Born in Milan in 1964 and graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in 1988.
Since 1990, he has been researcher, then associate professor (1998), and later full professor (2002) of ""Metallurgy"" in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. He teaches ""Metallurgy,"" ""Failure Analysis, Forensic Engineering, and Industrial Safety"" as well as ""Fundamentals of Ballistics and Explosives.""
He is the author of more than 140 scientific publications on Metallurgy; together with Andrea Casaroli, he has published three volumes on Metallurgy of Steel. He is responsible for research projects in collaboration with public and private industrial partners.
His recent research activities focus on Failure Analysis (analysis of in-service failures of components, machines, and plants) and Forensic Engineering (technical-legal aspects in judicial proceedings and insurance claims); from about twenty years, he has been working in the field of explosives and terminal ballistics.