Curriculum
Education
1994 – High School Diploma in Classical Studies from Liceo-Ginnasio Statale Ludovico Ariosto, Ferrara (highest grade).
2002 – Degree in Architecture at the University Institute of Architecture of Venice with a mark of 110/110 cum laude. Thesis: Project for the Hotel Kaiserhof in Wilhelmplatz in Berlin. Supervisor Prof. A. Romano Burelli, co-supervisor: Arch. Paolo Gambarelli.
2002 – State Examination for Professional Qualification as an Architect.
2004-2007 – PhD (19th cycle) in Architectural Technology (ICAR 12) at the Faculty of Architecture in Ferrara.
2007 – Ph.D. (XIX Cycle) in Technology of Architecture at the University of Ferrara, Faculty of Architecture. Thesis: Artificial Stones. Materials for architecture between mimesis and invention, supervisor Prof. Alfonso Acocella.
Professional and Academic Experience
2002-2004 – Freelance professional at Studio Paolo Gambarelli and Wally Yacht.
2008 – Contract collaboration with the Emilia-Romagna Region for the European project Plancoast (Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Maritime Spatial Planning).
2004-2007 – Ph.D. in Technology of Architecture at the University of Ferrara, Faculty of Architecture.
2005-2011 – Teaching Assistant in Technology of Architecture (ICAR 12) at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ferrara.
2009-2011 – Research Fellow at the Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara. Supervisor: Prof. Alfonso Acocella. Research Title: “Artificial Stones. Production Trends and Communication Strategies”
2010-2011 – Lecturer in Materials and Product Technologies (ICAR 12) for the Industrial Product Design Bachelor's Degree at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ferrara.
2011-2020 – Assistant Professor and Lecturer in the ICAR 13 disciplinary sector (full-time) at the Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara.
2021 – Associate Professor in the ICAR 13 disciplinary sector (full-time) at the Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara.
Institutional and scientific activities
2010- Professional Member of AIAP (Italian Association for Visual Communication Design).
2016- Co-founder, with Alfonso Acocella and Dario Scodeller, of the open-access scientific journal MD Journal.
2016-2021 Appointed by the Rector of the University of Ferrara to strengthen the university’s image and positioning (with Fulvio Fortezza, Department of Economics and Management). Responsible for the re-branng design (2017) of the visual identity and coordinated image of the University of Ferrara.
2024- Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal MD Journal, together with Dario Scodeller.
2024- Vice-Director of the First and Second Level Master MIC in Communication Design for Business (Director: Giuseppe Scandurra).
