EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering (statutory period equal to three years), taken with a score of 110/110 cum laude at the Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma (Italy) on 21st February 2008.
Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering (statutory period equal to two years), taken with a score of 110/110 cum laude at the Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma (Italy) on 7th July 2010.
Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics at the University of Parma in April 2015. Ph.D. Thesis entitled: “Mechanical modelling of short fibre-reinforced materials under static and cyclic loading”.
Winner of a Research Fellowships at the Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma from April 2016 to October 2018.
Eligible for Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (Italian Scientific Habilitation) - in accordance with the Article 16 of Law 30 December 2010, No. 240 on the functions of second-level university professor (Associate Professor) in the Competition Sector 08/B2 - Structural Mechanics. Enabling validity: from 01/10/2018 to 01/10/2027.
Assistant Professor t.d. - full time (art. 24 c.3-a L. 240/10) at the Department of Engineering of the University of Naples “Parthenope” from August 2019 to October 2022.
Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil, related to the post-gradute program in Mechanical Engineeirng (PROMEC) from 29th October to 3rd December 2021, helding the course entitled “On the fracture toughness of traditional and advanced materials” (online due to COVID-19 pandemic).
Member of the Faculties Board of the PhD 37th and 38th Cycles in “Civil Engineering and Architecture” at the University of Parma from November 2021 (https://dia.unipr.it/it/Faculties_Board).
TC3 Treasurer (Technical Committee No.3 “Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures”) of ESIS (European Structural Integrity Society), since September 2022.
Eligible for Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (Italian Scientific Habilitation) - in accordance with the Article 18 of Law 30 December 2010, No. 240 on the functions of first-level university professor (Full Professor) in the Competition Sector 08/B2 - Structural Mechanics. Enabling validity: from 27th September 2022 to 27th September 2023.
Laboratory Technician at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma from Noveber 2022 (Decreto Direttorale Rep. n. 1838/2022, prot. 189514 - 18.07.2022).
Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF) since Febbruary 2023 (https://www.gruppofrattura.eu/about-us/exco).
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Holder of the Course “Teaching of Fundamentals of Material Science” (6CFU) for students of Sector A033 of the Tirocinio Formativo Attivo-TFA (the italian habilitation to teach Thecnology course at secondary school) at the Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma, from January 2015 to September 2015.
Holder of the Course “Building safety analysis – Mod. B” (6CFU) for students of Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Risk Mitigation at the Department of Engineering, University of Naples Parthenope from a.y. 2020-2021.
Co-Holder of the Course “Rational Mechanics” (3CFU) for students of Bachelor’s Degree in for students of Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Risk Mitigation at the Department of Engineering, University of Naples Parthenope in a.y. 2019-2020.