Career

Education:

2019- Technologist, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Rome, Italy (Permanent position)

2017- 2018 Technologist, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Rome, Italy (Temporary position)

2015-2017 Grant Research Associate, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Rome, Italy

2010-2015 Research Fellow, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Rome, Italy

2008-2009 Research Fellow, Earth Sciences Department, Messina University, Messina, Italy

2008 Doctoral student in Geophysics for the Environment and the Territory, Messina University, Messina, Italy

Thesis: "Implementation of statistical methodologies for the study of the occurrence properties and the earthquake forecast"​​​

2004 Master's degree in Physics, Messina University, Italy (Faculty of Physics)

Thesis: "Identification of seismogenic structures in the Calabrian-Peloritan arc using the double difference algorithm"


Editorial Experience:

Reviewer for several ISI journals: Natural Hazards, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Acta Geophysica, Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Journal of Seismology, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, Engineering Geology, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Natural Hazards Earth System Science, SN Applied Sciences.


Experience:

2018 Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tachikawa, Tokyo , Japan. Working on Development of earthquake probability forecasting model for Italy region.

2015 Project auditor for the National Science Foundation.

2012 Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Working on Procedure for verification of short-term seismic forecasts models

2011 Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Working on Study of statistical methods for the seismic hazard calculation


External recognitions and Awards:

2015 Outstanding "Physics and Chemistry of the Earth" Reviewer


Membership of societies:

American Geophysical Union (AGU), member since 2005.

European Geophysical Union (EGS/EGU), member since 2005.