Born in 1966, he graduated in Biological Sciences in 1990 at the University of Parma and obtained his PhD in Ecology in 1995. He has always worked on population dynamics in many diverse scenarios. Since 1996, when he joined the CNR, he has been involved in the stock assessment of fisheries resources of the Adriatic Sea using mathematical models of population dynamics. Since 2008 he has been scientific PI for the EU Data Collection Framework, with reference to the sampling of biological data (length, weight, age, sex and sexual maturity stage), which are required by the aforementioned population dynamics models, of fish catches of commercial fishing in the Adriatic Sea.
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.
