Curriculum

Title and current position

PhD, Researcher

Education and training

• September 2000 – December 2003: Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor's degree) in Civil Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

  • Thesis title: Structural design of a strong floor for seismic tests on buildings. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude

  • Advisor: Prof. Alessandro Rasulo

• January 2004 – October 2006: Laurea Specialistica (equivalent to Master's degree) in Civil Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

  • Thesis title: Seismic reliability of water distribution networks in urban areas. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude

  • Advisor: Prof. Alessandro Rasulo

• January 2007 – June 2010: PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

  • Thesis title: Dynamic Identification and Vibration-Based Damage Detection of Structures

  • Advisor: Prof. Maura Imbimbo

Work experience

• May 2010 – April 2018: Research Associate, Sapienza - University of Rome, Department of Structural Engineering & Geotechnics, Via Gramsci 53, 00197 Rome.

  • Earthquake Engineering

  • Seismic reliability of structures

  • Multi-hazard risk and resilience assessment of critical infrastructures, intended as "systems of systems" composed of buildings, critical facilities and lifelines (e.g. water, power, gas, transportation networks). Development of simulation tools for critical systems' resilience assessment

  • Matlab programming

• May 2018 – present: Researcher, European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (Eucentre), Via A. Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia.

  • Earthquake Engineering

  • Seismic reliability of structures

  • Reinforced concrete precast buildings

  • Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI)

  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), integrated assessment and retrofitting of existing buildings

  • Non-structural elements

  • Numerical modelling in OpenSees, SeismoStruct, LS-DYNA

  • Matlab and Python programming

Other appointments

• January 2016: Contractor as a Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Contract of formal duration of one month (16 February - 15 March 2016), within the research period of three months spent in Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.

• January 2023 – present: Contractor as a Researcher, University of Pavia, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Development of multi-hazard exposure and vulnerability models.

Main achievements

• Licence as an Associate Professor in the Italian academic system (ASN professore di seconda fascia), obtained on 11 October 2022 (validity 12 years, expiring October 2034).

• European Personnel Selection: participation and success in the competency test, held in Rome on 9 July 2013, for EPSO/CAST/S/5/2013 - Researcher (FG IV), Quantitative Sciences, a database of candidates from which to recruit contract staff in function group IV (September 2013). Position transferred to COM/1/2015/GFIV (November 2016).

• Licence as a professional engineer, obtained on 18 October 2007 at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio.

Activities as a Visiting Scholar/Researcher

• One month spent (July 2017) in Orléans, France, at the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Risks and Prevention Division, for a collaboration with Dr Pierre Gehl: 

  • Bayesian Networks applied to the probabilistic performance assessment of transportation networks. 

• Three months spent (January - April 2016) in Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Gardoni:

  • Risk assessment of infrastructures: model calibration via Bayesian updating, based on observations of damage due to a generic hazard.

• Three months spent (September-December 2014) in Christchurch, New Zealand, at the University of Canterbury, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, under the supervision of Dr Sonia Giovinazzi:

  • Seismic reliability and resilience of lifelines (storm water, wastewater, electric power network).

  • Increased Flooding Hazard (IFH) caused by the earthquake-induced damage to the pipeline storm water network.

  • Extension of a probabilistic tool for civil infrastructures, namely Object-Oriented Framework for Infrastructure Modelling and Simulation (OOFIMS), developed in Rome by myself and other contributors, to the probabilistic assessment of the earthquake-altered flooding risk on the built environment.

• Eight months spent (in the years 2008-2009) in New York, at Columbia University, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, under the supervision of Prof. Raimondo Betti:

  • System identification and vibration-based damage detection of structures.

  • Experimental testing campaign on a steel frame, with the aim of structural identification and damage detection.

  • Dynamic identification and damage detection of the CEED (Civil and Environmental Engineering Department) building at NCHU in Taichung, Taiwan, based on the Chi–Chi Earthquake strong motion data.

Teaching activities

Courses given as an Instructor:

• Integrated assessment and retrofitting of existing buildings. Doctoral course held at University School for Advanced Studies (IUSS) Pavia, ROSE School (Earthquake Engineering) Programme (2022 and 2024 editions). Ten hours given (out of 54 total hours), on seismic hazard and fragility analysis, record selection methods, IM-based methods, energy performance assessment of a building, analysis of critical infrastructure systems for estimation of downtime.

