He received his first degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Padua in 1971. After this first degree, he continued his academic enrichment specializing in both Legal Medicine and in Toxicology at the same University. His formal education concluded with advanced training carried out in US Universities, where he was involved in the development of an applied research program focused on the Legal Medicine, Analytical and Behavioural Toxicology fields. On his return from the US, he was assigned the roles of Researcher, then Adjunct Professor and finally Associate Professor at the University of Padova and the University of Ancona. Since 1996 he has been Full Professor at the University of Padova and contemporarily was named Director of the Forensic Toxicology and Antidoping Complex Structure of Padova University-Hospital. In 1999 he was nominated Director of the Specialization School of Legal Medicine at the University of Padova.

He is the author of more than 350 publications including books and articles in both national and international, peer reviewed journals. From 2013 Dean, School of Medicine, University of Padova and President of the International Academy of Legal Medicine.