- MSc in Agricultural Sciences (1983) and PhD in Agricultural Engineering (1990), both at University of Milan (Italy). Now Full Professor of Farm Machinery and Mechanization at the Free University of Bolzano.
- His main research topics are related to: a) development of new prototypes for mountain contexts; b) ICT application to supply information management tasks of farm and forestry processes; c) development of precision agriculture and forestry techniques, d) rural energy applications. Past FAO-UNDP energy consultant and coordinator of several national/international research projects.
- Now ordinary member of the “Accademia dei Georgofili” of Florence and Past President of the 7th Section of the Italian Society of Agricultural Engineering, for ICT applications in agriculture. He is responsible of the new Agroforestry Innovation Lab at the NOI-Techpark of Bolzano dealing also with new approaches in the certification issues of farm machinery.
- At present, he is actively involved as task responsible in the PNRR-Agritech (National Centers – Spoke 4) research program. Since 2022 he has been also Director of the Mountain Innovation Ecosystems Competence Centre at unibz, set up to implement the Spoke 1 research measures of the iNEST consortium (Interconnected North-East Innovation Ecosystem) funded by PNRR-MUR NextGenerationEU program.