Research interests
Archaeology of architecture
Position
01/02/2023 - to date Research Fellow at the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna. Research Project: Investigation on “Ravenna and its Late Antique and Medieval Epigraphic Landscape”, aimed at promoting a collection of Ravennate inscriptions produced between 402 and 1441, PI Prof. S. Cosentino
Education
05/07/2023 PhD in Christian and Medieval Archaeology (Scientific-Disciplinary Sector L-ANT/08) at Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, 35th cycle awarded with “excellent with honors”.
Research Title: Public Baths in Late Antique Greece: Architecture, Functions, and Transformations of Social Space
09/10/2020 16th Computer Graphics School for Cultural Heritage 2020 promoted by CINECA [https://www.cineca.it/news/scuola-di-computer-graphics-2020], Interactive Virtual Environments as Digital Twins: Bridging Science and Creativity
25/05/2016 Postgraduate School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage, at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR), at the Polytechnic University of Bari. Field of study: Conservation, Restoration, Management, and Enhancement of Cultural and Landscape Heritage.
Thesis Title: Buildings for the Administration of Justice in Gortyn of Crete: Analysis and Reconstruction of Structures, supervised by Prof. Arch. Giorgio Rocco, and co-supervised by † Prof. Enzo Lippolis, and awarded a score of 68/70.
03/10/2015 Certificate of Attendance at the International Design Workshop “Architecture for Archaeology: Enhancement Projects”. Part of the Master’s program “Architecture for Archaeology” [file:///C:/Users/Utente/Desktop/web.uniroma1.it/archarch], organized by the Department of Architecture and Sciences of Antiquity and at ‘Valle Giulia’ Architecture Campus, at the Sapienza University of Rome.
26/01/2015 Licensed to Practice as an Architect, at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR), at the Polytechnic University of Bari. Authorized to practice as an Architect (Section A, post-reform), having passed the State Exam, and registered with the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscapists, and Conservators of the Province of Bari (O.A.P.P.C. [http://www.ordarchbari.it/] ), on April 11, 2016, with registration n. 3500.
29/01/2014 MA Degree in Architecture at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR), at the Polytechnic University of Bari.
Thesis Title: The Western Gymnasium and Palestra of Kos: Analysis and Reconstruction of Structures. Project for Anastilosis and Area Development, supervised by Prof. Arch. Giorgio Rocco, with co-supervisors Prof. R. Belli Pasqua, Prof. Arch. M. Livadiotti, Prof. Arch. G. Martines, and awarded a score of 108/110.
Academic Awards, Grants, Funding
01/07/2021 Grant at the French School of Athens (École française d'Athènes). https://www.efa.gr/images/bourse/2021_BOURSIERS.pdf
Research Project: Les espaces thérmaux publics de la Grèce dans l’Antiquité tardive
4/09/2017 Acquisition of public funding of the Puglia region “Fondo per lo Sviluppo e la Coesione e del PO Puglia 2014/2020”, to found ZICZIC, an independent publishing https://pingiovani.regione.puglia.it/vincitori/ziczic-microeditoria-e-territorio
Academic Appointments
30/06/2020 Honorary Fellow and Exam committee member (‘Cultore della Materia’) at the Master’s Degree Program in Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World at the Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna.
Scientific affiliations
2023 - to date Co-head of research for studies in the area of the ancient city of Atella in the municipality of S. Arpino (CE), focusing on the thermal baths of the city and the urban layout, in collaboration with the PI Prof. R. Brancato, Federico II University of Naples.
2023 - to date Co-head of research for studies of the Temple of Olympian Zeus also known as Olympeion, in the municipality of Syracuse, in collaboration with the PI Prof. R. Brancato, Federico II University of Naples
2022 - to date Member of the research project “The Roman Aqueduct of Catania, for the urban and peri-urban section”, as responsible for the architectural study of the aqueduct and the connected public monumental complexes. The project, led by Prof. R. Brancato (Federico II University of Naples) is currently under agreement with the municipalities of Catania and Misterbianco (CT).
