He is a researcher at the University of Palermo, where he teaches History of Architecture. His research interests primarily focus on the history of architecture and construction from the late Middle Ages to the early modern era, particularly in Sicily and Malta, within the broader Mediterranean context. He conducts research aimed at exploring the practices and specificities of architectural construction sites in relation to the skills of the building community and the use of local resources, as well as the circulation of architectural culture through the diplomatic networks of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
He contributed to the organization of the IV International Late Gothic Congress: Architetture per la vita: palazzi e dimore dell’ultimo gotico tra xv e xvi secolo (Palermo, October 16-19, 2019) and the subsequent edited volume. He is the author of a monograph on architecture and construction techniques in the Maltese archipelago between the 16th and 17th centuries, and of a monographic study on the work of architects Stefano and Sebastiano Ittar, from the late 18th to the early 19th century, still in Sicily and Malta.