born in Ravenna (I), graduated with full marks and honors from the Faculty of Agriculture of  Bologna University (I). He spent the first twenty years of his career in Bologna, dealing with the varietal aspects of different fruit species, and later his interest was then concentrated in apricot and peach breeding, also through a collaboration with the main growers organizations in Emilia-Romagna (I). From 1995 to 2021 he was full professor at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences of the University of Milan, consolidating his activity apricot and peach breeding, within the Mas.Pes project (The project (unimi.it)). At the same time he also dealt with the varietal and quality aspects of olive oil. Much emphasis is placed on the hereditary factors of intrinsic fruit quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic adversities. His teaching activity was carried out in the courses of General Arboriculture and Fruit Tree Crops. For twelve years he acted as chairperson of the PhD School in Agriculture, Environment and Bioenergy at the University of Milan (I). Since 1995 he has participated in an international cooperation project with the UNDH Agricultural Faculty in Haiti. To keep him up-to-date, he participated to over 70 scientific conferences in Italy and abroad, with personal or collaborative communications. He has active collaborations with some Chinese scientific academies for the study of apricot and peach. He is president of the cultural association 'Universitas-University' based in Milan (Universitas University (universitas-university.org)); this association has the purpose of promoting actions for the enhancement of the cultural and educational role of the università, meant as a community of teachers and students.
Over 200 scientific papers published.