Livio Franz

Biography

In 2015, in the framework of the preliminary investigation for the siting of the National Nuclear Waste Repository (CNAPI map by SOGIN), consultant for the assessment of surface faulting hazard. In 2015, in the framework of an NPP siting procedure (Embalse NPP, Argentina), consultant for the assessment of surface faulting. In 2015, joins the scientific committee of the " 6th International INQUA Meeting on Paleiseismology, Active Tectonics and Archaeoseismology". 19 | 24 April 2015, Pescina, Fucino Basin, Italy . In 2014, visiting scientist at the RWTH Aachen University for teaching and research project on sandbox analogue modeling - by LLP Erasmus. In 2013, organized the field-trip workshop 'Reconsidering Loess in Northern Italy' (Po Plain, 1-3 July 2013), organized in the framework of the AEOMED Project of the INQUA TERPRO Commission. The workshop focuses on presenting and discussing the sources and formation processes of the loess in the Po Plain area In 2013, participated in the scientific panel of the DOVE Project Proposal (Drilling Overdeepened Alpine Valleys) - Principal Proponents: F. Anselmetti, F. Preusser, M. Bavec, C. Crouzet, M. Fiebig, G. Gabriel, C. Ravazzi , C. Spoetl. In 2012 - 2013, cooperated in the DPC-INGV Project - "D25 / c2 Parameterization of active faults in the Calabria-Lucania region" - principal investigator: FR Cinti (INGV Roma) In 2012 - 2013, collaborated in the DPC-INGV Project "D17.b2 - Correlation, using chronological datings, between liquefaction events in the area of ​​the May-June 2012 Emilia seismic sequence and known earthquakes of the past" De Martini (INGV Roma) In 2011 - 2013, cooperated in the INTERREG I-CH project: "SITINET - Geological and Archaeological Sites of Insubria Region" - www.sitinet.org In December 2011, in the framework of an NPP siting procedure (Akkuyu NPP, Turkey), consultant for the assessment of surface faulting. In July 2010, cooperated in the Project: "Program of re-training and re-orientation of Iraqi experts in the field of BIO-CHEM technology for peacefull applicaton" as a tutor; This project, managed by the University of Insubria in collaboration with the Landau Network (Como - Italy), has been coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post-Doc at the University of Insubria since 2008

Research Interest

Research activity is primarily aimed at investigating the activity of active seismogenic sources through a multidisciplinary approach, including paleoseismology, tectonic geomorphology and Quaternary geology. The methodological approach provides field mapping, remote sensing and photo-interpretation, paleoseismological analyzes, macroseismic studies, geophysical investigation and large-scale sand-box analogue modeling. The following issues are currently faced: Geological characterization of seismic sources Secondary surface faulting and relationship with deeply buried structures; Reconstruction of the environmental evolution of an area through the analysis of stratigraphic records; Calibration of the ESI Macroseismic Intensity Scale on recent earthquakes.