Graduated in Biological Sciences (Bsc) in 1980, in Dentistry (DDS) in 1984 and Honorary Degree in Dentistry at the University of Malmo (Sweden) in 2018. Specialist in Orthodontics. Full professor in Orthodontics and Clinical Gnathology. Director of the post-graduated School in Orthodontics and of the Master course on “Orofacial pain and Temporomandibular Disorders” at the University of Naples Federico II. Diplomate of the Italian Board of Orthodontics and of the European Board of Orthodontics. Authored more than 200 papers in international journals, and co-author of 20 book chapters. President of Italian Board of Orthodontics (2020-2021), European Society of Oral Physiology (2024), SIG-Orofacial Pain di IASP (2026) and President elected of the Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO – 2028). Editor in Chief of the Orthodontic and Craniofacial Research journal, Associate Editor of the European Journal of Oral Science, and Journal of Oral Rehabilitation.