A physics professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a child, according to Madison County jail records.

Massimiliano Bonamente, 45, is being held on a $60,000 bond. He was booked into jail at 1:13 p.m. Friday.

Madison police arrested Bonamente.

Madison Police Capt. Terrell Cook told AL.com that police were contacted by the Department of Human Resources and that an investigation has been ongoing for some time.

Bonamente turned himself in to Madison police on Friday, Cook said.

Cook said that Bonamente's arrest was not related to his job at UAH.

No other information was immediately available for release, Cook said.

UAH officials said Friday afternoon they do not have enough information to comment on Bonamente's arrest but confirm he is a member of the physics faculty.

According to his bio on the UAH website, Bonamente goes by the first name of "Max" and is a native of Italy. He received his master's degree in physics from UAH in 1999 and his doctorate in physics the next year.

His bio states that Bonamente is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

He has been a part of the UAH faculty since 2007, first as an assistant professor, then in 2010 as an associate professor and as a professor in 2014.