Lieutenant Colonel, Medical corps, Italian Air Force; Doctorate of medicine degree from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" Medical School, 1981; from 61 European candidates for the ESA 1991 selection one of five Italian candidates (and on the shortlist of 25 candidate applicants), but not selected then; research medical officer at D.A.S.R.S. Department of Aerospace Medicine, Pratica di Mare AFB, Rome; hobbies: Flying, gliding, horseback-riding, skiing, tennis, amateur radio.