He obtained an M.Sc. degree in mathematics from Federico II University, Naples, Italy, in 2000 and a Ph.D. in statistics from Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, in 2007. He is affiliated to the "de Castro" Statistics initiative of the Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy. He is a member of the board for the Ph.D. in statistics at Bocconi University. His research focuses on Bayesian parametric and nonparametric methods from both theoretical and applied viewpoints. He is the executive director of the Applied Bayesian Summer School (ABS) and a member of the BAYSM board.