Courses given as a Teaching Assistant:

• Earthquake Engineering. Sapienza - University of Rome (Prof. Paolo Franchin) (January 2014 - April 2018).

• Structural Design. Sapienza - University of Rome (Prof. Paolo Franchin) (January 2014 - April 2018).

• Structural Reliability. European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE School) (Prof. Paolo Emilio Pinto, Prof. Paolo Franchin) (April 2011).

• Earthquake Engineering. University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Prof. Maura Imbimbo) (January 2007 - December 2009).

• Structural Design. University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Prof. Maura Imbimbo) (January 2007 - December 2009).

Activities in PhD Committees

• Member of the doctoral defense committee for the graduation of Astha Poudel, at Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), specialty "Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement". Thesis title: "Evaluation of the systemic vulnerability and risk of interconnected systems at urban scale". Supervisors: Prof. Philippe Gueguen from Université Grenoble Alpes, and Prof. Kyriazis Pitilakis from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (23 January 2024).

• Co-supervisor of doctoral student Martina Caruso (Cycle XXXIII), at University School for Advanced Studies (IUSS) Pavia, Understanding and Managing Extremes (UME) Programme, curriculum in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (ROSE). Thesis title: "A life cycle framework for integrated assessment and retrofitting of buildings". Supervisor: Prof. Rui Pinho, University of Pavia (July 2019 - March 2022).

Consultancy activities

• Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico – RSE S.p.A., based in Milan. Coordinator of this project for the evaluation of seismic fragility curves of four instrument transformers (two current and two voltage transformers), after calibration of their numerical models (in OpenSees) against an experimental testing campaign carried out at the Eucentre labs. Implementation of Multiple-Stripe Analysis (MSA) with hazard-compatible records (September 2020 - December 2021). Technical report (in Italian): Cavalieri, F., Donelli, G., Pinho, R., Dacarro, F. (2021). Ottenimento di curve di fragilità di trasformatori di tensione e di corrente appartenenti a cabine elettriche primarie. Dataset available here.

• Mosayk S.r.l., based in Pavia.

  • Research activity carried out for UniCredit S.p.A., evaluation of the joint annual rate of non-operability of two datacentres located in Verona (Italy). Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis using OpenQuake, fault-tree analysis considering non-structural components (January 2021). Technical report: Crowley, H., Caruso, M., Cavalieri, F., Tacci, M., Gabbianelli, G. (2021). Assessing the risk of simultaneous non-operativity of UniCredit’s VR1 and VR2 datacentres.

  • Research activity carried out within the NAM project, focusing on induced seismicity in the Groningen region (Northern Netherlands) and the seismic response characterization of masonry and precast buildings. Modelling of Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) for unreinforced masonry buildings. Substructure approach, hybrid approach with macro-element, direct approach with nonlinear soil-block analyses (May 2018 - December 2020).

  • Structural modelling, using software LS-DYNA, of buildings to be subjected to shake table test, before the execution of the test (blind prediction) (May - December 2018).

• STUDIO SPERI SOCIETÀ DI INGEGNERIA S.r.l., based in Rome. Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) and site response analyses for a site located on the South coast of Timor Est. The activity has belonged to a larger consultancy activity, titled "Seismic hazard assessment and identification of the tsunami-genic sources for a project on the South coast of Timor", carried out by STUDIO SPERI for HR Wallingford Ltd, based in UK (September - October 2012).

Other activities

• Invited seminar at doctoral school, titled "Seismic performance assessment of a complex Infrastructure: a conceptual & computational framework", presented, together with Professor Paolo Franchin, at the University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, School of Architecture, Pescara (Italy), 14 March 2012.

• Courses attended:

  • Progettazione sismica di opere fondazionali. Eucentre, Pavia, 4 October 2019.

  • Determinazione delle azioni sismiche sulle strutture: principi, metodi, strumenti. Eucentre, Pavia, 12 July 2019.

  • Robustezza, analisi e progettazione di strutture soggette ad azioni estreme. Eucentre, Pavia, 22 February 2019.

