Short curriculum

University education

·         Graduated with honours in Civil Engineering, transport section, on 29/3/1995 at the University of Naples "Federico II".

·         Degree thesis in "Operation of Transport Systems" entitled "Methodologies for the drafting and control of Urban Traffic Plans".

·         He obtained his PhD in 'Transport Engineering' on 24/5/1999 at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'.

Academic experience

·         Since 16 January 2019 he is Full Professor of Transport at the University of Sannio.

·         From 1 November 2002 to 15 January 2019 he has been Associate Professor of Transport at the University of Sannio.

·         From 2 May 2001 to 30 October 2002, he has been a Researcher at the University of Naples 'Federico II'.

·         From 1 March 2000 to 30 April 2001 he has been Research fellow at the Department of Transport Engineering of the University of Naples ‘Federico II’.

Professional titles

·         He qualified as a professional engineer on 17/7/1995.

·         He has been a member of the Order of Engineers of the Province of Naples since 25/9/1995.

Teaching activities

·         Since the academic year 2020/2021 he has been a lecturer in "Innovative Technologies for Mobility" (3 CFU module) at the Università degli Studi del Sannio, Department of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         Since the academic year 2013/2014 he has been a lecturer in "Transport Planning and Policy" (6 CFU) at the Università degli Studi del Sannio, Department of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         Since the academic year 2010/2011 he has been a lecturer in "Transport Systems Engineering" (12 CFU until the academic year 2019/2020 and 6 CFU module from the academic year 2020/2021) at the University of Sannio, Department of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         From the academic year 2010/2011 to the academic year 2012/2013 he is lecturer in "Integrated Urban and Transport Planning" (12 CFU, of which 6 CFU in the academic year 2010/2011 and 3 CFU from the academic year 2011/2012) at the University of Sannio, Faculty of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         From the academic year 2007/2008 to the academic year 2010/2011 he was lecturer in 'Transport Planning' (6 CFU) at the University of Sannio, Faculty of Engineering, Master of Science Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         From the academic year 2003/2004 to the academic year 2010/2011, he was lecturer for 'Planning of Transport Systems' (6 CFU) at the University of Sannio, Faculty of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         From the academic year 2002/2003 to the academic year 2009/2010, he lectured on 'Transport Technique and Economics' (6 CFU) at the University of Sannio, Faculty of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         In the academic years 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 he lectured on 'Urban and Metropolitan Transport' (6 CFU) at the University of Naples 'Federico II', Faculty of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         In the academic year 2002/2003 he was substitute lecturer in "Transport Technique and Economics" (6 CFU) at the University of Naples "Federico II", Faculty of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development.

·         In the academic year 2002/2003 he taught 'Simulation and Design Laboratory for Transport Systems' (3 CFU) at the University of Sannio, Faculty of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

·         In the academic year 2001/2002 he was contract lecturer for the course 'Transport Technique and Economics' (6 CFU) at the University of Sannio, Faculty of Engineering, Degree Course in Civil Engineering.

He has also lectured at several masters and postgraduate training courses.

Research activities

He has carried out research in various fields, including participating in several funded projects. Main research topics have included:

·         Accessibility

·         Ant colony optimisation (ACO)

·         Artificial Neural Networks applied to traffic forecasting

·         Autonomous vehicles

·         Eco-driving in railway systems

·         Equity

·         External impacts of transport systems

·         FCEV vehicles

·         Greenhouse gas emissions

·         Impacts of transport systems on property values

·         Location problems

·         Micro-mobility

·         Noise models

·         Parking

·         Pricing

·         Public transport

·         Routing

·         Signal setting design

·         Soft mobility

·         Sustainable mobility

·         Traffic simulation

·         Transportation network design

He has participated in numerous international conferences, most of them as a speaker, including:

·         “EWGT23 – Euro Working Group on Transportation”, Santander, Spain, 6-8 September 2023.

·         “23rd IEEE International Conference on Environmental and Electrical Engineering and 6th IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe” – Prague, Czech Republic – 6-9 June, 2023 (on-line participation).

·         “EURO 2022 - 32nd EURO Conference”, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, 3-6 July, 2022.

·         “22nd IEEE International Conference on Environmental and Electrical Engineering and 6th IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe” – Prague, Czech Republic – 28 June - 1 July, 2022 (on-line participation).

·         “21th IEEE International Conference on Environmental and Electrical Engineering and 5th IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe” – Bari, Italy - 7-10 September 2021.

