2021 Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa;
2018-2021 fixed term researcher in Farm mechanization at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa;
2017-2018: grant researcher at Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerche Agro-Ambientali E. Avanzi, University of Pisa;
2014-2017: fixed term researcher in Farm mechanization at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa;
2011-2014: grant researcher at Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerche Agro-Ambientali E. Avanzi, University of Pisa;
2010-2011: post-doc researcher at Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerche Agro-Ambientali E. Avanzi, University of Pisa;
2007-2009: PhD in Agro-Forestry Engineering (cycle XXII), specific topic Farm Mechanization in organic and integrated farming systems at Sezione MAMA del DAGA University of Pisa (associated institution) and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Agro-Forestale (DIAF) University of Florence (administrative institution);
July 2006: Master degree in Agricultural Sciences (full marks) at the la Faculty of Agriculture University of Pisa.
Research topics and activities:
Physical weed (non-chemical) weed control in vegetable and arable crops, in urban and suburban areas and on ornamental/nursery crops;
Low environmental impact soil disinfection;
Conservation agriculture;