Aldo Zollo

Aldo Zollo (born November 9, 1959, Naples, Italy) is Full Professor of Seismology and Digital Signal Processing at the University of Naples Federico II, where he obtained the degree in Physics degree in 1983. He has defended his PhD thesis in Solid Earth Geophysics (Seismology) at the University of Paris VII in 1990. In his research, he deals with theoretical and experimental aspects of seismic wave propagation and fracture processes of the Earth's crust that occur during earthquakes. He has been responsible for several research projects funded by national and international agencies in the areas of seismic exploration of volcanoes, the seismic source process modelling and the development of early warning systems for earthquake prevention.

Born

November 9, 1959, Naples, Italy

Nationality

Italian

Education

University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Fields

Earth Sciences - Seismology/Seismics : seismic fracture modelling; seismic wave propagation; strong motion seismology and engineering applications; volcano structures and imaging; seismic exploration of the subsoil for hydrocarbon location.

Institutions

University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Notes

Top Italian Scientist in Natural & Environmental Sciences

He has been member of the National Group of Experts for the Evaluation of the Research for the “Earth Sciences” area (GEV04) in Italy (2011-2012), Member of the National Commission for Forecasting and Preventing Great Risks nominated by the President of the Council of Ministers (2012-2015), member of Scientific Councils of INGV (Italy) (2001-2010) and ISTerre (France) (2012-2014), Editor of the Geophysical Research Letters (Solid Earth) (2001-2007). In 2007, the President of the Republic awarded him the honor of "Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana" for scientific merit.

Aldo Zollo is the Head of the Seismological Laboratory (RISSC-Lab,) at the Department of Physics of the University of Naples Federico II. RISSC-LAB is composed of one full professor, five assistant professors/researchers, one lab-manager, four Post-Docs and seven PhD students from the Doctorate Programs in Geophysics of the University of Bologna and Seismic Risk of the University of Naples. RISSC-Lab has a consolidated international reputation in seismic data acquisition, analysis and modeling, including the kinematic and dynamic modelling of the seismic source, wave propagation, static and time-varying three-dimensional tomography and ambient noise analysis. In recent years, RISSC-Lab developed an outstanding expertise in Earthquake Early Warning, significantly contributing to the research in the field and to the development of specific software for regional and onsite applications, through the participation to research European projects (i.e., SAFER (FP6), REAKT, NERA and GEISER (FP7), EPOS (H2020)). It manages the Near Fault observatory ISNet (Irpinia Seismic Network), delivering associated data and products (seismic bulletin, earthquake parameters, etc.) to the Civil Protection and the scientific community. ISNet is the backbone of the Early Warning System under experimentation in Southern Italy since 2009.

Education

• Master thesis in Physics at the University of Naples Federico II (1983)

• PhD in Internal Geophysics (Seismology) at the Université de Paris VII (Paris, France) (1990)

Current position

• Full Professor (Solid Earth Physics) at the University of Naples Federico II (since 2002)

Previous positions

• 1997-2002 Associate Professor (Seismology) at the University of Naples Federico II

• 1993-1996 Associate Professor (Solid Earth Physics) at the University of Naples Federico II

• 1991-1992 Researcher at the University of Naples Federico II

• 1988-1990 EU fellowship at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France.

• 1983-1987 Research contract at Osservatorio Vesuviano, Napoli.

Fellowships and awards

• 2007 Honour of "Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana" for scientific merit from the President of the Italian Republic

• 2013 Invited Professorship at Ecole Normale Superieure, Department of Geosciences

• 2015 Invited Professorship at Institut de Sciences de la Terre, Grenoble

• 2020 Elected Member of the Academy of Europe for the Earth & Cosmic Sciences section

Supervision of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

• 29 Postdocs / 20 PhD / 45 Master Students at University of Naples Federico II

Teaching activities

• Full Professor in Seismology and Digital signal Processing, MSc Degree Course in Physics at University of Naples Federico II

Organisation of scientific meetings

• International Training Course and workshop “Seismology@School”, Italy, 2012, Organizer