  • Building Information Modeling: gli strumenti e le procedure per la digitalizzazione della commessa. Eucentre, Pavia, 23-24 November 2018.

  • Utilizzo consapevole della modellazione ad elementi finiti nel calcolo strutturale. Eucentre, Pavia, 19 October 2018.

  • Python for beginners. Eucentre, Pavia, 5-6-12-13 October 2018.

  • Python for computational science. CINECA center in Rome, 17-19 September 2013.

  • Matlab per il calcolo scientifico. CASPUR (Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Applicazioni di Supercalcolo per Università e Ricerca) center in Rome, 20-21 October 2010.

  • Affidabilità Strutturale. Sapienza - University of Rome, 21 April - 20 May 2009.

  • New Approaches to Analysis and Testing of Mechanical and Structural Systems. Centro Internazionale di Scienze Meccaniche (CISM), Udine, 18-22 June 2007.

• Laboratory activity:

  • Coordinator: Shake table experimental tests on four instrument transformers (two current and two voltage transformers) at the Eucentre labs, Pavia, Italy, with the aim of fragility curve derivation in the RSE project (March - April 2021).

  • Visiting scholar: Shake table experimental tests on a steel frame, with the aim of structural identification and damage detection, at Columbia University, Carleton Laboratory (March - December 2008).

  • Intern: Shake table experimental tests on a steel frame, with the aim of structural identification and damage detection, at ENEA – Casaccia Research Centre, Italy (October - December 2007).

  • Intern: Data acquisition, in LabVIEW environment, from strain gauges, potentiometers and load cell, during debonding tests of FRP-strengthened bricks and beams, at Geolab Sud S.r.l., San Vittore del Lazio (FR), Italy (January - December 2007).

• Seismic damage recognition after the earthquake sequences in L'Aquila (2009) and Central Italy (2016).

Editorial roles

• Member of the Editorial Board of Earthquake Spectra (Wiley), as an Associate Editor (March 2024 - present).

• Member of the Editorial Board of Ingegneria Sismica (MedinLin Soft), as an Associate Editor (September 2025 - present).

• Member of the Topical Advisory Panel of Infrastructures (MDPI) (April 2020 - June 2025).

  • Guest Editor for the Special Issue of Infrastructures (MDPI), titled "Seismic Reliability Assessment and Advances in Structural Modelling", belonging to the section "Infrastructures and Structural Engineering". Deadline 31 March 2023. More information at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/infrastructures/special_issues/seismic_reliability (April 2020).

• Member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Built Environment (Frontiers), specialty section Earthquake Engineering, as a Community Reviewer (December 2019 - present).

• Reviewer of scientific papers for:

  • Frontiers in Built Environment (Frontiers)

  • Journal of Earthquake Engineering (Taylor & Francis)

  • Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure (Taylor & Francis)

  • Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (Wiley)

  • Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (Wiley)

  • Engineering Structures (Elsevier)

  • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (Elsevier)

  • Reliability Engineering and System Safety (Elsevier)

  • International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection (Elsevier)

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)

  • Structures (Elsevier)

  • Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (Springer)

  • SN Applied Sciences (Springer)

  • Scientific Reports (Springer Nature)

  • Earthquake Spectra (Wiley)

  • Advances in Civil Engineering (Hindawi)

  • Shock and Vibration (Hindawi)

  • Infrastructures (MDPI)

  • Sustainability (MDPI)

  • Geosciences (MDPI)

  • Geotechnics (MDPI)

  • Applied Sciences (MDPI)

  • Computation (MDPI)

  • ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering

  • ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology

Conferences, events and project meetings

• COMPDYN 2025 – 10th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Rhodes Island (Greece), 15-18 June 2025.

  • Co-organizer, together with Davide Bellotti and Andrea Belleri, of Minisymposium 22, titled "Advances in seismic design and assessment of existing and retrofitted precast concrete buildings".

• WCEE2024 – 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan (Italy), 30 June - 5 July 2024.

  • Co-organizer, together with Davide Bellotti and Gennaro Magliulo, of Technical Session ASR1, titled "Seismic assessment and retrofitting of RC precast buildings".

• EPOS Days 2024, Rome (Italy), 11-14 March 2024.

