EDUCATION

• Master in Geology, State University of Milan Ph.D. in Advanced Engineering 
• Geology, State University of Milan

RESEARCH INTEREST

The scientific activity deals with the following fields of interest:.

• Water resources management;
• Irrigation and drainage technology;
• Classical and quantum  water droplet trajectories in an irrigation spay;
• Performance assessment of sprinkler irrigation systems;
• Modelling of transport processes in porous media;
• Modelling and fluid-dynamics of debris and hyper-concentrated flows;
• Flood control and mitigation measures;
• Desertification and environmental impact of climate change.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Award for Truthful Support and Help in Organizing and Improving Scientific Level of the Symposia "Actual Tasks on Agricultural Engineering", Croatian Agricultural Engineering Society, Opatija, Croatia, February 2006;
• Certificate into  Leading Engineers of the World in the Arena of Agricultural Engineering, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, June 2006;
• Award as a Great Mind of the 21^st Century  for Significant Accomplishments within Irrigation and Drainage, American Biographical Institute (ABI), August 2006;
• Award in Recognition of Services to the European Society of Agricultural Engineers, Bonn, Germany, September 2006;
• Award for outstanding contribution to Engineering Sciences, Wessex Institute of Technology, The New Forest, UK, June 2008;
• Award for the Best Performing Working Body, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Lahore, Pakistan, October 2008.
• Over 150 scientific publications: papers, key-note lectures, books and technical reports.