Francesco received the Laurea in Biological Science from the University of Milan in 1992. This was followed by post-laurea studies at the University of Georgia in the US and since 1997 he is a research scientist at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), in Milan, where now he is a Senior scientist at the Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta”. His current research interests are in the area of enzyme technologies, devoting particular attention to biocatalyst formulation for catalysis in non-aqueous media and to enzyme immobilization. These objectives are pursued through studies of enzyme activity, stability and conformation.