Research Director and Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, in 2002 he joined CNR as a research assistant. His activities were initially focused on the design, development and evaluation of the performance of diamond-based UV, X-ray, γ radiation detectors, innovative electron multipliers, nuclear- and thermal-to-electric energy converters. Since 2010 he has been the founder and leader of the DiaTHEMA Lab.

From 2010 to 2013 he coordinated the activities of the FP7-Energy project E2PHEST2US for CNR, focused on the development of an innovative conversion module for solar concentrating systems based on thermionic and thermoelectric mechanisms. He was the PI of the FP7-Energy FET Project ProME3ThE2US2, aimed at developing efficient high-temperature semiconductor thermionic converters for solar concentration, and of several industrial projects funded by Prysmian SPA. He was also the local coordinator for the activities of the FP7-Energy IRP project STAGE-STE, of the regional project HALL, of the joint collaboration with CNR-IFP for the development of neutron CVD diamond spectrometers at the JET and ISIS sources, and of specific R&D activities funded by several Italian SMEs. Coordinator for CNR of the H2020 FET-OPEN project AMADEUS (2017 - 2019), focused on the development of a thermionic-photovoltaic energy conversion stages for ultra-high-temperature sources, and PI of the H2020 FET-OPEN Launchpad projects DMS (2017 - 2018) and TECSAS (2021 - 2022), aimed at valorizing dielectric microstructure technology and solar converters based on low-work function coatings, today he is PI of the PRIN project TECHPRO (2023 - 2025) and of the HEU project BLAZETEC (2024 – 2027).

Since 2021 he has been the Head of CNR-ISM Roma1 Unit.

He is the author of more than 150 papers on refereed international scientific journals, of a book chapter on thermionic and thermoelectric energy conversion, and the inventor of 2 patents on materials science and thermionic energy conversion.