Antonina Pirrotta

Antonina Pirrotta is a Full Professor in Structural Mechanics at the University of Palermo, Italy. She, graduated in Civil Engineering from Palermo University in 1987. Firstly for 6 years she worked as freelance structural engineer, then has done PhD in Structural Engineering in 1996 and as Post-doctoral studies in 1998. In 2000, she became a Researcher, in 2001 Associate Professor and in 2016 Full Professor in Engineering department at the University of Palermo, Italy. HEAD of PhD School of University of Palermo from 2023 EAD of CIDIS from 2021 Board of Governors of ASCE (EMI) 2021-2024 (exceptionally renewed every year) Her achievements resulted in many scientific recognitions and awards, which include the appointment as Chair of IDEA Innovative Dynamics Experiments Association (2022), several fellowships, memberships on scientific committees of various key international conferences, a membership on the Advisory Board of the MSCA COFUND Doctoral Programme at the University of Innsbru