PhD Programme in Earthquake Engineering, Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE) Programme, Understanding and Managing Extremes (UME) School, University Institute for Advanced Studies (IUSS), Pavia, Italy, 2011

Specialization in Geotechnics for Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico – School of Engineering of the Univ. of Lisbon (IST-UL), National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) and Faculty of Science and Technology of the New Univ. of Lisbon (FCT-UNL), Portugal, 2005

MSc Programme in Structural Engineering (2-year degree), IST-UL, Portugal, 2005

Licence Programme in Civil Engineering (5-year degree), major in Structures, IST-UL, Portugal, 2001

FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES

Senior Researcher/Head of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Unit (NESDE), Department of Structures (DE), LNEC, since 2023

Expert, World Bank and European Commission, since 2021

Member of the Executive Committee of EFEHR consortium (European Facilities for Earthquake Hazard and Risk, part of EPOS ERIC – http://www.efehr.org/en/home), since 2019

Assistant Researcher, LNEC/DE/NESDE, 2018-2023

Technical Secretary of CEN/TC250/SC8 (responsible for the Eurocode 8 development), since 2015

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, LNEC/DE/NESDE, 2013-2018

Invited Lecturer, ROSE Programme, UME School, IUSS Pavia, Italy, since 2013

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dep. of Structural Mechanics, Univ. Pavia, Italy, 2012

Researcher, European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE), Pavia, Italy, 2008-2012

Doctoral Research Fellow, ROSE Programme, UME School, IUSS Pavia, Italy, 2007-2011

Researcher, structural designer and invited lecturer, 1999-2007

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST

Seismic risk and structural vulnerability/fragility assessment and mitigation

Seismic design and code development for structural and seismic design

Experimental assessment of the seismic response of structures

Development of material and geometrically nonlinear numerical models

Soil-structure interaction and ground response analysis

System identification, model updating and operational modal analysis

ACTIVITY

Leads the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Unit, coordinating LNEC’s activities in that field, with a dedicated and highly qualified team for carrying out advanced studies, applied research and physical and numerical modelling, covering topics ranging from the seismic action generation to the assessment of seismic behaviour, infrastructure reliability and risk, as well as its management and mitigation in the built heritage.

Dedicated to the development of seismic risk and structural vulnerability studies, regulations for structural and geotechnical design, as well as the assessment of structural performance based on numerical modelling and intense experimental activity both in laboratory and in situ.

Has developed advanced tools for the numerical analysis of structures and innovative methodologies for experimental testing. Responsible for various studies and scientific research projects in the field of earthquake engineering and seismic risk. Also, an experienced structural designer, having worked as design engineer for several years, and a regular consultant for the World Bank and the European Commission.

Currently serves as Technical Secretary of Sub-Committee 8 (Eurocode 8) of Technical Committee 250 (Structural Eurocodes) of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN/TC250/SC8), being also a member of various Working Groups in this field, actively collaborating in the development of European structural design codes.

Member of the Executive Committee of the EFEHR Consortium (European Facilities for Earthquake Hazard and Risk), responsible for maintaining and developing European seismic hazard and risk models.

Received several scientific awards and delivered invited lectures at various technical and scientific events, being author of a large number of technical and scientific publications and reports and supervising relevant postgraduate work. Regularly invited to lecture at national and international universities, having been a lecturer at the university for several years.