Research Interests:

• Ground Motion Prediction Equations for seismic hazard assessment
• Spectral analysis of source, propagation, and site effects
  
• Empirical assessment of local amplification effects
• Seismic early warning and building monitoring
  

Career:

• 09/2014-ongoing Senior Scientist at GFZ, Seismic Hazard and Risk dynamics Section
• 01/2012-08/2014 Scientist at GFZ, Early Warning Centre (EU-FP7 project REAKT)
• 02/2010-12/2011 Scientist at GFZ, Section 2.1 (CEDIM and Earthquake Model Central Asia project)
• 01/2009-12/2009 Visiting Scientist at GFZ, Section 2.1 (BMBF project CASCADE)
• 03/2002-12/2009 Scientist at INGV (Italy)
• 01/2000-02/2002 Assistant researcher, Uni-Genova (Italy) (Ministry of Education project on Medical Imaging)
  

Education:

• 1996-1999 PhD in Geophysics, University of Genova, Italy
• 1989-1996 BSc and Master in Physics, University of Genova, Italy

Projects:

• SERA - The Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure Alliance for Europe
• URBASIS EU - New challenges for Urban Engineering Seismology