Curriculum vitae
Professional Experience
2023 - present: Scientist, CMCC Foundation - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Bologna, Italy.
2022 - present: External collaborator, Zanichelli Editore (physics editorial team), Bologna, Italy.
2022-2023: Professor (physics), Liceo Scientifico Augusto Righi, Bologna, Italy.
2019 - 2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, CA, USA.
2017 - 2019: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, NJ, USA.
2015 - 2017: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, NY, USA.
Education
2011-2014: PhD in Geophysics, with the most honorable mention (très honorable). Marie Skłodowska-Curie Ph.D. student within the E.U. Initial Training Network QUEST. Dual degree obtained at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France) and the Università di Bologna (Italy).
2008-2010: Master Degree in Physics (Geophysics) at the Università di Bologna (Italy). Graduated with honors (110/110 cum laude).
2005-2008: Bachelor Degree in Physics at the Università di Bologna (Italy). Graduated with honors (110/110 cum laude).
Awards and Honors
2021: Italian National Habilitation to the university professorship, Associate Professor level (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore universitario di seconda fascia) awarded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
Academic fields:
(04/A4) Geophysics (valid until 12/04/2032);
(02/C1) Astronomy, astrophysics, physics of the Earth and planets (valid until 29/03/2032).
2020. Gabilan Faculty Fellowship by the Provost office at Stanford University to "support the advancement of faculty women in science".
2018. Blavatnik Postdoctoral Award for Young Scientists by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences. Recognized for "Contributions to the field of geophysics and seismology that have revolutionized our understanding of what globally detectable seismic background signals can tell scientists about environmental processes, such as hurricanes and landslides." [ highlight on the Blavatnik website ] [Annuncement of all honorees] [ video interview ]
2017. Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award by the American Geophysical Union. To an "outstanding, early career seismologist in recognition of scientific accomplishments in the fields of seismology". [ AGU citation & response ] [ award presentation at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting (video) ]
2016. Laura Bassi Young Scientist Award by the Italian Physical Society (Società Italiana di Fisica, SIF). Award given to one scientist each year for "outstanding scientific work and accomplishments" in the seven years since their M.Sc. graduation. [ award presentation at the 2016 SIF congress ]
2014. Claudio Bonivento Scientific Research Award by the Università di Bologna. PhD thesis award for "scientific quality and originality". [ award presentation at the Università di Bologna ]
2012. Outstanding Student Presentation Award, Third International QUEST Workshop,Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia. [ talk pdf (QUEST website) ]
Fellowships and Grants
2020. National Science Foundation, Research grant, "Seafloor seismology with a fiber optic array in Monterey Bay (SEAFOAM)''. PI: Lucia Gualtieri.
2020. Stanford University, Research grant (link), "Taking the pulse of cities with fiber-optic seismology". PI: B. Biondi, co-PIs: J. Baker, H. Y. Noh, L. Gualtieri, G. Beroza.
2018. Blavatnik Family Foundation and New York Academy of Sciences, Blavatnik Postdoctoral Award discretionary grant for Young Scientists.
2017. European Commission, Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, "Seismic Ambient Noise as a proxy to investigate ICE in polar regions" (grant #747805). (Declined).
2016. European Geosciences Union, Workshop Proposal grant, “Build Your Science and Career in Seismology”, with L. Parisi and M. Mai, held at the University of Oxford.
2016. Brinson Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Grant, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, NY.
2016. Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Travel Grant to attend the 2016 IRIS Workshop, Vancouver, WA.
2015. Brinson Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Grant, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, NY.
2014. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Earth, Environmental, and Ocean Sciences.
2014. ETH Zürich, Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined).
2011. Quantitative Estimation of Earth’s Seismic Sources and Structure (QUEST), Marie Curie Doctoral Fellowship within the QUEST International Training Network.