Senior scientist at Institute for Marine Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM) in Ancona, formerly Senior Fisheries Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and project coordinator of FAO AdriaMed “Scientific Cooperation to Support Responsible Fisheries in the Adriatic Sea” and FAO MedSudMed “Assessment and Monitoring of the Fishery Resources and the Ecosystems in the Straits of Sicily”.

Specialist in biology, ecology, and strategies for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources with nearly 40 years of experience in the field. Author of peer reviewed publications and technical reports in the fields of fisheries biology, ecology, and fishery resource management.