Education and Qualifications2002.02Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from the University of Brescia.1998.03Master Degree in Engineering and Management, with honors, from the University of Padova.1997.02 - 1998.09International education experiences in Scotland (at the University of Strathclyde) and England (Internship in a private company supervised by Bolton Institute).Academic Positions2015.04 - presentFull Professor of Mechanics of Machines at DTG dept., University of Padova2006.10 - 2015.03Associate Professor of Mechanics of Machines at DTG dept., University of Padova2004.01 - 2006.09Assistant Professor of Mechanics of Machines at DIMEG dept., University of PadovaAcademic Teaching2004.01 - presentMore than 30 courses taught, on 8 different topics, at graduate and undergraduate level. Currently taught courses: "Mechanical vibrations", "Fundamentals of Mechanics", "Mechatronics and Automation"2011 - presentCoordinator of LLP/Erasmus+ exchange programs (4 currently active)Chief Executive Services to University2016.07 - presentCoordinator of the Steering Committee of the Degree Course in Product Innovation Engineering - B.Sc program.2014.10 - presentPresident (elected) of the Degree Course in Product Innovation Engineering - M.Sc program.2010.07 - 2016.03Deputy Director of the Doctoral School of Mechatronics and Product Innovation Engineering.2011.05 - 2014.10Deputy President of the Degree Course in Engineering and Management.2009.01 - 2012.12Coordinator (elected) of the Ph.D. Curriculum Mechatronics and Industrial Systems of the Doctoral School of Industrial Engineering.Publications and Conference Participations•Author or co-author of more than 100 manuscripts (40% ISI-SCOPUS journal papers).•Session chairman at 5 international conferences.•Invited plenary lecturer and keynote speaker on cable robotics at 2 international conferences.Chief Professional Services2012.12 - presentMember of the Editorial Board of the international journal “International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems”, InTech - Sage Publishing.2012.07 – 2014.03Member of the Editorial Board of the international journal “Mathematical Problems in Engineering”, Hindawi Publishing Corporation.•Since 2014, invited peer reviewer for national and international project proposals funded by Qatar Foundation (Qatar), Research Foundation Flanders (Belgium), Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research - MIUR (Italy).•Invited peer reviewer for 21 international ISI/SCOPUS journals.•Invited peer reviewer for more than 30 international conferences.•Member of the Scientific Committee (SC) of the "IFIT 2018" November 29-30, 2018, Cassino (Italy).•Member of the SC of the "IFIT 2016", December 1-2, 2016, Vicenza (Italy).•Member of the SC of the "Multibody Dynamics Workshop 2016", April 11-15, 2016, Parma (Italy).•Co-organizer of the topic “Robotics” of the ECCOMAS Thematic Conf. on Multibody Dynamics, June 29 to July 2, 2015, Barcelona (Spain).•Member of the SC of the “CMSM’2015”, March 23 – 25, 2015, Hammamet (Tunisia).•Member of the Program Committee of the “Second Int. Conf. on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (CableCon2014)”, August 24 - 27, 2014, Duisburg (Germany).•Member of the SC of the “CSMS’2011”, March 21- 23, 2011, Sousse (Tunisia).•Member of 5 doctoral dissertation committees in France, Italy and Spain.

The complete list of publication can be found in Padua Research Archive, the institutional repository of the scientific production of the University of Padua: https://goo.gl/rNYrrk

List of publications in other public scientific databases:
- ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2868-3128
- Google Scholar: https://goo.gl/Q4WcUK

- Studio di meccanismi multi-stabili per robot collaborativi.
- Sintesi di tecniche basate su misure meccaniche (coppie, vibrazioni, ecc.) per il self-monitoring, il riconoscimento di danni e la previsione della vita utile residua di componenti di macchine automatiche.
- Sviluppo di un'impugnatura ergonomica in grado di isolare le vibrazioni generate da molatrici manuali.