Graduated with honors in Civil Engineering for Land Protection and Territorial Planning in 1991 at the University of Udine.
Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Intersectoral Safety for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience at the University of Udine.
Director of SPRINT-Lab (Research Laboratory on Intersectoral Safety and Protection from Natural and Technological Risks) at the Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Udine.
Associate Professor of Applied Geophysics, teaching Applied Seismology for Engineering and Safety and Civil Protection in the MSc programs in Environmental and Civil Protection Engineering, and Safety Management and Resilience in the Master’s program in Law for Business and Public Administration Innovation at the University of Udine.
His research focuses on engineering applications for safety and emergency management, with particular emphasis on seismic risk and territorial resilience, through a holistic and intersectoral approach. This includes the development of decision support tools for safety, emergency response, and civil protection management.
Coordinator of numerous applied research projects on risk assessment and mitigation in complex systems, at both organizational and territorial levels. With decades of experience in safety management within the research and healthcare sectors, he has provided scientific coordination and consultancy on safety and emergency management to ministerial bodies and international institutions.
Served as Scientific Coordinator of the Special Task Force of the National Fire and Rescue Service (Vigili del Fuoco) for structural criticality assessment and the safeguarding of cultural heritage following the earthquakes in Abruzzo (2009), Emilia (2012), and Central Italy (2016).
Currently serves as Scientific Coordinator of the Technical-Scientific Committee for the Short Term Countermeasures System of the Italian National Fire and Rescue Service.
For UNESCO, coordinates international pilot projects (El Salvador, Indonesia, Laos, Peru, Haiti, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Dominican Republic, Bosnia) applying the VISUS methodology (developed by his research group at the University of Udine) ad adopted by UNESCO for school safety assessment and disaster resilience capacity building.
Scientific Director of the SERM Academy (International Training School for Safety and Emergency Response Management), a partnership between the Civil Protection of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the National Fire and Rescue Service, and the University of Udine. The Academy develops and tests innovative methodologies for safety and emergency management, with a particular focus on cross-border interoperability.
Coordinates the ResiliEnhance Platform, established with the support of the Central European Initiative (CEI), involving UNESCO Chairs, scientific institutions, and organizations working on disaster resilience within the CEI area. The platform aims to formulate recommendations to enhance disaster resilience as a key element of sustainable development.
Author of over 160 scientific and outreach publications on safety and prevention in territorial, civil, and industrial contexts.
Awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the President of the Republic for his scientific support to public institutions.