• IALCCE2023 – Eighth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, Milan (Italy), 2-6 July 2023.

  • Co-chair of Special Session SS22, titled "Life-Cycle and Sustainability of Precast Concrete Structures".

• NBSC 2022 – The New Boundaries of Structural Concrete – 6th edition – ACI-Italy Chapter, Lecce (Italy), 8-9 September 2022.

• 17WCEE – 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai (Japan), 27 September - 2 October 2021 (Hybrid conference, online presentation).

• RISE Kick-off meeting, Zurich (Switzerland), 2-4 September 2019.

• COMPDYN 2019 – 7th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Crete (Greece), 24-26 June 2019.

• SPONSE – 4th International Workshop on the Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements, Pavia (Italy), 22-23 May 2019.

• 16ECEE – 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki (Greece), 18-21 June 2018.

  • Co-organizer, together with Sotirios Argyroudis and Anastasios Sextos, of Special Session SS16, titled "Seismic risk and resilience of critical infrastructure".

• 16WCEE – 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago (Chile), 9-13 January 2017.

  • Co-chair of the General Session titled "Lifelines and electrical systems".

• IABMAS2016 – 8th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil), 26-30 June 2016.

• ICASP12 – 12th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Vancouver (Canada), 12-15 July 2015.

• Towards More Resilient Communities – 3rd UC Lifeline Week, Rome (Italy), 20-24 April 2015.

• Resilient Infrastructure: Research & Outreach Workshop, University of Canterbury, Christchurch (New Zealand), 4 December 2014. Presentation titled "Multi-Hazard risk assessment of civil infrastructures: methods and tools".

• National Lifelines Forum 2014, Wellington (New Zealand), 5-6 November 2014.

• Giornate AICAP 2014 – Strutture nel tessuto urbano – progetto e realizzazione del nuovo e di interventi sull'esistente, Bergamo (Italy), 22 May 2014.

• ICOSSAR 2013 – 11th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability, New York (USA), 16-20 June 2013.

• SYNER-G Final workshop, Milan (Italy), 21-22 March 2013.

• 15WCEE – 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon (Portugal), 24-28 September 2012.

• SYNER-G plenary meeting, Thessaloniki (Greece), 14-15 June 2012.

• OpenSeesDays, Sapienza - University of Rome, Rome (Italy), 24-25 May 2012.

• SYNER-G WP2-4-5-7 workshop, Paris (France), 9-10 January 2012.

• SYNER-G WP5 workshop and second annual meeting, Orléans (France), 2-4 November 2011.

• SYNER-G WP7 workshop, Rome (Italy), 23 September 2011.

• SYNER-G mid-term meeting, Oslo (Norway), 28-29 April 2011.

• SYNER-G WP2-4-5 workshop, Rome (Italy), 8-9 November 2010.

• SYNER-G first annual meeting, Vienna (Austria), 15-17 September 2010.

• International Nigel Priestley Seminar (former UME School/ROSE Seminar), Pavia (Italy), all editions since 2011.

• IOMAC'09 – 3rd International Operational Modal Analysis Conference, Portonovo (Italy), 4-6 May 2009.

• 2008 AISC Seminar, titled "Façade Attachments to Steel Frames", New York (USA), 6 November 2008.

• 3° Workshop sui problemi di vibrazioni nelle strutture civili e nelle costruzioni meccaniche, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia (Italy), 11-12 September 2008.

Projects

• Main contribution in the development of the software package Object-Oriented Framework for Infrastructure Modeling and Simulation (OOFIMS), a tool for the modeling of a set of interconnected/interdependent infrastructure systems (buildings, lifelines, critical facilities), at the urban/regional scale, in ordinary and "disturbed" conditions (e.g. due to the impact of a natural or man-made hazard) (May 2010 - present).

• EU-funded collaborative project TOGETHER (Towards enhanced coordination of disaster risk management and governance through a holistic framework for multi-level interaction and communication). Grant no. 101226137. Ref: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-02, Horizon Europe Framework Programme. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre partner (November 2025 - present).

• EU-funded collaborative project EPOS ON (EPOS Optimization and evolutioN), Ref: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01, Horizon Europe Framework Programme. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre partner (February 2024 - present).

