A clinical neuropsychologist with a PhD in behavioural neuroscience, he graduated from the State University of Siena, the State University of Rome La Sapienza and the Catholic University of Rome. He trained with great masters of behavioural neurobiology and psychology such as Henry Laborit, Viktor Frankl and Michael Mahoney. He has been Professor of Applied Psychology at the Universities of Siena, Florence and Barcelona. He is director of the Behavioural Neuroscience, Coaching Science and Generative Processes of the Mind programmes at the 'Centro Universitario Intenazionale', a scientific research organisation recognised by the Italian government. He is the Rector of the Graduate College of Health and Behavioural Sciences, a fully accredited higher education institution in Malta. He teaches neurodevelopment, functional and behavioural neuroscience and neurocoaching applied to health and performance. He has developed two registered intervention models: Neurofunctional Therapy© (used in psychopathology) and Changing Mind© (used in prevention, health promotion and performance of individuals, groups and organisations). For his work he received the Gold Medal of the Medical Faculty of the State University of Rijeka and other awards. He is the President of the National Register of Professional Coaches, which includes coaches who have graduated from legally recognised universities and schools.