I am part of the Earthquake Hazard and Risk Assessment group, mainly working on the Swiss Risk Model (ERM-CH) project. In the past years, I have developed experience in seismic site response with particular topics in seismic wave-field polarization in presence of morphological and tectonic structures (topographic, landslide and fault seismic site effects). In the ERM-CH project I combine geologic information with different geophysical techniques, based on active and passive seismic sources, to obtain information on the subsoil structure.
Nationality: Italian
Place and date of birth: Catania, 22 October 1981
Since Feb 2018 |
Scientific collaborator at the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
Sep 2014-Jan 2018 | Postdoc researcher at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science of the University of Catania, Italy |
Oct 2013-Aug 2014 | Postdoc researcher at Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) |
Jun 2013-Sep 2013 | Fellowship at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Osservatorio Etneo, Italy |
Mar 2013-Jun 2013 | External consultant for the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science of the University of Catania, Italy |
Mar 2012 | PhD cum laude with thesis on “Approaches to earthquake scenarios validation using seismic site response” at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science of the University of Catania, Italy |
Nov 2011-Feb 2012 | Fellowship at the Physics Department of the University of Malta |
Jul 2008 | Degree in Geophysical Science at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science of the University of Catania, Italy |
Since 2018 | ERM-CH: Swiss Risk Model |
Since 2018 | Site Characterization Group |
2016-2018 | Seismic microzonation of the Marche region (Italy) struck by the 2016 Central Italy earthquake |
2015-2018 | Vulnerability assessment through geophysical methods of the University of Catania (Italy) buildings |
2014-2015 | INGV-DPC Project V3: Multi-disciplinary analysis of the relationships between tectonic structures and volcanic activity |
2011-2015 | SIMIT: Establishment of an integrated Italy-Malta cross-border system of civil protection |
2011-2014 | REAKT: Strategies and tools for Real Time EArthquake RisK ReducTion |
2015-2017 | Lecturer at the University of Catania, Master in Geociences, Geophysical methods of exploration |
2009-2017 | Seminars, exercitations and computer laboratories in the Geophysics of the urban areas and Physic of the Earth laboratory courses at the University of Catania, Master in Geociences and Geophysics |
Oct 2015-May 2017 | Guest Editor for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, special issue: “Advance in seismic site response: usual practices and innovative methods” |
Apr 2015-Oct 2015 | Guest Editor for Aracne Editrice – Roma, volume: “Establishment of an integrated Italy-Malta cross-border system of civil protection project - Geophysical Aspects” |
Sep 2012-Aug 2013 | Guest Editor for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, special issue: “Seismicity of the Mediterranean region and mitigation of earthquake losses” |
2-7 Sep 2018 | Convener during European Seismological Commission – 36th General Assembly, Valletta (Malta), session “Cultural Heritage and Earthquakes: case studies, issues and new challenges” |
15-19 Dec 2014 | Convener during American Geophysical Union – fall meeting, San Francisco (USA), session “Advance in site response” |
Reviewer for several international journals