·         “20th IEEE International Conference on Environmental and Electrical Engineering and 4th IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe” – Web Conference - 9-12 June 2020.

·         “2019 IEEE International Conference on Environmental and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe” – Genova, Italy, 11-14 June 2019.

·         “ODS 2018 - International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science” - Taormina, Italy, September 10-13, 2018.

·          “2018 IEEE International Conference on Environmental and Electrical Engineering and 2018 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe” – Palermo, Italy, 12-15 June 2018.

·         “ODS 2017 - International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science” - Sorrento, Italy, September 4-7, 2017.

·         “5th IEEE International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems” - Naples, Italy, 26-28 June 2017.

·         “2017 IEEE International Conference on Environmental and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe” – Milan, Italy, 6-9 June 2017.

·         “2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems”, Bari, 13-14 June 2016.

·         “International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering - IEEE EEEIC16”, Firenze, 7-10 June 2016.

·         “International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering - IEEE EEEIC15”, Roma, 10-13 June 2015.

·         “EWGT 2013 - Transportation: can we do more with less resources?”, Porto, Portugal, 4-6 September 2013.

·         “XXVI EURO-INFORMS, 26th European Conference on Operational Research”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, 1-4 July 2013.

·         “EWGT 2012 - Energy Efficient Transportation Networks”, Paris, France, 10-13 September 2012.

·         “OR 2010, International Conference on Operations Research - Mastering Complexity”, Munich, Germany, 1-3 Settembre 2010.

·          “EURO XXIV – 24th European Conference on Operational Research”, Lisbon, Portugal, Luglio 2010.

·         “12th World Conference on Transport Research”, Lisbon, Portugal, Luglio 2010.

·         “XVI PANAM – XVI Pan-American Conference of Traffic and Transportation engineering and Logistics”, Lisbon, Portugal, Luglio 2010.

·         “XIII Euro Working Group on Transportation”, Padova, Italy, 23-25 settembre 2009.

·         “EURO XXIII – 23rd European Conference on Operational Research ‘OR creating competitive advantage’”, Bonn, Germany, 5-8 luglio 2009.

·         “Kuhmo Nectar Conference 2007 – Pricing, Financing, Regulating Transport Infrastructures and Services”, Urbino, 12-13 luglio 2007.

·         “11th World Conference on Transport Research”, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 24-28 giugno 2007.

·         11th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation - “Advances in Traffic and Transportation Systems Analysis” and Extra EURO Conference - “Handling Uncertainty in Transportation: Analyses, New Paradigms, Applications and Comparisons”; Politecnico di Bari, Bari, 27-29 settembre 2006.

·         “APMOD 2006 – Applied mathematical programming and modelling” – Madrid, Spain, June 18-21 2006.

·         16th Mini-EURO Conference - “Artificial Intellingence in Transportation”; 10th Jubilee Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation - “Advances in Modeling, Optimization and Management of Transportation Processes and Systems – Theory and Practice”; Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland, September 13-16 2005.

·         “TRISTAN V - Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis.” – Le Gosier, Guadeloupe – French West Indies – 13-18 Giugno 2004.

·         13th Mini-EURO Conference - “Handling Uncertainty in the Analysis of Traffic and Transportation Systems”; 9th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation - “Intermodality, Sustainability and Intelligent Transportation Systems”; Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, 10-13 Giugno 2002.

·         “First Workshop on Schedule-Based Approach in Dynamic Transit Modelling” – Lacco Ameno, Ischia (NA), 26-27 maggio 2002.

·         “Simulation and Optimisation in Operations Management - AIRO 1999”, Napoli, 21-24 Settembre 1999.

·         “Fifth International Conference on Urban Transport and Environment for the 21st Century” - Rhodes, Greece, 8-10 September 1999.

·         “WCTR ‘98 - World Conference on Transport Research.” - Antwerp - 12-17 Luglio 1998.

·         “TRISTAN III - Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis.” - San Juan, Puerto Rico - 17-23 Giugno 1998.

He is the author of over 150 publications, more than 100 of which have been published internationally.

Other Activities

·         Since 28 September 2021, he has been Mobility Manager at the University of Sannio.

·         From November 2019 to October 2022 he was Coordinator of the Civil Engineering BSc and MSc Courses at the University of Sannio.

·         From January 2014 to October 2016 he was Coordinator of the Civil Engineering BSc and MSc Courses at the University of Sannio.