I graduated in 1998 as Electronic Engineer in Microelectronics, at the University of Pisa, Italy, with a thesis in Virtual Reality applied to Cultural Heritage. I've been working in the Engineering and Computer Science field since then, working as Research Fellow at Scuola Superiore S. Anna, in Pisa, Italy, University College London, in London, UK, and at the Virtual Reality Center of the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, in Barcelona, Spain. I've been involved as consultant on large variety of European projects, doing research in robotics, 3D graphics and Virtual Reality systems.I worked as Team Leader at the Advanced Robotics lab at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genova, Italy, leading the Virtual Reality group.I worked at the Scuola Normale Superiore, in Pisa, Italy, where I was the coordinator of the Dreams3D group, doing research in Virtual Reality, with a CAVE-like system and interactive systems.I'm currently Scientific Director of the Fine Art Academy in Pisa, Italy.My major research interests are the human reactions and interactions in the Virtual Environments. I'm I'm also very interested in technology transfer to industry for everything concerns human interaction.Specialties: Virtual Reality, 3D graphics, Augmented Reality, Haptic Interfaces, Robotics, Human-Computer Interaction and Psycho-Physiology