Professional Experience and Education
2009 - present Professor and Chair of Orthodontics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2017 - present Deputy Director, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago.
2013 - 2017 Associate Dean Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago
2007 - 2009 Senior Lecturer, Clinic for Masticatory Disorders, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zurich (CH).
2002 - 2007 Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy.
2009 - Venia Legendi (PD), University of Zurich, Switzerland.
2007 - Specialization in Statistics in Medicine, University of Milan, Italy.
2002 - Specialization in Orthodontics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
1998 - PhD in Oral Sciences, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.
1993 - DDS in Dental Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.

Honors and Awards
2009 - Certified Membership of the European Board of Orthodontists (Helsinki, Finland)
2015 - Alan Docking Science Award for outstanding scientific achievement in the field of dental research by the Australia New Zealand Division of the International Association for Dental Research.
2015 - Sir John Walsh Research Award for excellence in oral health research

Research Interests
Clinical Orthodontics, TMJ/Oral Physiology, Translational Research