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Vera D’Amico

Born: August 14, 1970, Florence (Italy).
Current position: Researcher at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Department of Milan, Italy.
Qualifications: April 2000, Ph.D. degree in Earth Sciences form the University of Siena, Italy.
Experience: The research activity of Vera D’Amico has mainly focused on the topic of probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA). In particular, besides working on PSHA models based on conventional state-of-the-art methodologies (e.g., Cornell-McGuire approach), she has developed an innovative approach to estimate seismic hazard in terms of macroseismic intensity by basically relying on local information about documented effects of past earthquakes (site intensity data). She has also worked on defining an empirical testing procedure devoted to assessing the level of reliability of alternative seismic hazard models, by testing outcomes of each considered model against seismic occurrences (strong-motion data or intensity values) observed at a number of sites during a control time-period. Other main topics of research have concerned the attenuation of macroseismic intensity in Italy and the analysis of seismic noise for microzonation studies.
Since 2007 she is a researcher at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Milan, Italy.
From 2002 to 2006 she was a post-doctoral grant holder at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Siena, Italy.
Vera D’Amico has participated in several national and international projects:
2012-2015: MIUR-FIRB Project “High-resolution analyses for assessing the seismic hazard and risk of the areas affected by the 6 April 2009 earthquake”, RU 6.

2012–2013: European Project “UPStrat-MAFA - Urban Disaster Prevention Strategies Using MAcroseismic Fields and FAult Sources” (Grant Agreement n. 230301/2011/613486/SUB/A5), European Commision, INGV RU.

2012: DPC-INGV Project S2 “Constraining Observations into Seismic Hazard”, RU 2.

2009–2012: European Project “SHARE - Seismic Hazard Harmonization in Europe” (ENV.2008.1.3.1.1), European Commision, INGV RU.

2007–2009: DPC-INGV Project S2 “Development of a dynamical model for seismic hazard assessment at national scale”, RU 3.

2007–2009: DPC-INGV Project V4-Flank “Hazards related to the flank dynamics at Mt. Etna”, RU 4.

2004–2006: DPC-INGV Project S1 “Continuation of assistance to DPC for improving and using the seismic hazard map compiled according to the Prime Minister “Ordinanza” 3274/2003 and planning future initiatives”, RU 8.

2004–2006: DPC-INGV Project S3 “Shaking seismic scenarios in area of strategic and/or priority interest”, RU 4.

Peer-reviewed papers:

1. 
   Cultrera G., Faenza L., Meletti C., D’Amico V., Michelini A., Amato A. (2013). Shakemaps uncertainties and their effects in the post-seismic actions for the 2012 Emilia (Italy) earthquakes, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (accepted).
   
2. 
   Ordaz M., Martinelli F., D’Amico V., Meletti C. (2013). CRISIS2008: a flexible tool to perform probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, Seismological Research Letters vol. 84, No. 3, 495-504.
   
3. 
   Meletti C., D’Amico V., Ameri G., Rovida A., Stucchi M. (2012). Seismic hazard in the Po Plain and the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, Annals of Geophysics, vol. 55, No. 4, 623-629.
   
4. 
   D’Amico V., Meletti C., Martinelli F. (2012). Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in the high-risk area of south-eastern Sicily (Italy), Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, vol. 53, No.1, 19-36.
   
5. 
   Gómez Capera A.A., D’Amico V., Meletti C., Rovida A., Albarello D. (2010). Seismic hazard assessment in terms of macroseismic intensity in Italy: a critical analysis from the comparison of different computational procedures, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 100, No. 4, 1614-1631.
   
6. 
   Stucchi M., Meletti C., Rovida A., D’Amico V., Gómez Capera A.A. (2009). Historical earthquakes and seismic hazard of the L’Aquila area, Progettazione Sismica “Speciale Abruzzo” (special volume in English), 23-34.
   
7. 
   Albarello D., D’Amico V. (2008). Testing probabilistic seismic hazard estimates by comparison with observations: an example in Italy, Geophysical Journal International, vol. 175, No. 3, 1088-1094.
   
8. 
   Mucciarelli M., Albarello D., D’Amico V. (2008). Comparison of probabilistic seismic hazard estimates in Italy, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 98, No. 6, 2652-2664.
   
9. 
   D’Amico V., Albarello D. (2008). SASHA: a computer program to assess seismic hazard from intensity data, Seismological Research Letters, vol. 79, No. 5, 663-671.
   
10. 
    D’Amico V., Picozzi M., Baliva F., Albarello D. (2008). Ambient noise measurements for preliminary site-effects characterization in the urban area of Florence, Italy, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 98, No. 3, 1373-1388.
    
11. 
    Pasolini C., Gasperini P., Albarello D., Lolli B., D’Amico V. (2008). The attenuation of seismic intensity in Italy, part I: theoretical and empirical backgrounds, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 98, No. 2, 682-691.
    
12. 
    Pasolini C., Albarello D., Gasperini P., D’Amico V., Lolli B. (2008). The attenuation of seismic intensity in Italy, part II: modeling and validation, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 98, No. 2, 692-708.
    
13. 
    Azzaro R., Barbano M.S., D’Amico S., Tuvè T., Albarello D., D’Amico V. (2008). First studies of probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in the volcanic region of Mt. Etna (southern Italy) by means of macroseismic intensities, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, vol. 49, No. 1, 77-91.
    
14. 
    Albarello D., D’Amico V. (2005). Validation of intensity attenuation relationships, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 95, No. 2, 719-724.
    
15. 
    D’Amico V., Picozzi M., Albarello D., Naso G., Tropenscovino S. (2004). Quick estimates of soft sediment thicknesses from ambient noise horizontal to vertical spectral ratios: a case study in southern Italy, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, vol. 8, No. 6, 895-908.
    
16. 
    Albarello D., D’Amico V. (2004). Attenuation relationship of macroseismic intensity in Italy for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, vol. 45, No. 4, 271-284.
    
17. 
    D’Amico V., Albarello D. (2003). The role of data processing and uncertainty management in seismic hazard evaluations: insights from estimates in the Garfagnana-Lunigiana area (Northern Italy), Natural Hazards, vol. 29, 77-95.
    
18. 
    Albarello D., Bramerini F., D’Amico V., Lucantoni A., Naso G. (2002). Italian intensity hazard maps: a comparison of results from different methodologies, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, vol. 43, No. 3-4, 249-262.
    
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    D’Amico V., Albarello D., Mucciarelli M. (2002). Validation through HVSR measurements of a method for the quick detection of site amplification effects from intensity data: an application to a seismic area in Northern Italy, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol. 22, 475-483.
    
20. 
    D’Amico V., Albarello D. (1999). The problem of regionalization in the study of magnitude-intensity correspondences in the Mediterranean area: a distribution-free approach, Pure and Applied Geophysics, vol. 156, No. 4, 651-666.
    
21. 
    D’Amico V., Albarello D., Mantovani E. (1999). A distribution-free analysis of magnitude-intensity relationships: an application to the Mediterranean region, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (A), vol. 24, No. 6, 517-521.