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Academic Career and Positions

  • Full Professor at the University of Ferrara, Department of Engineering, effective from November 1, 2025.
  • Coordinator of the Degree Courses (CdS) L-7 and LM-23 since November 1, 2021.
  • Previously served as an Associate Professor (2014–2024) and University Researcher (2006–2014) at the University of Ferrara.
  • Research fellow at the Department of Engineering in Ferrara from 2001 to 2005.

Education and Training

  • PhD in Materials and Structures Engineering (2001) from the University of Trento, with a thesis on "Enhanced Computational Nonlocal Models For Damaging Materials".
  • Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering (1996) from the University of Ferrara, graduated with 110/110 honors (Lode).
  • Qualified as a Professional Civil Engineer in 1997.
  • Conducted research abroad at the Laboratoire Sols Solides Structures, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, between 1999 and 2001.

Research Fields

The main research themes include:

  • Nonlocal models for elasto-damaging and elasto-fracturing materials.
  • Numerical techniques such as XFEM (eXtended Finite Element Method) for simulating thin interfaces and carbon nanotubes in aerospace engineering.
  • Mechanobiology models for cell-extracelluar matrix interaction.
  • Multi-risk territorial models related to climate change.

Scientific Impact and Publications

  • Publications: 52 articles in international journals, 95 conference contributions, and 3 monographs.
  • Bibliometric Indices:
    • Scopus: 72 works, 1,316 citations, h-index 21.
    • Google Scholar: 1,751 citations, h-index 24.
  • Consistently received "Excellent" evaluations in the VQR (Evaluation of Research Quality) campaigns for 2011, 2014, and 2019.

Research Grants and Leadership

  • Principal Investigator (PI) and Leader of international projects:
    • PMO-GATE (INTERREG IT-HR): 1.4 million EUR.
    • STRENGTH (INTERREG IT-HR): 1.8 million EUR.
  • Local Coordinator (UNIFE) for national PRIN projects in 2015 and 2017 focusing on mechanobiology and metamaterials.

Conferences and Editorial Activity

  • Organizer: Chair of the organizing committee for XDMS 2015 and GIMC XII-GMA IX in Ferrara.
  • Invited Speaker: Keynote speaker at ECCM 2010 (Paris) and CFRAC 2013 (Prague); Plenary lecture at XFEM 2013 (Lyon).
  • Editorial Boards: Member of the editorial boards for Mathematical Problems in Engineering (HINDAWI), Mathematics (MDPI), and Associate Editor for Frontiers in Built Environment.
  • Reviewer: Frequent reviewer for top-tier journals such as Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and the International Journal of Solids and Structures.

Teaching and Institutional Roles

  • Current Teaching: Instructor for Solid and Structural Mechanics (Scienza delle Costruzioni) and the Computational Mechanics Laboratory.
  • Supervision: Responsible for over 10 research grants, 5 research scholarships, and more than 70 Bachelor's and Master's theses.
  • Institutional: President of the Review Group and the SUA-CdS revision commission for Civil Engineering programs since 2021.
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