Professional Experience - Sebastiano D'Amico

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Head, Department of Geosciences - University of Malta, 2021 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences - University of Malta, 2020 - present
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer, Department of Geosciences- University of Malta, 2015 - 2020
Lecturer, Department of Physics - University of Malta, 2014 - 2015
Research Officer III, Physics Department - University of Malta, 2010 - 2014
Research and Teaching Ass., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept., Saint Louis University (USA), 2007 - 2010
Research Fellow, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Rome (Italy), 2005 - 2007
Research Fellow, Earth Sciences Department, University of Messina (Italy), 2005

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Vice-Preseident European Seismological Commission (2016-2018)
Peer review of manuscripts submitted to: Science, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth; Geophysical Journal International; Geophysical Research Letters; Bulletin of Seismological Society of America; Pure and Applied Geophysics; Journal of Seismology; Natural Hazard and Earth System Sciences; Journal of Geodynamics; Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth; Near Surface Geophysics; International Journal of Geophysics; Earthquake Science; Asian Journal of Earth Science; Acta Geophysica; Natural Science; Journal of the Malta Chamber of Scientists; Journal of Environmental Science Research; Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk; Open Geosciences; Journal of Mathematical and Fundamental Sciences; Radio Science; Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration; Earth, Planets and Space; Construction and Building Material
Visiting Research Scientist; Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Messina (A.Y. 2016-2017)
Visiting Research Scientist; Geology Department, University of Catania, Italy (A.Y. 2015-2016) - ERASMUS Training Programme
Visiting Lecturer; Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Messina (A.Y. 2014-2015) - ERASMUS Teaching Programme
Visiting Research Scientist; Geology Department, University of Catania, Italy (A.Y. 2012-2013) - ERASMUS Training Programme
Adjunct Faculty of Physics at the E.R.S.U. (Ente Regionale Studio Universitario) Messina, Italy (Summer 2010)
Managing Guest Editor Natural Hazards (2015-2016)
Managing Guest Editor Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (2012 - present)
Managing Guest Editor Journal of Geodynamics (2013 - 2014)
Associate Editor (Geophysics) - Dataset Papers in Science (2012 - present)
Associate Editor (Geoscience) – Journal of Malta Chamber of Scientists (2012-present)
Associate Editor Mistral Service Press (2014 - present)
Coordinator of the training school on “Ground Penetrating Radar for Civil Engineering and Archaeology”, Valletta (Malta), 25-29 January 2016
Co-Organizer of the conference “Georisks in the Mediterranean and their mitigation”, 20-21 July 2015, Valletta (Malta)
Co-Organizer of the Short course “Seismology for non-seismologists (SC42)” at European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015
Convener of the Special Session “Seismic Sources: Theory, Methods and Applications” at the 35th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Trieste (Italy), September 2016
Convener of the Special Session “Capturing Complexity of Site Effects” (Session ID#S004) at the AGU Fall Meeting 2016 (San Francisco -USA)
Convener of the Special Session “Advances in Non-invasive Approaches to Characterizing Seismic Site Conditions” at the 35th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Trieste (Italy), September 2016
Convener of the Special Session “Studying Seismic Sources: Theory, Methods and Applications” at the 34th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Istanbul (Turkey), August 2014
Convener of the Special Session “Advances in Site Response” (Session ID#2583) at the AGU 2014 Fall Meeting (San Francisco -USA)
Co-Organizer of the training course on “Seismic Hazard Analysis and site effects” 16-27 September 2013 (Malta)
Co-Organizer of the first “Young Researchers Conference” March 2013 organized by University of Malta and Malta Chamber of Scientists
Co-Organizer of the XXXII International workshop "Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region" (2012) sponsored by UNESCO, USGS, and University of Malta.
Chair of the Special Session on “Site effects” during the 32nd International workshop "Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region" (2012) organized by UNESCO, USGS, and University of Malta.
Co-Organizer of school “Scuola Nazionale Scienza e Beni Culturali dall'Analisi Non Invasiva alla Ricostruzione 3D” 19 – 23 Settembre 2016 organized by University of Malta and University of Messina
Chairman of the 36th European Seismological Commission General Assembly