EDUCATION AND TRAINING
[02/12/2024 - Current]
PH.D. SCHOOL IN EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES – Università degli Studi di Catania
Research topic: Innovative seismological approaches for data acquisition and processing for site seismic characterization and seismic monitoring.
[2024]
ESAME DI STATO
Abilitazione all'esercizio della professione di geologo sez. A
Università degli Studi di PALERMO
[2024]
2nd level degree in Geophysicse – Università degli Studi di Catania
Dissertation/thesis title: Revisione e analisi del terremoto di Linera del 19 Marzo 1952
Final degree mark: 110/110 cum laude
[2021]
1st level degree in Geology – Università degli Studi di Catania
Dissertation/thesis title: Il degrado dei materiali lapidei in Sicilia orientale: caratterizzazione e stima della durabilità in situ.
Final degree mark: 103/110
WORK EXPERIENCE
[ 04/2024 - 10/2024 ] Geologist
L&R laboratori e ricerche S.R.L. - CATANIA (CT) ITALIA
Business or sector: infrastructures, construction industry
[ 04/2023 - 07/2023 ] Studente tirocinante
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - CATANIA (CT) ITALIA
Business or sector: education, training, research and development
Main activities and responsibilities:Collection of bibliographic material specific to the study to be carried out; data analysis and interpretation through the use of macroseismic scales; production of macroseismic intensity distribution maps; calculation of source parameters through dedicated software (Boxer).
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue(s): Italian
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English AELS-NOCN, Livello europeo: C1 |
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Abstracts in national and international conferences
• National conferences:
- GNGTS 2024, 42nd National Conference:
- Session 1.1: A reappraisal of the March 1952 Linera seismic sequence: the case study of the S. Tecla fault (Mt. Etna).
R. Azzaro, M.S. Barbano, D. Musumeci, G. Orefice
• International conferences:
- IV International Workshop on Seismic Risk Awarennes and Dissemination:
- Preliminary results of seismic amplification functions in the Valencian Community using the GIT technique (Poster presentation)
Giuseppe Orefice, Laura Cataldi, Valerio Poggi, Juan José Galiana-Merino, Juan Luis Soler, Ivan Montiel-Martínez, Francesco Panzera
- La Red Sísmica de la Comunitat Valenciana y la Alerta Temprana.
J.L. Soler-Llorens, J.J. Galiana-Merino, S. Molina, J. Delgado-Marchal, B.Y.N. Benabdeloued, I. Montiel-García, D. Montiel-López, G. Orefice, A. Kharazian, I.
Gómez, A. Guardiola-Villora, J.A. Huesca-Tortosa, G. Ortuño-Sáez
- Mapas Rapidos de movimiento de suelo. Instrumentacion de edificios.
J.L. Soler-Llorens, B.Y.N. Benabdeloued, J.J. Galiana-Merino, S. Molina, A. Kharazian, J. A. Huesca-Tortosa, G. Ortuño-Sáez, A. Guardiola-Villora, I. Montiel-García, L.
Gómez, J. Delgado-Marchal, D. Montiel-López, G. Orefice
- ESC 2024, 39th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission:
ESC2024-S35/36-647: A revision of the March 1952 Mt. Etna (Italy) seismic sequence: Seismotectonic interpretation and implications for local hazard assessment.
Raffaele Azzaro, Maria Serafina Barbano, Daniele Musumeci, Giuseppe Orefice
Visiting periods at foreign universities or research institutions
- From 15 September 2025 to 15 January 2026
University of Alicante, Department of Physics, System Engineering and Signal Theory, Alicante, Spain
Digital competences
OFFICE AUTOMATION
Presentation Software: (Advanced)) | Spreadsheets: (Advanced) | Web Browser: (Advanced) |Word Processors: (Advanced)
Application Software
Geographic Information System (GIS): QGIS (Intermediate)
Computer Programming
Programming languages: Python (Intermediate)
My research activity is focused on the study of the seismic amplification of the Sicily region using advanced techniques for site characterization and estimation of the local seismic response. The study is based on seismic recordings of the INGV network and employs methods such as SSR, GIT and SSRh.
The site characterization includes the calculation of amplification functions, the estimation of parameters such as Vs30 and fundamental frequency by HVSR from noise, in combination with geological, topographic and morphological data.
Databases of amplification functions and geological, geophysical and morphological proxies will be produced, with the aim of mapping the regional seismic amplification at different frequencies by means of geostatistical interpolation techniques (regression kriging). The seismic amplification maps will be validated by means of ground motion simulations and comparison with macroseismic data.
Abstracts in national and international conferences
• National conferences:
- GNGTS 2024, 42nd National Conference:
- Session 1.1: A reappraisal of the March 1952 Linera seismic sequence: the case study of the S. Tecla fault (Mt. Etna).
R. Azzaro, M.S. Barbano, D. Musumeci, G. Orefice
• International conferences:
- IV International Workshop on Seismic Risk Awarennes and Dissemination:
- Preliminary results of seismic amplification functions in the Valencian Community using the GIT technique (Poster presentation)
Giuseppe Orefice, Laura Cataldi, Valerio Poggi, Juan José Galiana-Merino, Juan Luis Soler, Ivan Montiel-Martínez, Francesco Panzera
- La Red Sísmica de la Comunitat Valenciana y la Alerta Temprana.
J.L. Soler-Llorens, J.J. Galiana-Merino, S. Molina, J. Delgado-Marchal, B.Y.N. Benabdeloued, I. Montiel-García, D. Montiel-López, G. Orefice, A. Kharazian, I.
Gómez, A. Guardiola-Villora, J.A. Huesca-Tortosa, G. Ortuño-Sáez
- Mapas Rapidos de movimiento de suelo. Instrumentacion de edificios.
J.L. Soler-Llorens, B.Y.N. Benabdeloued, J.J. Galiana-Merino, S. Molina, A. Kharazian, J. A. Huesca-Tortosa, G. Ortuño-Sáez, A. Guardiola-Villora, I. Montiel-García, L.
Gómez, J. Delgado-Marchal, D. Montiel-López, G. Orefice
- ESC 2024, 39th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission:
ESC2024-S35/36-647: A revision of the March 1952 Mt. Etna (Italy) seismic sequence: Seismotectonic interpretation and implications for local hazard assessment.
Raffaele Azzaro, Maria Serafina Barbano, Daniele Musumeci, Giuseppe Orefice