Born in Palermo 11.06.1945)
Degree in Electrical Engineering (1969)
Assistant Professor (1969) at Polytechnic University of Turin (PdT)
Associate Professor (1980) at PdT
Full Professor (since 1986) at PdT
President of the Board of Electrical Engineering (CCLIE) at PdT (1996-2002)
National Coordinator of the Italian Presidents of CCLIE (1996-2000)
Coordinator of the Power System Unit (since 1980) at PdT
National President of the Italian Power System Group GUSEE (1996-2002)
Member of the Scientific Committee of GUSEE (since 1996)
Deputy Dean of the 1st Engineering Faculty at PdT (since 2004)
Member of the Board of Directors at PdT (since 2002)
President of the AEIT (Federation of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Associations), Section of Torino (since 2006)
Member IEEE, AEIT, CIGRE, HKN
Member of various academic leading boards (Ph.D. Board for Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Electrica Engineering Board, ...) at PdT
Coordinator of the International Activities of the 1st Engineering Faculty at PdT
Participant and Coordinator of several national and international research projects
Organizer and Coordinator of several National and International Meetings and Conferences
Registered Engineer, with various professional records in the design and direction of the power system (since 1972)
Power System Vulnerability against natural and malicious attacks: he has coordinated a national program PRIN, with Polytechnic of Bari, Polytechnic of Milan, University of Pavia and University of Bologna. Transmission system planning, with presentation to IEEE meeting Power system modeling, with complex network and genetic algorithms applications Power system economy, with market analysis and simulation Distributed generation and multi-generation hubs Power System design and Protection.