Current Position/Function
1999 to present: Full Professor of Engineering Geology at the University of Sannio.
2019 to present: member of the Academic Senate
Past Academic Roles
2014 to 2021: Head of Doctoral Programme in Science and Technology- University of Sannio
2007-2009: Director of the Department of Geological and Environmental Studies at the Univ. of Sannio
2009 -2014: Dean of the Faculty of Science at Univ. of Sannio.
2001-2002Director of the Master’s degree courses in “Geological and Environmental Risks in the Disaster management”
Scientific and Professional roles
2011 to 2018: President of the Italian scientific society “Associazione Italiana di Geologia Applicata ed Ambientale (AIGA);
2000 to present: Member of the “International Association of Engineering Geology and Environment” (IAEG).
2011 to present: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal “Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment”
2011 to 2018: Co-editor of the “Italian Journal of Engineering Geology”.
1993 to present: Member of the Campania regional order of Geologist.
2013-2017: Member of the National Commission for predicting and preventing major risks (Commissione Grandi Rischi - Risks National Committee) of the Italian Department of Civil Protection (2013-2017).
2010-2017 Member of the Consiglio Superiore del Lavori Pubblici- C.S.LLPP (Superior Council of Public Works), the highest technical state council in Italy.
2017-2021: Scientific and Technical Expert of the C.S.LLPP (Superior Council of Public Works)
2021- to present: Member of special committee for major project of the PNRR-C.S.LLPP (Superior Council of Public Works)