CURRENT POSITION Associate Professor of Mechanics of Machines University of Salerno, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering (DIIn) since 2005 PREVIOUS POSITIONS Assistant Professor University of Salerno (1999 - 2005) EDUCATION M.Sc. summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering (5 years course degree) University of Salerno Italy, 1997 PhD course in Tribology University of Pisa Italy, 1997-1999 PhD in Engineering and Management Technical University of Cluj Napoca, February 2021. CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS Tribology Biotribology, fluid film lubrication, environmental and industrial noise and vibration control, biomechanics: lubrication of human synovial joints, dental tribology, water jet in surgery. Author of more than 100 national and international papers published in International Journals and/or in Proceedings of International Conferences.