Education

2013    PhD in “Engineering of Civil and Mechanical Structural Systems", University of Trento, Italy. 

2012    PhD exchange student at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

2009    Master in Civil Engineering, University of Trento, Italy

Academic career and teaching activities

ACADEMIC POSITION

2022 – to date  Associate Professor, University of Trento, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Italy

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2021- 2022      Academic Visitor within the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering at Loughborough University (UK)

2016 – 2022     Assistant Professor, University of Trento, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Italy

TEACHING ACTIVITIES  

2021 – to date  Lecturer of “Timber Constructions” for the Master’s degree courses in Civil Engineering (course leader) and in Building Engineering/Architecture, University of Trento, Italy

2021 – 2022    Lecturer of “Timber Structures” module, School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, UK

2021  - to date Member of the Examining Committee for “Corsi di formazione e Aggiornamento del Direttore Tecnico della Produzione”,  Corsi ai sensi del d.m. 17.01.2018, approvati dal Servizio Tecnico Centrale del Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici

2018    Teacher and organizer of the PhD course “Vulnerability of existing structures in earthquake-prone areas and the role of timber”, Doctoral School in Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy 

2017 – to date  Lecturer of “Structural Rehabilitation” for the Master’s degree courses in Civil Engineering (course leader) and in Building Engineering/Architecture (course leader), University of Trento, Italy

2010 – 2016    Teaching assistant (lecturing and tutoring) in “Structural Rehabilitation” for the Master’s degree courses in Civil Engineering and in Building Engineering/Architecture, University of Trento, Italy 

2016    Teacher at the PhD course “Wood as construction material” Doctoral School in Architecture, Building Engineering and Built Environment. Politecnico di Milano, Italy  

2014    Teacher at the “Training School on Reinforcement of Timber Structures” (post-graduate/doctoral school), National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

Memberships in societies and scientific committees

2023 – to date MEMBER of the Scientific Committee for the “Corsi di formazione e Aggiornamento del Direttore Tecnico della Produzione”,  courses in accordance with the Ministerial Decree 17.01.2018, approved by Servizio Tecnico Centrale del Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici

2023 – to date Regional Delegate for AssIRCCo, “Italian Association for the Recovery and Consolidation of Constructions” (Associazione Italiana Recupero Consolidamento Costruzioni), Rome.

2022 – to date Member of the RILEM Technical Committee “TPT: Tests methods for a reliable characterization of resistance, stiffness and deformation properties of timber joints”. RILEM - International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures 

2022 – to date Member of the standard committee: CEN/TC 250/SC 05/WG 08 “Eurocode 5; Design of timber structures”, “Seismic design”, European Committee for Standardization – Bruxelles, Belgium

2022 – to date Member of the standard committee: CEN/TC 250/SC 08/WG 03 “Eurocode 8; Earthquake resistance design of structures”, “Timber” European Committee for Standardization – Bruxelles, Belgium

2021 – to date Member of standard committees: UNI/CT 021 “Ingegneria strutturale”, UNI/CT 021/SC 05 “Strutture di legno”, UNI/CT 021/SC 08 “Strutture in zone sismiche”, UNI/CT 021/GL08 “Monitoraggio delle Strutture”. Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (Italian national body for standards unification) – Milan/Rome, Italy

2015 – to date  Associate Member of the Committee for the updating of Standard ASCE/SEI 41 Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings. American Society of Civil Engineers – Virginia, United States of America

Awards and honours

2023    “Outstanding Paper Award – 14th North American Masonry Conference” The Masonry Society (US)

2015    “2015 Otto Goglau Award”, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZ).                       

Conferences and lectures

2022   Member of the Scientific Committee of the SHATIS Conference International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures

2016 – to date   Member of the Organizing Committee of the “Forum Internazionale dell’Edilizia in Legno”, an annual international conference on timber constructions.

2013    Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd SHATIS Conference - International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures, Trento, Italy