His research activity is focused on machine learning and image processing methodologies for remote sensing and energy applications. He is author or co-author or more than 200 papers in international scientific journals, conference proceedings, and edited books. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
He has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters since 2008. He was an Area Editor of Pattern Recognition Letters (PRL) from 2015 to 2018, an Associate Editor of PRL from 2011 to 2015, and a Guest Editor of the 2015 special issue of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine.