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Earthquake Seismologist
While I was studying for my geology degree at the University of Camerino, I was lucky enough to see an erupting volcano in Stromboli. I decided from that moment on to study earthquakes. I am a manager at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) where I specialise in observational seismology, studying the structure, geometry and mechanics of active faults, the spatiotemporal characteristics of seismicity and the physical processes controlling faulting and earthquake generation. I am very interested in the relationship between crustal seismological faults identified by seismicity distribution and geological faults mapped at the surface, working on problems of fault interaction and earthquake triggering. The main elements of my research are catalogues of instrumental earthquakes characterised by high-resolution location. More recently, I have become particularly fascinated in earthquake nucleation process and fluid involvement in faulting and seismicity pattern evolution linked to the idea that crustal faults are complex natural systems whose mechanical properties evolve over time. So, I realised that a better understanding of the multi-scale, physical/chemical processes responsible for earthquakes and faulting would have required considering phenomena that intersect different research fields. This is why I have spent the last few years of my career building The Alto Tiberina Near Fault Observatory (TABOO), an innovative research infrastructure based on dense, state of the art networks of multi-parametric sensors that continuously monitor the underlying earth instability processes over a broad time interval. A little bit more about me
I was born in a tiny countryside village called Valle Cascia in the Marche, Central Italy. I now live in Rome, a big and wild city where I survive by looking up at the sky. I love Laura and I love Zoe. I love nature, chilli pepper and playing football, these are just a few of ...my favourite things. 
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