As a young earthquake scientist, I have a set of questions incessantly whirling in my head:
- What features of seismicity can be predicted? What accuracy and temporal horizon of prediction are possible?
- How can we set up a reliable physical model for seismic forecasting?
- What kind of variables have predictive power about large-scale behavior of fault systems?
- What is the role of past earthquakes in the occurrence of new ones?
- What is the relationship between slow geodetic patterns, weak/moderate seismicity and large earthquakes?
- What can the seismic response to stress perturbations tell us about the state of stability of crustal volumes?
- What is the relationship between tectonic setting, seismogenic source and hosted seismicity?
- What are the differences and similarities between in- and off-fault seismicity?
- How do ductile and brittle layers of the lithosphere interact?
- How accurate are seismic source parameters?
My scientific goal is to be helpful to give answers to them. Currently, my research activity is focused on the following topics:
- HAZARD PHYSICS FOR NATURAL & ENGINEERED SYSTEMS
- Statistical mechanics of complex, disordered and critical systems for geohazards;
- Seismic forecasting;
- Theoretical aspects of earthquake predictability;
- Avalanche dynamics;
- Earthquake Physics;
- Seismotectonics;
- Crustal deformation and its application to seismic hazard and tectonic processes;
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
- European Geosciences Union (EGU, 2021- )
- American Geophysical Union (AGU, 2022- )
- Seismological Society of America (SSA, 2023- )