Biography
PhD in Photonics and graduated in geology, is a senior researcher at the Institute of Applied Physics Nello Carrara of the National Research Council of Italy (IFAC-CNR), Florence. He has been working on spectroscopic investigations of works of art since 1991. His main focus is on pigment characterization using non-invasive spectroscopic and imaging techniques. In January 2009 he became the coordinator of the IFAC SABeC Group on the research line Integrated spectroscopic techniques for the non-invasive diagnosis, conservation and access to objects of art. From Oct. 2008, he is Adjunct Prof. at the Faculty of Sciences, Univ.Florence (Italy) on Image Elaboration for an undergraduate course in “Technology for the Conservation and Restoration of CH”.