He received the Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II in 2009. Before that, he received the M.S. summa cum laude (with highest honor) degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Lecce, Italy, in 2005. From 2010 to 2011, he was with the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as a Visiting Researcher. In 2011, he was also with the NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, as a Visiting Researcher.