• Born in Merano (Italy) on 4 October 1942
  
  
• 1967 Degree in Civil Engineering
  
  
• 1986 Ph.D., University of Wales, Swansea
  
  
• 1992 Doctor of Science, University of Wales, Swansea
  
  
• 1980 Full Professor in Structural Mechanics, University of Padua
  
  
• From 1984 Head of Department of Structural and Transportation Engineering, University of Padua
  

Scientific papers on:

• Mathematical and Numerical Simulation of Mechanical Behaviour of Multiphase and Composite Materials
  
  
• Constitutive Relationships for Soils in Partially Saturated Conditions and for Composite Materials
  
  
• Parallel Computing Methods for Coupled Thermo-hydro-mechanical Problems
  
  
• Numerical Homogenisation of Periodic Composite Materials
  
  
• Strain Localization of Multiphase Porous Media
  
  
• Contact Problems