He joined the Institute of Polar Sciences in November 2020 as a Scientist. He got a Master degree in Geology (2009) and a PhD in Environmental Science (2013) during which he honed his skills at the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS). He is a CNR permanent staff since 2001 after working in the technical staff of the Istituto Talassografico in Trieste (2001-2004) and at the Marine Science Institute (2004-2020) in the Climate and Paleoclimate Research Group. Since 2015, he is also Adjunct Professor in Glaciology at the Department of Mathematics and Geosciences of the University of Trieste.
His Research centers around the interactions between the cryosphere (glaciers, permafrost, ice caves) and the climate, spanning from the end of the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene. Key research topics are glacial and periglacial geomorphology, glaciology, weather/climate monitoring with a focus on high elevated alpine areas, quaternary geology, ice deposits in caves.
He took part in several scientific expeditions in Antarctica (2015 and 2016) with the British Antarctic Survey, in Pakistan-Karakorum (2013) and in the Chilean Andes (2012). In 2014-2017 was a Council Member of the European Meteorological Society.
Present Responsibilities:
- Italian Representative of the International Permafrost Association
- Scientific Editor of the Journal of Mountain Science (Springer)
- Guest Editor Special Issue Interactions between the Cryosphere and Climate (Change) - Atmosphere
- Topical Editor of the International open-access proceeding s journal Advance in Science and Research
- President of the Alpine-Adriatic Meteorological Society

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