Institutional responsibilities

• Since 2021 Member of the Doctorate Schools Boards on Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity of the Scuola Superiore Meridionale

• Since 2016 Member of the Doctorate Schools Boards on Structural Engineering, Geotechnics and Seismic Risk of the University of Naples Federico II

• Since 2016 President of RISS srl, Spin-off of the University of Naples Federico II

• 2020-2023 Member of the Scientific Council of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

• 2006-2012 Coordinator of the Doctorate School on Seismic Risk of the University of Naples Federico II

Reviewing activities

• Editor of the Geophysical Research Letters (Solid Earth) (2001-2007)

• Associate Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research (1993-1996).

Member of the:

• Scientific Committee of INGV, Italy (2001/ 2011-2014 / 2021-2024)

• Scientific Council of ISTERRE, University of Grenoble, France (since 2012)

• National Group of Experts for the Evaluation of the Research for the “Earth Sciences” area (GEV04) (since 2011)

• Working group for the Guidelines on Induced Seismicity Monitoring, Italian Ministry of Economy, (2014-2019)

• National Commission for Forecasting and Preventing Great Risks nominated by the President of the Council of Ministers (2011-2015)

• Consultant for ENI Spa, Italy (since 2010)

• Evaluation committee of the laboratories LGIT-Grenoble (2002, 2005) and EOST-Strasbourg (2008), France

• Member of the Scientific Committee of the OGS, Italy (since 2005)

• Scientific Committee of GNDT-CNR, Rome, Italy (1997-1998)

Memberships of scientific societies

• International Association of Seismology of the Earth Interior (since 2007)

• European Geophysical Union (since 2004)

• European Seismological Commission (since 2002)

• American Geophysical Union (since 1994)

• Seismological Soc. of America (since 1994)

Major collaborations

• Dr. Pascal Bernard, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France (topic: earthquake source)

• Prof. Jean Virieux, ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, France (topic: imaging)

• Prof. Fabrice Cotton, GFZ Potsdam, Germany (topic: earthquake source)

• Prof. Jindong Song, China Earthquake Adm, Harbin, China (topic: early warning)

