Director of the Department of Environment Science at University “Parthenope”.
Full professor of Physical Oceanography at University Parthenope
President and Chief Executive of Consortium SARI MED (Service, Assistance and Monitoring of Mediterranean Sea), since 2003
Board of Directors president of CMEA (Southern Centre for Environmental Education)
He coordinates several National and International Projects: POEM_PRISMA, INTERREG IT- Greece, INTERREG It-Albania, Cluster 10, PICON, ARCANU. In particular he is responsible for Oceanography and marine ecology area in the National Programme of Research in Antarctica (PNRA).