Curriculum Vitae
Current Appointments
- Associate Professor of Structural Engineering Dec 2023 – present
- Director, Centre for Training and Research on Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE Centre) Mar 2025 – present
- Co-Founder and Partner Jul 2025 – present
- Member of the Doctoral Advisory Board (Collegio dei Docenti) May 2024 – present
- Member of the Advisory Board (Comitato di Coordinamento) Jan 2024 – present
- Affiliated Researcher Jan 2014 – present
Past Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering May 2019 – Nov 2023
- Visiting Researcher Nov 2019 – Dec 2019
- Post-doctoral Researcher Mar 2017 – Apr 2019
- Visiting Researcher Sept 2011 – Aug 2012
Education
- Ph.D in Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Seismology 2016
- M.Sc. in Civil Engineering 2013
- B.Eng. in Civil Engineering 2010
Honours & 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
- 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"
- Awarded "Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019" by Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics for the article "Conceptual design in performance-based earthquake engineering"
- 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
Editorial Roles & Memberships
- Associate Editor, Earthquake Spectra 2025 – present
- Member, European Geosciences Union 2023 – present
- Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2022 – present
Other Qualifications
- Approved by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research's National Scientific Committee as qualified to hold the rank of Full Professor in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (2025 – 2037)
- 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 (2022 – 2031)