Selected publications

1. Clinton, J., Zollo, A., Marmureanu, A., Zulfikar, C., Parolai, S. (2016). State-of-the art and future of earthquake early warning in the European region, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 14, 9, 2441-2458
2. Colombelli, S., Zollo, A., Festa, G., Picozzi, M. (2014). Evidence for a difference in rupture initiation between small and large earthquakes, Nature Communications
3. Colombelli, S., Allen, Richard M., Zollo, A. (2013). Application of real-time GPS to earthquake early warning in subduction and strike-slip environments, Journal of Geophysical Research-SOLID EARTH, 118, 7, 3448-3461.
4. Colombelli, S., Zollo, A., Festa, G., Kanamori, H. (2012). Early magnitude and potential damage zone estimates for the great Mw 9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, 22.
5. Convertito, V., Maercklin, N., Sharma, N., Zollo, A. (2012). From Induced Seismicity to Direct Time-Dependent Seismic Hazard, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102, 6, 2563-2573.
6. Grigoli, F., Cesca, S., Amoroso, O., Emolo, A., Zollo, A., Dahm, T. (2014). Automated seismic event location by waveform coherence analysis, Geophysical Journal International, 196, 3, 1742-1753.
7. Maercklin, N., Festa, G., Colombelli, S., Zollo, A. (2012). Twin ruptures grew to build up the giant 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake, Scientific Reports, 2.
8. Satriano C., Elia L., Martino C., Lancieri M., Zollo A., Iannaccone G. (2011). PRESTo, the earthquake early warning system for Southern Italy: Concepts, capabilities and future perspectives, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 31, 2, 137-153.
9. Satriano, C., Wu, Y.M., Zollo, A., Kanamori, H. (2011). Earthquake early warning: Concepts, methods and physical grounds, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 31, 2, 106-118.
10. Zollo, A., Orefice, A., Convertito, V. (2014). Source parameter scaling and radiation efficiency of microearthquakes along the Irpinia fault zone in southern Apennines, Italy, Journal of Geophysical Research-SOLID EARTH, 119, 4, 325-3275.
11. Trabattoni, A., Festa, G., Longo, R., Bernard, P., Plantier, G., Zollo, A., & Strollo, A. (2022). Microseismicity monitoring and site characterization with distributed acoustic sensing (DAS): The case of the Irpinia fault system (Southern Italy). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024529.
12. Gammaldi S, Ismail A and Zollo A (2022) Fluid Accumulation Zone by Seismic Attributes and Amplitude Versus Offset Analysis at Solfatara Volcano, Campi Flegrei, Italy. Front. Earth Sci. 10:866534.
13. De Landro, G., Amoroso, O., Russo, G. et al. Decade-long monitoring of seismic velocity changes at the Irpinia fault system (southern Italy) reveals pore pressure pulsations. Sci Rep, 12, 1247 (2022).
14. A. Zollo, S. Nazeri and S. Colombelli, "Earthquake Seismic Moment, Rupture Radius, and Stress Drop From P-Wave Displacement Amplitude Versus Time Curves," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 60, pp. 1-11, 2022, Art no. 5912211.
15. Zollo, A., Caruso, A., De Landro, G., Colombelli, S., & Elia, L. (2021). A Bayesian method for real-time earthquake location using multiparameter data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB020359.
16. Simona Colombelli, Gaetano Festa, Aldo Zollo, Early rupture signals predict the final earthquake size, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 223, Issue 1, October 2020, Pages 692–706.
17. Colombelli, S., Carotenuto, F., Elia, L., Zollo, A., 2020. Design and implementation of a mobile device app for network-based earthquake early warning systems (EEWSs): application to the PRESTo EEWS in southern Italy. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 20, 921–931.
18. D'Agostino, N., Silverii, F., Amoroso, O., Convertito, V., Fiorillo, F., Ventafridda, G., & Zollo, A. (2018). Crustal deformation and seismicity modulated by groundwater recharge of karst aquifers. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12,253– 12,262.

Full list of publications

The full list of publications is available at Aldo Zollo - Google Scholar

Citation metrics

(website access date 10/03/2023)

• Scopus: 215 docs, H-index 42, 932 citations

• Google Scholar: 566 docs, H-index is 53, 8752 total times cited

Research monographs and books

• Zollo A. and Emolo A., 2011. Terremoti ed onde: Metodi e pratica della sismologia moderna, Liguori Ed, Napoli, pp 440, ISBN-13978- 88-207-3585-2

• Iannaccone G. and A. Zollo, 2010 Metodi e Tecnologie per L’Early Warning Sismico, Ed. Doppiavoce, pp 466, ISBN 978-88-89972-20-5

• W. Marzocchi and A. Zollo, 2008. Conception, verification and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes, Ed. Doppiavoce, pp 495, 978-88-89972-09-0

• Zollo A., Capuano P. and M. Corciulo, 2006, Geophysical Exploration of the Campi Flegrei (Southern Italy) Caldera' Interiors: Data, Methods and Results. Doppiavoce, NAPOLI, pp. 88-99. ISBN 978-88-89972-04-5

Invited lectures

• 2023 Invited Talk Institut de Physique du Globe Paris “Exploring the physical grounds of earthquake early warning and its effective implementation”

• 2022 Invited Talk JRC/DG-ECHO/IOC Joint Hybrid-Workshop on Earthquake Early Warning Systems

• 2022 Invited Talk MasterClas Jean Virieux, ISTERRE Grenoble “The puzzle of neapolitan volcanoes”

• 2022 Invited Talk ETH, Zurich GeoSeminars “Toward the effective use of an earthquake early warning system for the high-speed rail network in Italy”

• 2021 Invited Talk Congresso Forense Rischi, Ricordo di Pietro Greco

• 2020 Invited talk on seismic early warning at the 1st INGV Workshop, online

• 2019 Invited talk on seismic early warning at the EPOS workshop, Grenoble, France

