MSc in Economics (1995) at the University of Southampton and PhD (1999) in Applied Statistics at the University of Padua. Since 1999 researcher in Econometrics at the University of Udine and professor of Econometrics and Advanced Econometrics in the Economics. Member of the research group Ecological Environmental Economics (ICTP-FEEM programme) and researcher of the Eni Enrico Mattei Foundation, within the project on Climate Change Modelling and Policy (KYOTO PROJECT). Since 2002 is the scientific supervisor of research agreements between the Department and the Regional Health Directorate of FVG.