Since 2007 he is associate professor of Solid and Structural Mehcnics at the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (DISG) of Sapienza University of Rome; since 2015 he is qualified as full professor in the same scientific area. Graduated in Civil Engineering at Sapienza, he received a MS in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from DISG. His research interests are in the dynamics and morphology of structural systems. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (Sage), reviewer of the major international journals in the field of structural dynamics, member of the board of Diamonds srl, Spin-Off of Sapienza for diagnostics and monitoring of structures. Author of more than 70 peer reviewed publications, he gave invited seminars at MIT, Technion IIT, CISM, TU Wien, University of Aberdeen, University of Southern California. Recently funded projects as PI are: "The Flaminio Stadium by Pier Luigi and Antonio Nervi in Rome: an interdisciplinary conservation plan”, 2017-2018; "Innovative integrated approaches for damage identification in buildings", 2016-2017.