Full-time Professor of Respiratory and Critical Care University of Bologna Director of the fellowship progam Chief of the Respiratory and Critical Care Sant’ Orsola Malpighi Hospital in Bologna, Italy Former Associate professor at: Pavia, Catania and Bologna Universities Specialist in Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. Associate Editor of Breathe, Respiratory Care, Pulmonology and European Respiratory Review Previous Associate Editor of Intensive Care Medicine. Previous member of the Editorial Board of Thorax Reviewers of more than 10 international peer-reviewed journals, including the Lancet, JAMA, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Chairman of the Intensive Care assembly at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) (2007-2010). Director of the ERS Post-Graduate Courses (2011-2015) Previous member of the European Respiratory School. Previous chair of the non-invasive ventilator support group inside the ERS He was involved in the last 7 years as a member of the Assembly (Critical Care) Program Committee at the American Thoracic Society (ATS). Chairman of the International Program Committee of the American Thoracic Society for 2008-2009 Recepient of Gaza Award from the AARC in 2011 Honorary Membership of Hungarian Respiratory Society 2012 Honorary Egan at Lecture AARC 2012 Educational Award ERS 2017 President Award ERS 2021 He was invited in > 150 International meeting as speakers and in many national congresses He has published 270 papers on peer-reviewed journals Latest H index= 64 n. 46 on the list of Top Italian Scientists Clinical Sciences He was enrolled in several clinical trials. Major fields of interest: mechanical ventilation, weaning, respiratory muscle and ethics. In particular he has developed the use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation as a weaning technique Hobbies: Movies, Reading, Travelling and cheese taster. Actual skier and former soccer player.