Teaching

• 2025 – nowUniversity of Enna "Kore" — ItalyStructural Engineering (BSc) · Advanced Structural Design (MSc) · Maintenance and Conservation of Infrastructures (MSc)Taught in Italian. Department of Engineering and Architecture.
• 2023 – 2025Aarhus University — DenmarkSteel & Timber Structures (BSc) · Hybrid Structures (MSc) · Structures I – Elements & Joints (MSc) · Building Design (BSc)Taught in English. Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering.
• 2019 – 2023University of Kassel — GermanyStructural Design (BSc) · Timber Structures I & II (MSc)Taught in German. Chair of Timber Structures and Structural Rehabilitation.

Invited Lectures

• 06 May 2025
  Polytechnic University of Milan — Department ABC
  Guest lecture: "Design of CLT Structures subjected to Lateral Loads" — MSc in Architecture and Construction Engineering.
• 26 June 2023
  University of Enna "Kore" — Department of Engineering and Architecture
  Lecture: "Advanced Design of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Structures."
• 04–05 Oct 2023
  Training School — COST Action HELEN — Rothoblaas (Cortaccia)
  Invited speaker: "Holistic Design of Timber Connections."

Since 2017 I have supervised or co-supervised 5 PhD and 28 Bachelor's / Master's theses across universities in Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Portugal.

PhD Students

• Victor BelafonteCo-supervisorLateral behaviour of volumetric modular CLT structures.University of Minho · Supervisor: Prof. Jorge Branco
  2024 –
• Adriano Del FiolCo-supervisorDevelopment of AI-based design strategies for timber structures.University of Enna "Kore" · Supervisor: Prof. Marinella Fossetti
  2023 –
• Antonio AnsaloneCo-supervisorSeismic design and retrofitting of timber-concrete composite bridges with hysteretic devices.University of Kassel · Supervisor: Prof. Werner Seim
  2022 –
• Denise Li CavoliCo-supervisorAnalysis of reinforced-concrete structures strengthened with CLT panel infills.University of Enna "Kore" · Supervisor: Prof. Marinella Fossetti
  2021 – 2025
• Elisabetta Maria RuggeriCo-supervisorEffect of structural interactions on the lateral behaviour of cross-laminated timber structures.University of Enna "Kore" · Supervisor: Prof. Marinella Fossetti
  2019 – 2023