Born in Bologna in 1962, he degrees in Mechanical engineering at
the University of Bologna 1998. After a brief experience in the
industrial sector of packaging, in 1990 he becomes Researcher in
the scientific area of Industrial Plants at the University of
Bologna. Since 1998 till 2000 he works at the University of Modena
and Reggio Emilia as Assistant Professor in Industrial Plants and
Industrial Logistics. Since november 2000 he is Full Professor in
Industrial Logistics at the Department of Mechanical Constructions
(DIEM) of the University of Bologna.
Director of DIEM during 2007-2009. Vicechancellor of Alma
Mater Studiorum during 2009-2015. Currently President of CINECA, a non profit Consortium
for computing , made up of 53 Italian universities, the
National Institute of
Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics - OGS, the
CNR (National Research
Council), and the
Ministry of Education, University and
Research (MIUR).
Since 2004 to 2007 Dean of the course degree in Management
Engineering. Director of the Master degree in "Integrated
logistics" at the Faculty of Engineering in Bologna. Director of
the Summer School "F. Turco" on Industrial plants X e XI ed.
2005-06. Wide teaching experience about industrial plants,
logistics and service plants at public or private corporations
(PROFINGEST, COFIMP API Bologna and Modena, NEXT Padova, EFESO
Bologna).
