Associate Professor at the University of Tuscia since 2015. Lecturer on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, teaching Plant Pathology, Seed and Nursery Protection, Agro-industrial Phytopathological Biotechnology, Nanotechnology in Crop Protection, and Relevant Bacterial Plant Diseases.
Author of more than 300 articles in international journals. Research experience in the United States at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Arizona. Coordinator of numerous regional and national projects and international collaborations.
Co-founder of Phy.Dia srl (www.phydia.eu), a phytopathological diagnostic laboratory for the Regional Phytosanitary Service (Lazio), and authorised to handle quarantine pests.
Expert in phytopathological bacteriology and the application of nanotechnologies for plant protection through the utilisation of agricultural waste.