Was born in Camposampiero (PD), Italy, on September 15th, 1973.

In 1992 got the high school diploma at the Liceo Scientifico Statale "Tito Lucrezio Caro" in Cittadella (PD) with 60 points over 60.

After entering the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Padova, graduated in Civil Engineering, Structural qualification, on July 15th, 1998 with 110 points over 110 cum laude, defending a thesis entitled: Numerical modeling of rock deformation close to producing reservoirs with Prof. Giuseppe Gambolati, PE, and Pietro Teatini, PE, as advisors. Became a Professional Engineer on January 1999.

In 1999 attends a Qualifying Master at the University of Padova getting the specialization in Maritime and Coastal Engineering with a defense of the thesis entitled: Numerical modeling of the morphological evolution of a littoral: sensitivity analysis to the concomitance of waves and the "acqua alta" phenomenon with practical application.

On March 23rd, 2003, gets his PhD degree with specialization in Numerical Geomechanics at the Technology University of Delft (The Netherlands) defending a thesis entitled: Rock expansion and compaction at the marker scale in gas producing reservoirs with Prof. Arnold Verruijt, PE (Technology University of Delft) and Prof. Giuseppe Gambolati, PE (University of Padova) as advisors.

Author and co-author of more than 50 scientific articles published in international journals and proceedings of international conferences on numerical and application-oriented issues, has been working since 2003 as researcher at the Department of Mathematical Methods and Models for Scientific Application (DMMMSA) of the University of Padova.

During the academic year 2004/05 is appointed Contract Professor for the Numerical Analysis course for Mechanical Engineering (venue of Vicenza). In 2008 is appointed Assistant Professor in Numerical Analysis. Current teaching activity includes the courses of Numerical Analysis and Programming for Energy Engineering, Numerical Analysis for Innovation Engineering (venue of Vicenza), Numerical Methods in Engineering for Civil Engineering and Numerical Methods for the PhD School in Civil and Environmental Engineering.