He is member of the Architettura>Energia Centre of the University of Ferrara, Department of Architecture. He is visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley (2006), visiting researcher at the University of Nottingham, UK (2010), visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (2010). He is currently contract Professor in Technology of Architecture, Environmental Design and Technical Systems at the University of Ferrara, Department of Architecture. He is member of Rover divisione Atelier, architectural practice based in Bologna (Italy), awarded of several prizes in the field of sustainable design and valorisation of historical and archaeological sites. Author of National and International scientific papers. Research focuses mainly on existing building energy retrofit, with particular effort on the historical heritage.