• 2019 Invited talk on seismic early warning at the 4th Intl Conference on EEWS of Seoul, South Korea

• 2018 Short course and Invited talk on Earthquake Fracture and early warning at the Teheran University, Teheran, Iran

• 2017 Invited talk on Earthquake Fracture and early warning at the EOST, Strasbourg, France

• 2017 Invited talk on Earthquake Fracture and early warning at the Cargese School, Corsica, France

• 2016 Invited presentation on Earthquake Early Warning Systems at UCL,UK

• 2016 Invited talk on Earthquake Early Warning Systems at the University of Tel Aviv (TAU), Israel

• 2015 Invited talk on Earthquake Early Warning Systems at the Institut de Sciences de la Terre, Grenoble, France

• 2015 Invited talk on Earthquake Early Warning Systems at the China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China

• 2013 Invited talk on Earthquake Source Processes at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

Chair at international conferences

• Session The 2016 Central Italy Seismic sequence: Overview of data analyses and source models, EGU 2017

• Session Real time seismology and earthquake early warning, EGU 2017

• Session Real time seismology and earthquake early warning, EGU 2016

• Session Seismological Observation and Interpretation: Real-Time Seismology and Early Warning, IUGG 2015

• Short Course on Earthquake Early Warning: Approaches, Methodologies and Case Studies, EGU 2014

Fundings & Scientific coordination of research projects

• FLUIDS, Ministry of Research – PRIN 2017, 2019-2023, National Coordinator and Scientific Responsible for UNINA

• Seismic Early Warning for High Speed rails – RFI – 2018-2022, Scientific Responsible for UNINA

• Earthquake Monitoring in the Irpinia region – Department of Civil Protection – 2018-2022, Scientific Responsible for UNINA

• Seismic Event Analysis – ENI – 2018-2021, Scientific Responsible for UNINA

• MISE Proj - Ministry Economical Dev (UNMIG) – 2017-2019, Scientific Responsible for UNINA

• SERA – EU Commission - Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio), 2006-2009, Work Package leader, 2017-2020

• SHEER – EU Commission - Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio), 2015-2018, Third Party UNINA FEDII Coordinatore

• REAKT – EU Commission - Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio), 2011-2014, Third Party UNINA FEDII Coordinatore

• RELUIS - Department of Civil Protection-INGV (Roma, Italia), il 2010-2014, Progetto Nazionale, Coordinatore

• NERA – EU Commission- Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio), il 2010-2014, Work Package leader

• MATRIX – EU Commission- Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio), 2010-2013, Work Package leader

• GEISER – EU Commission - Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio), 2009-2012, Work Package leader

• SAFER – EU Commission - Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio), 2006-2009, Work Package leader

• V4 - Department of Civil Protection - INGV (Roma, Italia), 2006-2008, Progetto Nazionale coordinatore

• STSS-500 - MIUR PON (Roma, Italia), 2005-2009, PI per Partner UNINA FEDII

• SPICE - EU Commission Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio) 2004-2007, PI per Partner UNINA FEDII

• SISMA - MIUR PON (Roma, Italia) 2002-2006, PI per Partner UNINA FEDII

• SERAPIS - Department of Civil Protection Italia (Roma, Italia), 1999-2004, Progetto Nazionale coordinatore

• Tomoves - EU Commission Directorate Generale Research & Innovation(Bruxelles, Belgio), 1999-2000, progetto co-PI e Work Package leader

Main research expeditions

• 1996,1999 Tomoves internal structure of MtVesuvius volcano through high resolution 3D seismic tomography. active seismic campaigns with on-shore sources (1996) and off-shore (1997)

• 2001 SERAPIS - Seismic Acquisition Reflection / refraction for the seismic imaging project of complex volcanic structures, financed by the National Group of Volcanology and National Civil Protection

• 2005 ISNet - Irpinia Seismic Network, Early Warning Seismic Project in the Southern Apennines funded by the Campania Region