Graduated cum laude and special mention by the examination board in Mechanical Engineering (major in Energy Conversion) in 2001 at the University of Palermo. Ph.D. in Energetic (since 2007), currently serves as Full Professor (since 20015) in Environmental Applied Physics at the Kore University of Enna. He is the author of more than 150 scientific papers with more than 70 papers on international journals. His main research topics are related to renewable energies, energy, and building. Now, his research interests are mainly related to the energetic valorization of biomass. He sits on the Editorial Board of several prestigious journals. He has participated in numerous research projects at national and European level mainly related to energy and environmental planning, renewable energies.
