General Surgeon with 25 years of experience in minimally invasive techniques, including transanal endoscopic surgery and operative digestive endoscopy. Elected General Secretary of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), which has around 5,400 members. Educated and trained at the School of Surgery of the University of Tuebingen (Germany), under the guidance of Prof. Gerhard Buess, pioneer of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery. Worked as Assistant Professor first and Associate Professor then, at the University of Turin, Department of Surgical Sciences under the guidance of Prof. Mario Morino, also pioneer of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery. Nominated Distinguished Professor of Surgery at the University of Turin, Department of Surgical Sciences. Principal Investigator in 7 European Projects in FP5, FP6, FP7, H2020 and HEU, 3 of which are ongoing (CLASSICA, PALPABLE and TENTACLE). Co-Principal Investigator of a HEU ERC Synergy Project (ERC SyG-2023), ENDOTHERANOSTICS (Multi-sensor Eversion Robot Towards Intelligent Endoscopic Diagnosis and Therapy) in collaboration with King’s College London, Queen Mary University London and Federico II University of Naples. Awarding of approximately 59 million euros in funding with his research proposals, of which more than 16 million for his own institution. Six international patents registered or pending on microrobotics and endoluminal therapies. Author of 314 publications on Scopus (Scopus Author ID: 6701795382), H-index 52, 8,870 citations or H-index 67, 12.644 citations on Google Scholar. ORCID: 0000-0002-2110-4082. Editor-in-Chief of Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies Journal (Impact Factor 1.7). Head of the Minimally Invasive Therapy and Innovation Center (MITIC) Lab at the Department of Surgical Sciences of the University of Turin. Elected Coordinator of the Doctorate Course in Bioengineering and Medical-Surgical Sciences, inter-university in collaboration with the Polytechnic of Turin.