• EPOS (European Plate Observing System), development of a new Thematic Core Service (TCS), named Built Environment Data (BED). Role: Contributor for Eucentre, coordinator of the new TCS (January 2024 - present) (Link).

• EU-funded project ColCap - Experimental assessment of the collapse capacity of code-compliant RC frames (January 2024 - present). Proposal approved in the framework of ERIES: Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies (2022-2026), funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, Ref: 101058684-HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-07.

• EU-funded collaborative project RISE (Real-time earthquake rIsk reduction for a reSilient Europe), Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Grant No. 821115. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre partner (September 2019 - May 2023) (Link).

• EU-funded collaborative project SYNER-G (Systemic Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Analysis for Buildings, Lifeline Networks and Infrastructures Safety Gain), Framework Programme 7 (FP7). Grant no. 244061. Role: Contributor in the Sapienza - University of Rome partner (May 2010 - March 2013).

• Project NAM. Groningen Field Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment, modelling of URM buildings in support of damage fragility functions derivation, Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI). Role: Consultant for Mosayk (May 2018 - December 2020) (Link).

• Project SAFENET (Seismic risk Assessment For transportation NETworks), three-year project funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), the Portuguese national funding agency for science, research and technology. Development of a dynamic platform for the assessment of the impact of earthquakes on transportation networks and surrounding building stock. Role: Contributor especially relevant for the project - Eucentre partner (January 2023 - present).

• Re-MXP (Resilienza Malpensa), a project aimed at improving the resilience of the Milan Malpensa airport to climate change and natural hazards, sponsored by SEA Milan Airports (SEA S.p.A.) and co-funded by the EU within the "Connecting Europe Facility – Transport" programme. Role: Contributor. (December 2024 - present).

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS/Eucentre 2024-26 - WP4: Mappe di Rischio e Scenari di danno sismico (MARS-CARTIS). Role: Contributor in the University of Pavia Research Unit.

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS/Eucentre 2024-26 - WP11: Costruzioni di Calcestruzzo Armato gettate in Opera e Prefabbricate. Task 11.5: Progettazione e comportamento sismico di connessioni in edifici prefabbricati in c.a. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre Research Unit.

• Executive Project DPC-Eucentre 2024-26 - WP13: Sviluppo della conoscenza a supporto delle valutazioni di vulnerabilità sismica di costruzioni ed attrezzature in ambito industriale. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre Research Unit.

• Executive Project DPC-Eucentre 2024-26 - WP6: Infrastrutture di Trasporto: ulteriore sviluppo del tool WebGIS (accessibile da EUCLIDE) e dei modelli per il calcolo del rischio sismico e scenari di danno di ponti, porti, aeroporti, gallerie, opere di sostegno (potenzialmente implementabili anche in future versioni di IRMA/SIGE-PLUS) - Aggiornamento delle curve di fragilità associate alle torri di controllo e derivazione delle curve di fragilità associate agli hangar. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre Research Unit.

• Executive Project DPC-Eucentre 2023 - WP12: Stima di curve di fragilità e probabilità di raggiungimento di stati di danno per edifici esistenti in cemento armato prefabbricato e muratura (sviluppo della conoscenza a sostegno di scenari di rischio e danno) - Derivazione del tasso di collasso e delle curve di fragilità di capannoni prefabbricati monopiano esistenti migliorati/adeguati. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre Research Unit.

• Executive Project DPC-Eucentre 2023 - WP13: Piattaforma WebGIS per calcolo del rischio sismico e scenari di danno del sistema infrastrutturale (sistema viabilistico, porti, aeroporti, gallerie, opere di sostegno) - Aggiornamento delle curve di fragilità associate alle torri di controllo dell’Aeroporto di Venezia. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre Research Unit.

• PRIN project 2022-25 - FIRMITAS: multi-hazard assessment, control and retroFIt of bridges for enhanced Robustness using sMart IndusTriAlized Solutions. Role: Contributor in the IUSS Pavia Research Unit.

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS/Eucentre 2022-24 - RINTC: Implicit seismic risk of code-conforming structures in Italy. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre Research Unit.

