Date of birth: 3 February, 1966
Work experience
2011- Full Professor, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences,
University of Bologna, Italy
2002-2011 Associate Professor, Department of Tree Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
2000-2002 Researcher, Ist. Miglioramento
Genetico delle Piante Forestali, Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche, Firenze, Italy
1998-2000 Research Associate, Dip. Produzione
Vegetale, Università della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
1994-1996 Research Assistant, Inst. Ecology and
Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Education and training
2000 Ph.D. in Forest Ecology, University of
Edinburgh, UK
1993 Honours B.Sc. in Forestry, University of Firenze,
Italy.
Publications and positions
Author of over 100 publications (60 ISI publications, WoS H-Index = 22, 2555 citations. Source: WoS)
2017- Member of the Forest Observatory of the Emilia-Romagna Region
2015- Member of the Committee for Teaching Quality (PQA-DID) of the University of Bologna
2014- Member of the Natioanal observatory on poplar (Osservatorio Nazionale per il Pioppo) of the Italian MiPAAF (Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali)
2014 National member in the ESEM (Earth System Science and Environmental Management) COST Domain Committee
2013 Founding member of AlmaLowCarbon, Integrated Research Team of the University of Bologna
2012-2015 Coordinator of the MSc Course “Planning and management of
agro-territorial, forest landscape” at the University of Bologna.
Full member of the Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali and of the Accademia Nazionale di Agricoltura