CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION:
Since 2001 Full Professor of Solids and Structural Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, Italy
Since 2001 Research Associate at IMATI-CNR (Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies of the National Research Council), Pavia, Italy
EDUCATION:
1995 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Department of Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA
1991 Master of Science (M.S.), Department of Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA
1989 Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering cum laude, University of Napoli, Italy
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Since 2026 Member of Italian Academy of Engineering (ITATEC)
Since 2018 Member of Italian National Academy of Science (known also as Accademia dei XL)
2019 Eugenio Beltrami Prize for Senior Engineering Scientist Prize, M&MOCS International Research Center on Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (Italy)
2018 Theodore von Karman Fellowship for incoming scientists, RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
2016 Euler Medal by ECCOMAS (European Community of Computational Methods in Applied Sciences)
2015 San Siro Merit by Comune di Pavia
2012 Fellow Award by IACM (International Association for Computational Mechanics)
RESEARCH TOPICS (SELECTED):
• 3D printing: modeling of phenomena occurring during 3D printing at different scales and with different technologies, activation of a 3D printing lab with different technologies
• Mixed finite elements: development and analysis of finite element methods for Reissner-Mindlin plates, laminates, shells, locking problems in small and large deformation regimes
• Material constitutive modeling: static and dynamic response for low and high number of cycles (metals, polymers, rubbers), advanced materials (shape memory alloys and self-diagnosing materials)
• Biomechanics: constitutive laws for biological tissue, modeling and investigation of minimally invasive procedures (stenting) as well as invasive cardio-surgery procedures, generation of computational models from patient-specific medical images
• Fluid-structure interaction: mathematical modeling and applications to hydraulics and cardiovascular applications
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION: (according to Scopus, update on 16 April 2026)
Documents: 526, Article: 398, H-Index: 72, Citations: 18623, Citations excluding self-citations: 15713
RESEARCH/INSTITUTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS (SELECTED):
Since 2023 Coordinator of the Master Program on “Computational and Modeling Engineering for Materials, Structures, and Sustainable Technologies”
Since 2018 Member of the Executive Council of IACM
Since 2015 3D@UniPV proponent and coordinator of University of Pavia strategic thematic project on “Virtual Modeling and Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) for Advanced Materials”
2021-2026 President of ECCOMAS