Present position
from March 1, 2015 Associated Professor in Animal Science, at the University of Parma, Italy (Department of Veterinary Science).
Professional experience
Jan 2000 - Apr 2002, May 2006 – Dec 2006 and Jan 2008 – Sep 2008: Professional services at the Department of Animal Production, Veterinary Biotechnologies, Food Quality and Safety (University of Parma, Italy), on behalf of Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
May 2002 - Apr 2006: research fellow at the at the Department of Animal Production, Veterinary Biotechnologies, Food Quality and Safety (University of Parma, Italy)
Feb 2007 – Nov 2007: research grant by Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network. (ASTER, Bologna, Italy).
Apr 2009 – Dec 2009 and Feb 2001 - Aug 2011: research grant at the Department of Animal Production, Veterinary Biotechnologies, Food Quality and Safety (University of Parma, Italy)
From November 1, 2011 Position as a University Research in Animal Science at the University of Parma, Italy.
Acts as referee for national and international peer reviewed journals. He is member of the Editorial Board of The International Dairy Journal (ISSN 1879-0143) and Frontiers in Animal Science (EISSN 2673-6225).
He has the scientific responsibility of several competitive national project funded by the EU.
He was member of PF7 EU project SUSMILK.
January 2001 – present: member of the editorial staff and scientific secretary of the issue “Scienza e Tecnica Lattiero-Casearia” (ISSN 0390-6361), Journal of the Italian Dairy Science Association (AITeL, Parma, Italy)
He authored several scientific publications on international indexed journals (https://air.unipr.it)
He is Director of the master degree course "Innovative and Sustainable Animal Productions" of the University of Parma.
