Eucentre is a non-profit private law foundation whose mission is to conduct research and provide training and services in earthquake and safety engineering 
Eucentre promotes science, research and innovation for the benefit of the community, offering targeted methodologies and concrete solutions for prevention, safety and resilience. It collaborates with institutions and companies to disseminate competencies for the common good.
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Eucentre carries out research activities in earthquake engineering and risk reduction through laboratory testing and numerical analysis, aiming to improve the seismic performance of structures and soils and to develop innovative seismic retrofitting techniques.
The Foundation promotes diverse and high-quality training activities aimed at academic and professional contexts, with constantly updated and innovative programs and initiatives designed to meet the evolving needs of the sector and society 
Eucentre ensures communication aimed at informing institutions, professionals, and citizens about ongoing activities and projects, with the goal of disseminating useful and accessible content and knowledge. It contributes to promoting a shared and informed culture of prevention and resilience.
She joined Eucentre in September 2004 after spending a long period abroad. She covers a Head Researcher position and is Head of Risk Scenarios Department.
She graduated in Civil Engineering with Structures specialisation in July 1995.
The same year she started a PhD in earthquake engineering at “Politecnico di Milano”, where she was conferred the title of Doctor in Earthquake Engineering in February 1999.
After the PhD she spent 10 months at Imperial College London as a Post Doctorate, followed by a two years appointment as a Senior Engineer at EQE International ltd. (actually ABS Consultancy) in the UK, and finally from 2002 to 2004 she worked as a Stress Analyst for WTI GmbH in Jülich, Germany.
Her main research interests are (i) evaluation of earthquake risk at urban or regional scale of structures and infrastructures, (ii) implementation of mechanics based methods for the definition of seismic vulnerability, (iii) modelling of behaviour of structures subjected to seismic loads, (iv) implementation of simplified analysis methods to be adopted when detailed analyses cannot be afforded for lack of data or to heavy computational effort.
