- Full professor of the Techniques of Construction at the Engineering Faculty at the “Federico II” University of Naples from 2000 to present.
– Vice Rector of the “Federico II” University of Naples from 2010 to present. Elected to be Rector of the “Federico II” University of Naples for six years (2014-2020).
– President of the ReLUIS National Interuniversity Consortium (Network of University Earthquake Engineering Laboratories) from 2007 to present.
– Member of the Superior Council for Public Work from 2013 to present.
– Member of the Commission of Grave Risks – Seismic Risk Sector from 2011 to present.
– Director of the Department of Structural Engineering from 2003 to 2012.
– Author and editor of 9 books and over 400 scientific papers published in magazines or presented at national and international conferences.
Head of countless research projects, theoretic and experimental research chiefly in the following fields: technological engineering in structural engineering, seismic risk, innovative materials, the seismic behaviour of structures, advanced monitoring systems, the vulnerability and renovation of cultural heritage.