“Full Professor of Design and Methods of Industrial Engineering, he obtained his PhD and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE). He teaches in the Bachelor’s programs in Mechanical Engineering, Vehicle Engineering, and Computer Engineering, as well as in the Master’s programs in Vehicle Engineering, Advanced Automotive Engineering, and Electric Vehicle Engineering. He is the Director of the Department of Engineering ‘Enzo Ferrari.’ He has been the President of the School of Engineering, Science, and Technology, and previously the President of the Interuniversity Degree Program in Advanced Automotive Engineering; he is a delegated member of the Steering Committee of the MUNER Association (Motorvehicle University of Emilia-Romagna) and the coordinator of the strategic line ‘Automotive Academy UNIMORE.’ He is the scientific coordinator for UNIMORE of the National Center for Sustainable Mobility MOST, a member of the Scientific Council of the National Technological Cluster Transport Italy 2020, and a member of the Technical Committee 2.4 PIARC Italy (World Road Association) – 2020-2023 Quadrennium. He has been an expert on the Commission of the ‘Ministry of Education, University and Research’ for the development of the guidelines for the National Research Plan 2020/2027 (PNR), focusing on Sustainable Mobility. He is the scientific manager of the IDEA research laboratory (Integrated Design and Engineering Application) at DIEF, scientific coordinator of research units in competitive European, national, and regional projects, where he works on Mechanical Computer Aided Design for Automotive, Model Based Design (GPS, GD&T), Automation, and industrial robotics.

He is the author of international scientific publications in scientific journals and international conferences, for which he has also received awards and recognition (orcid.org/0000-0001-6621-5379). He is active in collaboration with companies through research contracts and applied research projects. He is a founding member of the university spin-off IDEATIVA srl, which deals with the design, production, and sale of solutions in the biomedical, industrial robotics, and automotive sectors.