Role
Research Associate at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) and Coordinator of the multidisciplinary activities of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Documentation of Extreme Events and Disasters (EEDIS). Former Research Director at the INGV headquarters in Bologna.
Bio
A medieval historian by training (University of Bologna) and historical seismologist, for over thirty years she has conducted historical research on earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions in Italy and the Mediterranean region, applying the results to Earth Sciences (seismology, volcanology, and climatology) and the history of engineering. She has conducted and continues to conduct research as a national project manager and as a scholar. She was scientific director of the research company SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente (History of Geophysics and Environment) in Bologna (1983-2006), then a tenured research director at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) until 2011. Since 2012, she has coordinated the multidisciplinary activities of EEDIs (Extreme Events and Disasters, Euro-Mediterranean Documentation Center), aimed at both scientific dissemination and new research. A consultant to the IAEA ( International Atomic Energy Agency – UN) for seismicity in North Africa and Armenia, she has contributed to improving knowledge of the seismic hazard in these areas with specific research and related publications. Committed to the crucial issue of risk from extreme natural events and the study of their long-term impacts, she has written several popular science books that have entered the national debate.