Current Appointments
- Associate Professor of Structural Engineering @ Centre for Training and Research on Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE Centre), IUSS Pavia, Italy (Dec 2023 - present)
- Affiliated Researcher @ EUCENTRE Foundation, Italy (Jan 2014 – present)
Past Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering @ Centre for Training and Research on Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE Centre), IUSS Pavia, Italy (May 2019 - Nov 2023)
- Visiting Researcher @ Kobori Research Complex, Tokyo, Japan (Nov 2019 – Dec 2019)
- Post-doctoral Researcher @ Centre for Training and Research on Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE Centre), IUSS Pavia, Italy (Mar 2017 – Apr 2019)
- Visiting Researcher @ University of California, Berkeley, USA (Sept 2011 – Aug 2012)
Education
Honours and Awards
- Awarded Editor’s Featured Paper Award by Engineering Structures for paper on “Next-generation non-linear and collapse prediction models for short to long period systems via machine learning methods”
- 2022 recipient of the Shah Family Innovation Prize by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute [Link]
- Selected by editor as “Top Reviewer” for the journal Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering in 2020
- Won the “2020 Outstanding Paper Award” by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering for the research article “ Once upon a Time in Italy: The Tale of the Morandi Bridge” [PDF][Link]
- Awarded “Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019” by Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics for the article “Conceptual design in performance-based earthquake engineering” [PDF][Link]
- Awarded a fellowship by the University of California Education Abroad Program to complete a 1-year research exchange at the University of California, Berkeley
- Awarded “Best Structures Paper” for paper presented at the BCRI2012 conference in Dublin, Ireland
- Awarded 2 University Scholar prizes in recognition of academic excellence during undergraduate studies
Peer Review & Service
- Expert reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation for the 2021 call for general projects (2022)
- Expert reviewer for the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research as part of the funding programme PRIN2020: Research Projects of Significant National Interest (2021)
- Peer reviewer for the following international journal publications:
- Advances in Structural Engineering
- ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
- ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
- Computers and Structures
- Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Vibrations
- Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
- Earthquake Spectra
- Earthquakes & Structures
- Engineering Structures
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Journal of Building Engineering
- Journal of Earthquake Engineering
- Journal of Structural Integrity & Maintenance
- Nature Communications
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety
- Resilient Cities and Structures
- Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering
- Sustainable Cities & Society
- Steel & Composites
- Structural Engineering & Mechanics, An International Journal
- Structures
- The Structural Design of Tall & Special Buildings
Editorial Roles & Membership
- Member of the European Geosciences Union (2023 – present)
- Member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (2022 – present)
- Member of the Editorial Board of Geohazards and Georisks for the journal Frontiers in Earth Science (2021 – present)
- Member of the Editorial Board of Earthquake Engineering for the journal Frontiers in Built Environment (2020 – present)
Other Qualifications
- Approved by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research’s National Scientific Committee as qualified to hold the rank of Associate Professor in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
