Geophyisicist

Degree in Physics “cum laude”, University of Naples “Federico II”

1990-1991: Fellowship in Geophyisics, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica
1992: Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory
1993-2000: Research Fellow, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica
2001-2024: Senior Researches, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
2021-2022: Contract Professor, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Earth Physics (Enviromental Science course) e Geophyisics (Physics course),

Present: Full Professor, University of Camerino, School of Science and Technology, Geology Division

Author of about 100 scientific papers, in geophysics, seismic risk perception and communication, science outreach. Research topics:
– direct and inverse modeling of seismograms for the study of kinematic and dynamic characteristics of the seismic source (earthquakes, landslides, tsunami, …) and the structure of the Earth’s interior (crust, upper and lower mantle, outer core)
– broadband seismology, static surface displacement from seismogram analysis;
– historical instrumental seismology
– seismic risk perception
– seismic risk communication
– science outreach

Member of the Board of Directors of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, 2011-2019 (two four-year terms).
He has been scientific responsible of the MedNet Laboratory MedNet, the broadband seismic network for the Mediterranean, and of the institutional relations with cooperating countries, and member of the Executive Committee of “Observatories & Research Facilities for European Seismology” (ORFEUS), non-profit foundation to coordinate and promote digital, broadband seismology in the European-Mediterranean area.