1998- present Assistant Professor of Structural Mechanics, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Environment & Architecture - Faculty of Engineering - University of Parma ITALY
 

* 1993 - 1997 Ph.D., in Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of flawed metallic structures at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.
* 1993 Italian C. Eng.
* 1987 - 1993 Bsc. & M.Sc. (Laurea) with “summa cum laude”, in Civil Engineering at University of Parma, Italy.
 

* 1993 - 1997 Ph.D. research work on fatigue and fracture behaviour of metallic structures with notches and surface defects: theoretical study and numerical simulation.
* Since 1998- present Assistant Professor of Structural Mechanics Dept. of Civil Engng. Environment & Architecture - Faculty of Engineering - University of Parma - ITALY
 

* 1993 - 1997 Tutoring of third and fourth years, civil engineering graduates in structural mechanics and theory of structures at University of Parma, Italy.
* 1998 -present Supervisor of about 70 MSc thesis on Structural Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics and Computational Mechanics, University of Parma, Italy.
* 1997 - present Professor of Structural Mechanics, engineering undergraduates in structural mechanics at University of Parma, Italy.
* 2004 -present Professor of Computational Mechanics, engineering undergraduates and post graduates in structural mechanics at University of Parma, Italy.
* 2004 -present Professor of Fracture Mechanics, engineering undergraduates and post graduates in structural mechanics at University of Parma, Italy.
* 2004 -present Professor of Mechanics of Materials, engineering undergraduates and post graduates in structural mechanics at University of Parma, Italy.
* 2000 -present Professor of Fracture Mechanics, PhD school in  Structural and Hydraulic Engineering  at the University of Bologna, Italy.