Born in Ascoli Piceno, June 12^th 1947;

First degree in Economics, University of Perugia, November 1970;

Research Assistant in Statistics, University of Perugia, from 1970 to 1975;

Postgraduate student at Imperial College, University of London from 1975 to 1978;

Associate professor at the Universities of Camericno (1979) and Perugia from 1980 to 1986;

Full professor in Statistics, University of Perugia since 1986;

Course director of a PhD programme in Statistics at the University of Perugia since 1991.