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS 2022-24 - WP5: Interventi di rapida esecuzione a basso impatto ed integrati. Role: Contributor in the University of Pavia Research Unit, within Task 5.2 (Integrated evaluation methods).

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS/Eucentre 2015-2018 and 2019-2021 - RINTC: Implicit seismic risk of code-conforming structures in Italy. Role: Contributor in the Eucentre Research Unit.

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS 2019-2021 - WP5: Interventi di rapida esecuzione a basso impatto ed integrati. Role: Coordinator of activities for the University of Pavia Research Unit, within Task 5.2 (Integrated and sustainable interventions for the renovation of existing buildings), and co-supervisor of a doctoral student.

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS 2014-2018 - Project RS6: Rischio sismico delle reti e sistemi di distribuzione. Role: Contributor in the Research Unit of Sapienza - University of Rome.

  • Indici di operatività per la Condizione Limite per l'Emergenza (CLE): introduzione delle reti di utilità.

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS 2010-2013 - Project RS4: Modelli di sicurezza per l’edilizia esistente. Role: Contributor in the Research Unit of Sapienza - University of Rome.

• Executive Project DPC-ReLUIS 2010-2013 - Project 2.2.3: Impianti industriali, nucleari e lifeline. Role: Contributor in the Research Unit of Sapienza - University of Rome.

• University Project 2017 - Sapienza - University of Rome, Title: Assessing the seismic risk of functionality loss in hospitals caused by non-structural damage. Role: Contributor.

• University Project 2015 - Sapienza - University of Rome, Title: Increased Flooding Vulnerability of the Built Environment due to Earthquake-induced Damage. Role: Contributor. Grant no. C26H15KSBX.

• University Project 2014 - Sapienza - University of Rome, Title: Seismic performance of infrastructural systems in near-fault areas. Role: Contributor. Grant no. C26A14Z7WX.

• University Project 2013 - Start-up research - Sapienza - University of Rome, Title: Resilience analysis of interdependent critical infrastructural systems subjected to natural hazards: extension to the multi-hazard case. Role: Principal Investigator. Grant no. C26N13YSR2, Total funding amount: € 3.000.

• Research group for the development of CNR guidelines, titled "Istruzioni per la Valutazione Affidabilistica della Sicurezza Sismica di Edifici Esistenti" - CNR-DT 212/2013. Coordinators: Professor Paolo Emilio Pinto and Professor Paolo Franchin. Role: Contributor (September 2011 - July 2012).

• Research group for the drafting of fib Bulletin no 68, titled "Probabilistic performance-based seismic design". Coordinators: Professor Paolo Emilio Pinto and Professor Paolo Franchin. Role: Contributor (September 2011 - July 2012).

• University Project 2011 - Sapienza - University of Rome. Title: Modulo Abitativo Riciclabile Autocostruito Minimo Ecologicamente Ottimizzato. Role: Contributor.

Honours and awards

• Scholarship: Visiting Researcher program, for the period of three months spent in Christchurch, New Zealand, at the University of Canterbury, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering (September 2014).

• Scholarship: Visiting Scholar program, Honors Center of Italian Universities H2CU, for the period of eight months spent in New York, NY, USA, at Columbia University, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (February 2008).

• Scholarship: Attendance of the PhD course in Civil Engineering at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (November 2006).

• Award: Key scientific article, featured by Advances In Engineering (AIE), for Steady-state flow computation in gas distribution networks with multiple pressure levels (September 2017).

• Inclusion in the community of experts formed within the e-SAFE project, a four-year project funded under the Horizon 2020 programme and aiming at developing and demonstrating fast, cost-effective and tailorable integrated solutions for an energy-efficient and anti-seismic deep renovation of existing non-historic buildings (March 2021 - present).

• External reviewer, invited as an expert, of the research proposal titled "Seismic performance of tall buildings with basements considering soil-structure interaction", funded by National Fund for Scientific and Technological Research (FONDECYT, Chile) (November 2020).

• External reviewer, invited as an expert, of the research proposal titled "Risk assessment methods for the lifeline system in seismic emergency management", within the programme "Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards in Earthquake Prone Regions in China (IRNHiC)", funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, UK) (October 2015).

• Member of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS) (August 2016 - present).

• Member of the International Exchange Alumni (March 2017 - present).