Director of Research at teh CNR IMAA (www.imaa.cnr.it) Laurea degree in Geology from the University of Rome “la Sapienza” in 1988. Since 1995 he is researcher at the National Research Council of Italy and from 2001 as confirmed Researcher at the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (CNR IMAA). Since 1990 he is working on hyperspectral remote sensing both from airborne (VSWIR and TIR) and satellite platforms. He worked on data calibration issues as well as for the exploitation of hyperspectral remote sensing in environmental applications. He has coordinated many national and international research projects. He is actually involved in the development of prototyping algorithms for retrieving biochemical and biophysical properties of vegetation suited for the ASI PRISMA hyperspectral mission. SBG-TIR NASA-ASI mission MAG member, since 2023.