Master degree in Construction Engineering at the University of Palermo on 15/11/2010
PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Palermo on 7/3/2016 with the thesis “3D fractional viscoelasticity with applications to structural engineering”.
Visiting PhD Student at the “Department of Engineering Science”, University of Oxford, Oxford (UK), from October 2014 to September 2015.
Postdoc at the University of Enna “Kore”, Department of Engineering and Architecture, from April 2017 to February 2018.
Postdoc at the University of Palermo, ATeN Center from February 2018 to September 2018.
Postdoc at the Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), June-July 2019.
Researcher at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM, from August 2019 to July 2022.
Assistant professor at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM, from December 2022.
Italian National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Solid and Structural Mechanics attained in 13/11/2020.
Co-author of 36 scientific paper in international journal.
Research interests: solid and structural mechanics, dynamics of structures, dynamics of floating and fixed wind turbines, micro-/nanomechanics, metamaterials, seismic engineering, finite element method, viscoelasticity, experimental dynamics, biomechanics.