the Teaching Staff in the Ph.D. course in 'Agriculture, Food and Forestry Sciences'. Member of AIIA (Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering), CIGR (Commission International du Génie Rural), AgEng (International Association of Agricultural Engineers), European Geosciences Union (EGU). Member of the Programme Committee of the International Conference on Geographical Analysis, Urban Modelling, Spatial Statistics within the International Conference ICCSA. His main research interests focus on sustainable landscape planning, land use dynamics, landscape services, geospatial information in decision support systems, multi-criteria evaluation, and remote sensing applications in agro-forestry. He has authored more than 120 publications in these research fields. Member of the editorial board of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292), LaborEst (ISSN 2421-3187), and Land (ISSN 2073-445X).