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 €1.3M Starting Grant by the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS) on the topic of “Sensor-driven statistical tools to evaluate risks and manage safety in the built environment” Awarded 2024 Engineering Structures Best Paper of the Year (Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering) for paper on “Next-generation non-linear and collapse prediction models for short to long period systems via machine learning methods”
- 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
