EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENTM.Sc. in Geological Sciences, University of Calabria, summa cum laude, 17 May 2002.Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, University of Basilicata, February 2006.2007-2015 Research assistantships, in Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography (University of Basilicata, Italy) and in Geology, Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Petrology (University of Calabria, Italy).2007-2010 Researcher in a non-permanent position, University of Basilicata.2010-2011 Researcher in a non-permanent position, National Research Council (CNR) of Cosenza.2012-2014 Researcher in a non-permanent position, University of Calabria.2012-2015 Contract Professor at University of Calabria.Nowadays he collaborates with CNR-IRPI (National Research Council) at Cosenza (Italy). Obtained the national scientific qualification as Full Professor for the competition sector 04/A2.2015-2018 Tenure-track Researcher (B-type), Dept of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria2018-nowadays Associate Professor, Dept of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of CalabriaHONORSWinner of ‘Luigi dell’Anna’ 2009 Award sponsored by the Associazione Italiana per lo Studio delle Argille (AISA)Winner of ‘Giorgio Dal Piaz’ 2012 Award sponsored by the Società Geologica Italiana (SGI)PARTECIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL RESEARCH GROUPField trip in Spain-Morocco October 2003. Scientific collaboration with University AbdelMalek Essaadi (Tanger– Morocco), University of Alicante (Alicante - Spain), University of Granada (Granada - Spain), University of Göttingen (Göttingen - Germany).AREAS OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONSedimentary geochemistry, clay mineralogy, sedimentology, provenance and diagenesis, palaeogeography, palaeotectonic and paleoclimatology; thermal and burial history of sedimentary basins, interplay of tectonics, erosion and sedimentation, regional geology. MAIN FIELD AREASSouthern and Central Italy; Spain; Morocco; Greece; Czech Republic.