Full professor of Materials Science and Technology in the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” at Politecnico di Milano. He coordinates the Vibrational Spectroscopy group (VISPEC) within the Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica (SIOF).

He has investigated the spectroscopic behavior of materials since completing his thesis in Nuclear Engineering (1998) and earning his PhD in Materials Engineering (2002) under the guidance of Professors Chiara Castiglioni and Giuseppe Zerbi. His research focuses on characterizing molecular materials using electronic and vibrational spectroscopy techniques interpreted through quantum chemical methods. The investigated systems include nanostructured carbon, graphene molecules, organic functional materials, and polymers. For clinical applications, he also examined drug detection methods that utilize Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS).

He has co-authored approximately 200 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed international journals; h-index: 44; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7917-426X