DVM, Ph.D, associate Professor at the University of Perugia, Department of Veterinary Sciences. He is the director of the Master in Veterinary Public Health and Food Hygiene and a member of the External Review Working Group of  the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy.  Visiting professor at the University of Bristol, school of medical sciences, in 2002, at the University of California, Davis, USA, in 2007, and at the University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, in 2006 and 2009. He has a longstanding food hygiene and animal welfare expertise, and his technical skills include bacteriology, serology and molecular biology. Freelance writer for IT, designs web pages, creates computer software for office and artistic environments. Author of articles published in national and international peer-  reviewed journals.

Course: Food processing and food safety