Full Professor of Jewelery and Fashion Accessories Design at the Milan Polytechnic, he previously taught Design for Innovation at Stanford University. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels in Paris, of the Gijs Bakker foundation in Amsterdam, of the Cologni Foundation in Milan and of the De Beers New Talents Awards in Gaborone. Ambassador of Italian Design for the Italian Design Day since 2018, he is director of the Jewelery Museum in the Palladian Basilica in Vicenza, the first Italian museum dedicated to jewelery.