Staff

Research Interests:

I am a structural geologist, and my research focuses on active tectonic settings where the interplay between deep and shallow processes can be explored. My main interests can be summarised in:

• Active tectonics
• Fault monitoring
• Earthquake geology
• Tectonic geomorphology (morphotectonics)
• Paleoseismology

Career:

Post-doctoral research fellow, GFZ-Potsdam  —  April 2019-present

Sessional lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London, UK  —  2018

Teaching Assistant, Royal Holloway University of London, UK  —  2013-2018

Education:

Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

M.Sc. in Geosciences, University of Turin, Italy

B.Sc. in Geological Sciences, University of Turin, Italy

Projects:

Active projects:

- AArTe | Aegean to Adria Tectonics: Establishing a multi-disciplinary active tectonic framework at the transition between Adria collision and Aegean extension (2025-2027; DFG Project number 560303056)

- Tectonics and recent kinematics of the Kefalonia-Lefkada transform fault zone, Greece (2021-2026)

- Etna CREEP - onshore Creepmeter monitoring of the unstable SE flank of Mount Etna, Italy (2021-2026)

Check also the research initiatives on Mt. Etna (FlankEd), and a glimpse of our analogue experiments in collaboration with the University of Roma Tre (KefaTear).

Past projects:

- EAT: Eastern Adria Tectonics. The tectonic evolution of the eastern Adriatic margin: understanding the implications of subduction of the Ocean-to-Continent transition in terms of surface deformation and seismic hazard in Albania, North Macedonia, and Greece (2022-2025)

- Morphotectonics and numerical modelling of marine terraces and river profile evolution at subduction margins (2019-2022)

- Active tectonics and Paleoseismology in NW Pamir and landscape response to deep-Earth processes in Hindu Kush (2020-2022)

Are you interested in doing a collaboration, or looking for a BSc or MSc project on active tectonics? Contact me!