Associate Professor since 2022 at the Department of Civil and Building Engineering, and Architecture (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy). His research experience is related to numerical modeling (nearshore/shallow-water flows), field experiences in coastal/riverine/estuarine environments, laboratory tests of traditional and novel structures for coastal protection. He participated in several international projects and worked in several Universities as a visiting researcher or professor at: Scripps Institution of Oceanography (California), Bordeaux 1 (France), ENGEES (France), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), among others. He is author/co-author of more than 60 ISI/Scopus papers and acts as a reviewer for more than 25 journals. He is also Editorial Board member of the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (MDPI), and Associate Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science (FrontiersIn) and Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy (Springer Nature).