He received his PhD in Materials and Structures from UNICAL in 2007. Prior to his appointment at UNICAL, he served as Research Fellow at KAUST (KSA) from 2010 to 2011, as Fulbright Scholar at University of Illinois (USA) in 2009 and as Post- Doc Fellow at UNICAL from 2007 to 2008. His recent work has been mainly focused in the field of Solid Mechanics. Dr Alfano authored more than 50 manuscripts and he held visiting positions in international institutions across Europe, Middle East and the USA.