Subject Area
Marine Geology, Geophysics
Activities
Physics of the Seismic Source
· Study of the rupture process of recent and historical tsunamigenic earthquakes globally, focusing on kinematic parameters.
· Reconstruction of earthquake and tsunami source processes using non-linear single and joint inversions of geophysical data.
· Calculation of geodetic Green's functions and tsunami initial conditions via analytical models of cosismic deformation.
Tsunami Generation, Propagation, and Inundation Mechanisms
· Development and application of numerical methods for tsunami wave modeling: shallow water (COMCOT), Boussinesq (FUNWAVE), finite volumes (TSUNAMICLAW, GEOCLAW, HySEA), and weakly dispersive non-hydrostatic codes (NEOWAVE, JAGURS)
· Digitization of nautical charts and high-resolution bathymetric mesh construction.
Tsunami Hazard
National and regional scale analysis of earthquake-induced tsunami hazards, contributing to the first National Tsunami Hazard Map.
Tsunami Warning
Co-development and operational setup of the Italian Tsunami Alert Center (CAT) at INGV since 2012.
Skills
Physics of the Seismic Source
Tsunami Hazard
Tsunami Warning
