Philosophiae Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Renovation of historic and contemporary buildings, University of Brescia, Italy. Thesis: “Holistic renovation of the existing RC buildings: a framework for possible integrated structural interventions”, defended on April 29, 2016.
Her primary research interest is the sustainability of the built environment, in a broader sense including safety and resilience. Starting from an in-depth knowledge of the structural design of various building types and their seismic vulnerabilities, she has contributed to the development of structural reinforcement solutions (dissipative, super-resilient or adaptive) that could be integrated into holistic rehabilitation interventions of existing buildings, such as exoskeleton interventions conducted from the outside. With the aim of increasing the sustainability of the built environment, these solutions were conceived on the basis of a Life Cycle Thinking approach (e.g. dry, prefabricated, repairable, demountable, flexible, adaptive solutions) in order to reduce the environmental and economic impacts of buildings throughout their life cycle. She contributed to the development of a multi-performance based design framework for the design of integrated solutions based on a LCT approach, including a protocol for evaluating the residual life of reinforced concrete structures, multi-criteria decision making tools for the preliminary assessment of alternative solutions, new performance objectives redefined in LCT terms, and simplified tools for the calculation of environmental impacts (based on EPDs) and life cycle costs.
Co-author of about 40 publications, including 16 international journal papers, speaker to many national and international conferences (Orcid: 0000-0002-6370-8992; Scopus: 57190660879).