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Professore Associato Università di Bologna Core Faculty
Since October 2021, he has been an Associate Professor at the University of Bologna. His research focuses on Industrial Engineering, specifically the design, management, and optimization of industrial manufacturing and distribution networks, as well as logistic systems. His area of interest includes sustainable operations management in the manufacturing and food industries. The research methods he employs are part of the broad discipline of Decision Science, encompassing computer science, mathematical programming, optimization models and methods, simulation, data analytics, and machine learning. He collaborates with well-known international research centers such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, San Francisco State University, Catholica Universidad de Chile, CSIRO, CSIR, and Wageningen and Lund University. Additionally, he heads the board of the Food & Wine Supply Chain Council (FWSCC) and has authored 100+ publications in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.
COURSES
Students will acquire essential criteria and methodologies for designing, managing, and optimizing sustainable production and distribution systems, encompassing logistics and operations. By emphasizing environmental sustainability in these systems, they will learn to adopt innovative design and planning approaches. This focus will significantly enhance their skills in developing practical decision-support tools tailored for industrial, manufacturing, and distribution environments, empowering them to drive impactful change in their fields.
Food Innovation and Regeneration