Education

• Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego, 2007
• M.S., Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego, 2005
• “Laurea” Degree, Civil Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 2002

Appointments

• Director, CITRIS Climate Initiative, CITRIS and The Banatao Institute, October 2021 – present
• Co-Director, UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center, July 2019 – present
• Professor, University of California Davis, July 2018 – present
• Associate Professor, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, August 2013 – August 2018
• Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, October 2007 – August 2013
• Research Assistant, University of California at San Diego, April 2002 – September 2007

Awards

• 2023     Environmental Faculty Fellow of the UC Davis Institute of the Environment.
• 2022     Best Paper Award for Research on Engineering Structures and Materials (RESM).
• 2022     Journal of Composites for Construction Editor’s Choice (June issue).
• 2022     Nominee for the UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Awards – Innovators of the Year.
• 2022     UC Davis Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award.
• 2022     UC Davis Staff Assembly and Academic Affairs Citation of Excellence 2021-2022 – Faculty & Staff Partnership Award.
• 2021     Journal of Bridge Engineering Editor’s Choice (December issue).
• 2021     UC Davis Faculty Fellow for the Academy of Graduate Student Well-Being (inaugural cohort).
• 2021     ASCE Outstanding Reviewer Award for Journal of Composites for Construction. 
• 2021     Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
• 2021     Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi, CA-Lambda Chapter.
• 2020     EMI Service Award, Distinguished service as Chair of the Dynamics Committee.
• 2020     ASCE Outstanding Reviewer Award for ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering.
• 2020     ASCE Sacramento Section Fredrick Panhost Structural Engineer Award.
• 2020     ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
• 2019     ASCE Outstanding Reviewer Award for Natural Hazards Review (ASCE).
• 2019     UC Davis ACCELERATE Fellowship.
• 2019     EMI Service Award, Chair of the 2018 Dynamics Committee Student Paper Competition.
• 2019     Fellow, Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI).
• 2019     Fellow, Structural Engineering Institute (SEI).
• 2019     EMI Delegate to Regions 8 and 9 Multi-Region Leadership Conference (MRLC).
• 2018     AISC Advancing Structural Steel Education Award.
• 2017     LSU Service award for “10 years of dedicated commitment and loyal service”.
• 2017     LSU College of Engineering Longwell Award for Instructor Excellence.
• 2017     Outstanding Reviewer for Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Elsevier).
• 2017     Outstanding Reviewer for Reliability Engineering and System Safety (Elsevier).
• 2017     Outstanding Reviewer for Structural Safety (Elsevier).
• 2017     Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Building Engineering (Elsevier).
• 2016     Outstanding Reviewer for Engineering Structures (Elsevier).
• 2016     Highly Cited Paper recognition, Structural Safety, Elsevier.
• 2012     Best Paper Award for Young Experts for the 12th International Symposium on Structural Engineering (ISSE-12).
• 2012     ASCE Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Journal of Structural Engineering.
• 2012     LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.
• 2011     ASCE Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Journal of Structural Engineering.
• 2011     Junior Research Prize in the area of Development of Methodologies for Structural Dynamics, European Association for Structural Dynamics (EASD).
• 2009     ASCE Moisseiff Award.
• 2007     Outstanding Alumni 2007, Department of Structural Engineering, UC San Diego.
• 2007     ICASP10 Overseas Student Scholarship.
• 1995-2000        “Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro” Fellowship.

Professional Licenses

• Professional Board of Engineers of Isernia (Italy), License # 371, 2002 – present
• Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering, Louisiana, License # 38978, 2014 – present

Professional Memberships

• AEI Member
• EMI Charter Member (Fellow)
• SEI Member (Fellow)
• AISC Educator Member
• ASCE Member (Fellow)
• Engineers Without Borders (EWB-USA) Member
• IALCCE Member
• IABMAS Member
• CERRA Member
• ACI Member
• IAWF Member
• ASME Member
• AAAS Member
• Tau Beta Pi, CA-Lambda Chapter, Eminent Engineer Member

Full CV available on requesto