Ph. D in Material Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in collaboration
with Sika AG in Zurich. Post-doctoral Researcher in the Corrosion of Aerospace Aluminum Alloys Friction Stir Welds at the Material Science Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, in collaboration with the Wright Patterson Air Force Research Laboratories. Responsible of a branch office of the Helbling Consulting Engineering Group, Zurich. Director of the Institute of Materials and Constructions at the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland. Publications on concrete, metals, corrosion and building materials. Editorial board member of materials and corrosion scientific journals. Member of the SIA commission 215 on mineral binders. Technical committee member Rilem for the degradation of organic coating materials and its relation to concrete durability and for the carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials. Member of the commission for the impartiality of the Swiss certification body for construction products S-CERT AG (CH) / S-CERT FL GmbH (FL).