Born in Melito Porto Salvo, RC, ltaly - 22 September 1957 PhD in Chemistry, concluded in march 1982, in the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, Camerino University, Italy Thesis in Macromolecular Chemistry, titled "L-Tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase: equilibrium with ethylisocianide" and carried out between 1980 and 1982 in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Camerino University (supervisor Prof. Evandro Fioretti) Since 1 November 1998 is Associate Professor of Fermentation Chemistry and Biotechnology in the Engineering Faculty of Genoa University (UNIGE) and is on active service in the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering "G.B. Bonino" (DICheP)