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Earthquakes represent a major threat for the built environment and for the safety of people. My research activities focus on understanding the seismic vulnerability of structures, to propose new design procedures and develop mitigation strategies for existing constructions, in particular Cultural Heritage buildings. To this end, I carry out on-site tests with several non- and minor-destructive techniques, including tests for the dynamic identification of buildings. I use monitoring systems, both traditional on-site SHM and satellite MT-InSAR techniques, for assessing the health condition of buildings and monuments. These results are used to calibrate numerical models for the analysis of structural behavior and the assessment of seismic vulnerability. I also work on developing and evaluating the effectiveness of techniques aimed at reducing seismic vulnerability. Starting from the seismic response analyses of single and clustered buildings, I moved to the seismic vulnerability assessment of urban centres and, more recently, to the seismic risk assessment at a territorial scale. In this field, I actively contributed to the first “National Risk Assessment” delivered by the Department of Civil Protection in 2018, and I am working on the subsequent three-year updates of the same document. In my work, I have many collaborations with the DPC, as well as ReLUIS, the Ministry of Culture, and many other public administrations and private companies. I also have many collaborations with research institutions abroad, in particular in Israel and in China.

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