I design and perform rock deformation experiments: rotary shear friction tests to investigate the physics behind earthquake rupture propagation, permeability measurements to estimate hydraulic properties. Proficient in Matlab and Python. I authored 19 peer reviewed publications (Web of Science Core Collection).
Contract Researcher,
Feb, 2022 - Oct, 20242 years 8 months
Studies fault seismic reactivation by pore fluid injection.
Was team member of ERC-SyG-FEAR project.
Developed novel laboratory friction tests and data schemas.
Attempts upscaling with numerical models.
Post Doctoral Researcher,
Oct, 2018 - Feb, 20223 years 4 months
Studies fault seismic dynamic weakening processes.
Was team member of ERC-CoG-NOFEAR and then of ERC-SyG-FEAR projects.
Developed novel laboratory friction tests.
Collaborated to measure temperature with innovative techniques.
Post Graduate Researcher,
Jan, 2018 - Sep, 20188 months
Studies dynamic weakening processes during earthquake and landslide collapse.
Was team member of ERC-CoG-NOFEAR.
Developed novel laboratory friction tests.
Matlab
Python
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Manchester
Jan, 2016 - Dec, 2017
Geosciences Department, Master Degree, Università degli Studi di Padova
Jan, 2011 - Oct, 2013
110/110 cum laudeGeosciences Department, Bachelor Degree, Università degli Studi di Padova
Jan, 2009 - Sep, 2011
110/110 cum laudeOutstanding Student Poster and PICO Award , EGU
Awarded on: Apr 01, 2017
Aretusini, S., Plümper, O., Spagnuolo, E., & Di Toro, G. (2017, April). Seismic slip on clay nano-foliation. In 2017 EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 19, p. 17127).
Fracturing and rock pulverization along an exhumed seismogenic fault zone in dolostones: The Foiana Fault Zone (Southern Alps, Italy),
Published on: Jul 01, 2015
Tectonophysics
Fault gouge graphitization as evidence of past seismic slip,
Published on: Nov 01, 2017
Geology
Earthquake lubrication and healing explained by amorphous nanosilica,
Published on: Jan 01, 2019
Nature Communications
Production of nanoparticles during experimental deformation of smectite and implications for seismic slip,
Published on: Apr 01, 2017
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Fluid pressurisation and earthquake propagation in the Hikurangi subduction zone,
Published on: Apr 01, 2021
Nature Communications
Past seismic slip-to-the-trench recorded in Central America megathrust,
Published on: Dec 01, 2017
Nature Geoscience
Tsunamigenic earthquake simulations using experimentally derived friction laws,
Published on: Mar 01, 2018
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Fracture Energy and BreakdownWork During Earthquakes,
Published on: Jan 01, 2023
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Biomarker thermal maturity experiments at earthquake slip rates,
Published on: Nov 01, 2018
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Fast and Localized Temperature Measurements During Simulated Earthquakes in Carbonate Rocks,
Published on: May 01, 2021
Geophysical Research Letters
Determination of Parameters Characteristic of Dynamic Weakening Mechanisms During Seismic Faulting in Cohesive Rocks,
Published on: Jul 01, 2022
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Subseismic to Seismic Slip in Smectite Clay Nanofoliation,
Published on: Jul 01, 2019
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Melting of fault gouge at shallow depth during the 2008 MW 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China,
Published on: Apr 01, 2023
Geology
Water Availability and Deformation Processes in Smectite-Rich Gouges During Seismic Slip,
Published on: Nov 01, 2019
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Frictional Properties of the Longmenshan Fault Belt Gouges From WFSD-3 and Implications for Earthquake Rupture Propagation,
Published on: May 01, 2022
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Multiple Seismic Slip-Rate Pulses and Mechanical and Textural Evolution of Calcite-Bearing Fault Gouges,
Published on: Jul 01, 2024
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Mechanical Energy Dissipation During Seismic Dynamic Weakening in Calcite-Bearing Faults,
Published on: Sep 01, 2024
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Heterogeneity-Driven Localization and Weakening in Scaly Clays From a Fossil Accretionary Prism,
Published on: Sep 01, 2023
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Friction Experiments on Lunar Analog Gouges and Implications for the Mechanism of the Apollo 17 Long Runout Landslide,
Published on: Jun 01, 2023
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Research and Development