Professore Ordinario di Patologia Vegetale Forestale (SSD AGR/12; SC 07/B1) presso il Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI) dell’Università di Firenze.

Dottore di ricerca in Patologia Vegetale Forestale nel 1994. Ricercatore CNR-IPSP nel 1997. Professore incaricato di Micologia e Micologia Applicata presso l’Università di Firenze dal 1999 al 2001. Professore associato di Patologia Vegetale (AGR/12) presso l’Università di Firenze nel 2005.

Visiting Professor in Gran Bretagna, Australia e Brasile.

Fellow della BSPP (British Society for Plant Pathology). Socio dell’APS (American Phytopathological Society), dell’MPU (Mediterranean Phytopathological Union), della SIPaV (Società Italiana di Patologia Vegetale) e dell’UMI (Unione Micologia Italiana). Membro del “Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection Committee” e del “Mycology Committee” dell'American Phytopathological Society.

Accademico Ordinario dell’Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali.

Membro dell'Editorial Board delle riviste scientifiche Plant Pathology, Frontiers in Microbiology e Micologia Italiana.

Per circa 20 anni, Chair e/o co-Chair IUFRO. Attualmente Hofficeholder IUFRO, con ruolo di Coordinatore del gruppo 7.02.05 – “Rusts of forest trees”.

Expert Evaluator in Commissioni di valutazione e selezione di progetti di ricerca competitivi finanziati dall'Unione Europea (VI Framework Programme: FP6-2002 - SSP-1, 1st call, Task 7: "Quarantine Pests and Pathogens", Action Line 1.2: "Assessment Tools and methods for sustainable agriculture and forestry management"), dalla Forestry Commission (United Kingdom), dalla British Society for Plant Pathology, dal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Research Foundation.

Coordinatore o membro di unità operative in Progetti di Ricerca Internazionali, Nazionali e Locali.

Referee e Topic Editor per varie riviste internazionali del settore. Chair e Invited Speaker in numerosi congressi internazionali.

Editore di libri e monografie su malattie delle piante forestali.

Autore di oltre 300 pubblicazioni scientifiche nei settori della Patologia vegetale e della Micologia fitopatologica.

La sua attività di ricerca, condotta con approcci convenzionali e innovativi, è incentrata su temi di tassonomia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, lotta ai funghi fitopatogeni.

Full Professor of Forest Pathology (SSD AGR/12; SC 07/B1) at the Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence. PhD in Forest Pathology in 1994. Researcher at CNR-IPSP in 1997. Professor of Mycology and Applied Mycology at the University of Florence from 1999 to 2001. Associate professor of Plant Pathology (AGR/12) in 2005.

Visiting Professor in Great Britain, Australia and Brazil.

Fellow of BSPP (British Society for Plant Pathology). Member of APS (American Phytopathological Society), MPU (Mediterranean Phytopathological Union), SIPaV (Italian Society of Plant Pathology) and UMI (Italian Mycological Union). Member of the “Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection Committee” and of the “Mycology Committee” of the American Phytopathological Society.

Full Academic of the Italian Academy of Forestry Sciences. 

Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journals Plant Pathology, Frontiers in Microbiology and Italian Mycology.

For about 20 years, Chair and/or co-Chair IUFRO. Currently, HofficeHolder IUFRO and Coordinator of 7.02.05 – “Rusts of forest trees”.

Expert Evaluator in the Commissions for the evaluation and selection of competitive research projects funded by the European Union (VI Framework Programme: FP6-2002 - SSP-1, 1st call, Task 7: "Quarantine Pests and Pathogens", Action Line 1.2: "Assessment Tools and methods for sustainable agriculture and forestry management"), by the Forestry Commission (United Kingdom), by the British Society for Plant Pathology, by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Research Foundation.

Coordinator or Member of Research Units in International, National and Local Research Projects.

 Referee and Topic Editor for various international journals. Chair and Invited Speaker in numerous international congresses. Author of texts and monographs on forest tree diseases.

Author of over 300 scientific phytopathological and mycologycal papers.

His research activity, conducted with conventional and innovative approaches, focuses on the taxonomy, epidemiology, diagnostics and control of plant pathogenic fungi.