He has completed his MSc in Civil Engineering (1990) and PhD in Structural Engineering (1995) at Palermo University. In 1996, he was Visiting Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Researcher of Engineering and Solid Mechanics in 1997 and Associate Professor of Structural Engineering in 2001 at University of Messina. In 2013 he moved to University of Palermo, where nowadays teaches building structural analysis and design and seismic design of buildings. Since 1991, he is a Member of Italian National Association of Earthquake Engineering and was Promoter and President of the Scientific Committee of Masters in Seismic Engineering at University of Messina in 2003 and 2006. He has authored more than 150 papers on international and national journals and conference proceedings.