2022 - to date Member of the EU funded project “ARCHLabs. Archaeological heritage in Late Antique and Byzantine Sicily” (Erasmus Plus, Blended Intensive Programme), International Summer School at the Villa del Casale of Piazza Armerina, with excavation activity, documentation of materials, 3D modelling, 3D surveys, aerophotogrammetry, digital archiving. Institutions involved: CNR, ISPC; I.LS. Leonardo da Vinci, Piazza Armerina; Archaeological Park of Morgantina and the Villa Romana del Casale; Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. of Enna; Jagiellonian University, Krakow; Open University, Cyprus; Stockholm University; University of Athens; University 'Kore' of Enna; University of Oviedo; University of Peloponnese; University of Sevilla Pablo e Olavide; University of South Florida; Wroclaw University. Role: organising committee and field supervisor.
2020 - to date Member of the International project “Insular Episcopate. Church, Maritime Environment, and Economic Life in the Eastern Aegean Islands (AD 300 – 800 ca.)”, funded by Gerda Henkel Stiftung, PI prof. S. Cosentino (activities: survey of archaeological evidence relating to island ecclesiastical structures and elaboration of a GIS; survey of stone marks and building site evidence; application of architectural energetics methodologies and quantitative inverse calculation for quantitative analyses on building sites)
2019 - to date Member of the Associazione Internazionale di Studi Bizantini (AISB)
2018 - to date Member of the Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull’Edilizia abitativa tardoantica nel Mediterraneo (CISEM)
2017-2020 President and Editorial Committee Member of the independent publishing house ‘ZICZIC’ (www.ziczic.it )
Archaeological Field Experience
2022 - to date Member of the archaeological mission in Villa Romana del Casale di Piazza Armerina, in collaboration with Parco archeologico di Morgantina e della Villa Romana del Casale di Piazza Armerina and CISEM (Centro interuniversitario di studi sull’edilizia abitativa tardoantica del Mediterraneo), resp. prof. I. Baldini, C. Sfameni, P. Barresi (see above ARCHLabs project). Role: supervision and coordination of survey activities; analysis of stone materials; ancient building site analysis; survey of structures, 3D reconstruction of structures.
2020 - to date Member of the archaeological mission in Chiaramonte Gulfi (RG), coordinated by the University of Bologna, in collaboration with Superintendence of Ragusa, Social Cooperative “Nostra Signora di Gulfi”, funded by University of Bologna. Role: supervision and coordination of survey activities; analysis of stone materials; ancient building site analysis; survey of structures, 3D reconstruction of structures.
2019 - to date Member of the project “Ravenna, via d’Azeglio”, University of Bologna in collaboration with Archaeological Superintendence of Emilia-Romagna Role: analysis of stone architectural decoration and revetments; 3D reconstruction of structures.
2018 - to date Member of the Tunisian-Italian mission to study the Roman theatre of Althiburos, funded by University of Palermo and Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Responsible for the project are the professors: G. Montali (University of Palermo), N. Kallala (University of Tunis). The mission is hosted at the “Maison des fouilles” of the Institut National du Patrimoine in Althiburos. Role: analysis of stone materials; ancient building site analysis; survey of structures, 3D reconstruction of structures.
2016 - to date Member of the archaeological mission in Gortyn, Crete, Mitropolis Basilica (University of Bologna, Italian Archaeological School in Athens, Ephorate for Byzantine Antiquities, Crete), funded by University of Bologna and Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, https://site.unibo.it/mitropolis-unibo/it . Research activity co-financed with a contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Role: supervision and coordination of survey activities; analysis of stone materials; ancient building site analysis; survey of structures, 3D reconstruction of structures.
2011 - to date Member of the archaeological excavation of the structures in Trench XII, located north of the Praetorium of Gortyn, on the block of the Nymphaeum. The excavation is directed by Professors † E. Lippolis, R. Sassu, Sapienza University of Rome. Role: supervision and coordination of survey activities; analysis of stone materials; ancient building site analysis; survey of structures, 3D reconstruction of structures.
2016 - 2018 Member of the archaeological mission in Kos, St. Stephan ecclesiastical complex (University of Bologna, Ephorate for Byzantine Antiquities of Dodecanese), funded by University of Bologna and Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, https://site.unibo.it/kos-unibo/it . Role: supervision and coordination of survey activities; analysis of stone materials; ancient building site analysis; survey of structures, 3D reconstruction of structures.
2012 - 2014 Member of the archaeological mission for the study and survey of the structures and fragments in the area known as the Iseion, directed by Professors G. Rocco, M. Livadiotti (Polytechnic University of Bari), and L. M. Caliò (University of Catania), in collaboration with the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento. Role: survey of structures, responsible for the catalogue of architectural fragments.
