Experience and competence

Research topics concern the experimental study and modelling of the mechanical behaviour of existing structures, with focus on knowledge procedures, building materials and intervention techniques, and seismic vulnerability of masonry buildings, historical city centres and archaeological sites. She teaches in MSc and doctorate courses since 2000. She is member of SIRA (Italian society for restoration of architecture), and of several international technical committees and research groups, among which UNI, CEN, RILEM and ACI. Rilem awarded her with the ‘Robert l’Hermite’ medal in 2005 and as Rilem fellow in 2015. She is also member of the inter-departmental research centres CIBA (Study and conservation of archaeological, architectural and artistic heritage), CIRCE (Centre of investigation of cement materials and hydraulic binders), and CIPAR (China-Italy international research centre for protection of historical architectures and cultural relics). She has been visitor scientist at the Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer-Sheeva (Israel), Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, University of Nagoya City (Japan), and University of Colorado at Boulder (US). She is author and co-author of more than 350 publications.