Graduate cum laude in Agricultural Science in
1982. Head of the research sector “Pedology and plant nutrition” at
the Sugar Beet Research and Study Centre of Eridania S.p.A.
(1984-1989), then of “Plant nutrition and quality” at Agronomica
S.r.l. (1989-2002). University Researcher since 2002. Between 1992 and 2001 he has participated in
three national research projects (PANDA, PrisCA, PNRA). Afterwards,
he has participated in one European project and seven national
ones, in which he ha also been sicietific responsible of the
research unit (PRIN 2005 “Optimisation of agro-environmental
scenarios for energy crops”). He has always been active in
industrial crops for food and non-food uses, particularly focusing
on the aspects of crop management within the cropping system.
Member of the Italian Society for Agronomy; of the Plant and Soil
working group of the International Institute of Sugar Beet Research
(IIRB); of the scientific council of the Italian Biofuels Platform,
working group Sustainability. Reviewer for Fields Crops Research
and European Journal of Agronomy. Tutor or co-tutor of seven
graduation theses and author of more than 100 scientific and
technical papers.
