Curriculum Vitae

Current Appointments

Associate Professor of Structural Engineering Dec 2023 – present
- IUSS Pavia, Italy
Affiliated Researcher Jan 2014 – present
- EUCENTRE Foundation, Italy
Director, Centre for Training and Research on Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE Centre) 2025 – present
- IUSS Pavia, Italy
Member, Doctoral Advisory Board (Collegio dei Docenti) 2024 – present
- IUSS Pavia, Italy
Member, Advisory Board (Comitato di Coordinamento) 2024 – present
- EUCENTRE Foundation, Italy

Past Appointments

Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering May 2019 – Nov 2023
- IUSS Pavia, Italy
Visiting Researcher Nov 2019 – Dec 2019
- Kobori Research Complex, Tokyo, Japan
Post-doctoral Researcher Mar 2017 – Apr 2019
- IUSS Pavia, Italy
Visiting Researcher Sept 2011 – Aug 2012
- University of California, Berkeley, USA

Education

Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Seismology 2016
- IUSS Pavia, Italy
M.Sc. in Civil Engineering 2013
- University of Galway, Ireland
B.Eng. in Civil Engineering 2010
- University of Galway, Ireland

Honours & Awards

Awarded €1.3M Starting Grant by the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS) on “Sensor-driven statistical tools to evaluate risks and manage safety in the built environment.”
2024 Engineering Structures Best Paper of the Year (Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering)
Editor's Featured Paper Award by Engineering Structures
2022 Shah Family Innovation Prize by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
2020 Outstanding Paper Award — IABSE: “Once upon a Time in Italy: The Tale of the Morandi Bridge.”
Top Reviewer, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2020)
Best Structures Paper, BCRI 2012 (Dublin, Ireland)
Two University Scholar prizes for academic excellence during undergraduate studies

Editorial Roles & Memberships

Associate Editor, Earthquake Spectra 2025 – present
Editorial Board, Frontiers in Earth Science – Geohazards and Georisks 2021 – present
Editorial Board, Frontiers in Built Environment – Earthquake Engineering 2020 – present
Member, European Geosciences Union 2023 – present
Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2022 – present

Other Qualifications

Qualified as Full Professor in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (2025–2037)
Qualified as Associate Professor in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (2022–2031)