Our Research Team is made of Members with expertise in different fields, and great teamwork affinity and skills.
Alessandro Maria Michetti
Full Professor
My research is focused on the reconstruction of the recent landscape evolution in order to define geological criteria for assessing natural hazards, in particular related to strong earthquakes. I am interested in the study of coseismic environmental effectsand their use as diagnostic indicators of the degree of macroseismic intensity.
To know more about my research activity, visit my Research Gate page.
To contact me, write at: alessandro.michetti@uninsubria.it
Franz Livio
Associate Professor
My main research fields are paleoseismologyand active tectonics. Earthquake geology needs a multidisciplinary approach relying on seismic reflection data interpretation, tectonic geomorphology, remote sensing, field survey and trenching; so I gained a little of expertize on each of these discipline!
To know more about my research activity, visit my Scopus profile or my personal webpage.
To contact me, write at: franz.livio@uninsubria.it or tweet me!
Maria Francesca Ferrario
Researcher
My research mainly regards the analysis of earthquake effectson the Earth’s surface for mitigating seismic risk, with a particular interest in sequences of moderate-to-strong earthquakes. I integrate information about surface and subsurface geology obtained through core drillingsand geotechnical probeswith GIS mapping, hydrogeological and environmental monitoring.
To know more about my research activity, visit my Scopus profile or my Research Gate page.
To contact me, write at: francesca.ferrario@uninsubria.it
Giorgio Tringali
Post-doc
My research involves several fields of geology including structural geology, active tectonics, geodynamics, applied geophysics, volcanology, geological survey and GIS mapping. My PhD project concerns the study of volcano-tectonic earthquakes and the relative surface faulting on Mt. Etna. In particular the project is focused on the links between volcanism and active tectonics with the aim of assessing geological hazards for associated risk reduction on Mt. Etna and others volcano-tectonic environments.
To know more about my research activity, visit my ResearchGate profile.
To contact me, write at: gtringali@uninsubria.it
Marco Pizza
PhD
My research is mainly focused on the study of surface faulting in the Mediterranean tectonic context, in particular the Italian context. Other important topics in my research are the study of seismoinduced environmental effects and the resilience of territories affected by strong earthquakes.
To know more about my research activity, visit my ResearchGate profile.
To contact me, write at: m.pizza@uninsubria.it
Michela Colombo
PhD
To contact me, write at: m.colombo56@uninsubria.it
Alberto Mariani
PhD student
I’m a civil engineer for risk mitigation and an avalanche forecaster, and I have work and research experience in the Alps and in the Arctic. My research, focused on snow avalanches and hazard mapping, allow me to merge my main research interest with my passion for mountain and snow. Among the goal of my PhD project there is the exploration of SAR remote sensing for snow, avalanches and cryosphere monitoring. This will be done also trough field activities conducted in Livigno (SO), where I’m based, and abroad. The final goal will be the merging of different multidisciplinary knowledge to improve avalanche hazard mapping, fundamental for land use planning as well as for operative avalanche risk mitigation, especially in remote and poorly monitored areas.
To contact me, write at: amariani11@uninsubria.it