Born in Italy, graduated in Architecture and Aerospace Engineering, currently covers a research position at the University of Houston (TX). Formerly part of DREX (Deployable Reflector EXperiment) research group at the aerospace engineering university of Padua, he worked with ESA (European Space Agency ) DLR (German Space Agency) and SNSB (Swedish Space Agency) for the development of a deployable antenna prototype for orbital applications. He holds the position of Project Manager at DOME (Drone Operations for Martian Environment) research group with which he took part in various simulation missions for Mars in US and Israel. He has carried out continuous education in design for additive manufacturing at MIT and in bioastronautics at IIAS. He has been collaborating with Neutech and Airvision for 2 years on the development of VTOL drones.