Professional Appointments (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno)

• 11/2004–Present: Tenured Associate Professor of Mechanics of Solids and Structures.
• 11/2001–10/2004: Tenure-Track position of Associate Professor.
• 03/1993–10/2001: Tenured Assistant Professor of Mechanics of Solids and Structures.
• 03/1990–02/1993: Tenure-Track position of Assistant Professor.
• 01/1987–02/1990: Teaching Assistant and Research Scientist.

Visiting Positions
• 09/2005–02/2009: Visiting Associate in Aeronautics, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, USA.
• 08/1991–12/1991: Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.

Honors and Awards
• Fulbright Research Scholarship, California Institute of Technology, Sep. 2005 – Sep. 2006.
• Province of Salerno Scholarship. California Institute of Technology, Aug. 2008 – Jan. 2009
• Italian National Research Council (CNR) Scholarship, California Institute of Technology, Oct. 2006.
• Distinguished Graduate Student Award, Celebrations for the 20th Anniversary of the Engineering Faculty, University of Salerno, Jul. 2003.
• Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) Scholarship, Virginia Tech, Aug.-Dec. 1991.
• Special Mention of Honor for Scientific Interest of the Thesis and Publication, Dec. 1986.


Professional Activities (University of Salerno)
• Supervisor of the Laboratory for Parallel Computing (LAPC) of the Inter-University Centre for Risk Prediction and Prevention (CUGRI).
• Senior Researcher: Structural Engineering and Injury Biomechanics Laboratories.
• Advisor and Lecturer for the Ph.D. Program in Structural Engineering.
• Delegate for Regulation Affairs, Civil and Environmental Engineering Academic Division.
• Member of the Commission for Equal Opportunity Programs, Civil and Environmental Engineering Academic Division.
• Consultant Engineer for the Engineering Development Offices at the University of Salerno.
• Relations manager between the University of Salerno and the city of Avellino.

Professional Memberships
• International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
• International Society of Mesomechanics (ISM).
• European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH).
• European Research Center “Laboratoire Lagrange”.
• Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA).
• Italian Association for Stress Analysis (AIAS).
• United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)
• Board Member – Association of Engineers of the Province of Avellino, Italy.