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Professor of Soil Conservation and Soil Physics at the University of Padova, Italy. Adjunct Professor at the Crop & Soil Department, University of Georgia, USA. In the years 1998-2015 permanent position as Researcher and Associate Professor at the University of Padova. In the years 2001-2002 and 2012-2016 Consultant and Adjunct Researcher at the Italian National Research Council. Visiting scholar at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) in 2002, University of Auckland (NZ) in 2017 and 2018, Plant & Food Research (NZ) in 2019. Head of the Soil Physics Laboratory at DAFNAE, University of Padova. Cofounder of the TransAtlantic Precision Agriculture Consortium (TAPAC), a group of 3 American and 3 European universities dedicated to internationalizing the teaching, research and extension programs of the member universities, and PROTINUS group, a multi-disciplinary team, dedicated to combine advanced research expertise in soil physics, image analysis, computer sciences, and systems modeling. Co-Leader and developer of the dual Master degree in Sustainable Agriculture between the University of Padova, Italy and the University of Georgia, USA. 16 Ph.D. students and 40 M.S. students advised as major Professor. Author of 85 papers with IF, 12 book chapters, one monograph, two patents and three BMPs guidelines. Member of several national and international scientific societies. Participation in the Editorial Board of the “Italian Journal of Agronomy”, “Italian Journal of Agrometeorology” and “Acer”. Guest Editor of “Soil Research”. Major research interests on soil mapping and precision agriculture; sustainability of agricultural systems and soil physics, GHGs monitoring and mitigation.