Short vita:

• Professor of Structural Mechanics (Scienza delle Costruzioni), SISSA (since 2002)
• Director of the research group Multiscale Phenomena in Materials at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (1998-2003)
• Ricercatore, Università di Roma Tor Vergata (1990-1998)
• Post-doctoral Associate, Carnegie Mellon University (1993-1994)
• PhD in Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 1992
• Laurea in Ingegneria Civile, Università di Napoli Federico II, 1987

Research Interests

• Mechanics of Soft and Biological Matter
• Liquid Crystal Elastomers
• Magnetic Microstructures
• Multiscale phenomena in materials
• Nonlinear Elasticity, Plasticity, and Damage
• Thin Films

Labs

• SISSA mathLab
• SAMBA: sensing and moving bio-inspired artifacts

News and Events

• News
• Seminars
• Conferences and Workshops

Links and Resources

• ERC Advanced Grant 340685 MicroMotility
• Research networks
• Teaching
• CISM: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences

Downloads

• CV and list of publications
• Lecture Notes
• Restricted Area (password protected)

Last updated: August 1, 2024

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