Presidency of International Associations and Committees
2020-2023 – President of the Italian Institute of Welding (Istituto Italiano della Saldatura)
2018-2020 – Designated President of the Italian Institute of Welding (Istituto Italiano della Saldatura) for the period 2020-2023
2016-2023 – President of the Awards Committee of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE)
2003-2007 – President of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE)
1999-2003 – Chairman of the International Panel appointed to develop a new IAWE organisation and the related By-Laws
1999-2003 – President of the Italian National Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV)
1995-2005 – European and African Regional Co-ordinator of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE)
Editorial Duties for International Journals and Book Series
From 2018 – Series Co-Editor of Springer Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
From 2017 – Series Co-Editor of Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering
1997-2005 – Co-Editor in Chief of Wind & Structures, an International Journal
Membership of Editorial Boards of International Journals and Handbooks
From 2020 – Infrastructures, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
From 2019 – Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A, Springer Nature
From 2019 – Advances in Bridge Engineering, Springer Nature
From 2019 – Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering
From 2018 – Journal of Transportation, Safety and Environment
2018 – Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi
From 2017 – The Handbook of Non-Synoptic Wind Storm Hazards, Oxford University Press
2017 – Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Hindawi
From 2011 – Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Elsevier
From 2008 – The Open Statistics and Probability Journal, Bentham Open
From 2007 – The Open Construction and Building Technology Journal, Bentham Open
From 2007 – Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Elsevier
From 2006 – Wind & Structures, an International Journal, Techno Press
From 2005 – Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences
From 2004 – Journal of Wind and Engineering
From 2002 – Advances in Structural Engineering, an International Journal, Multi-Science Publishing
Membership of scientific panels and boards
From 2020 – Member of the General Council of the Italian Institute of Welding (Istituto Italiano della Saldatura)
From 2019 – Member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Institute of Welding (Istituto Italiano della Saldatura)
From 2018 – Member of the WindEEE International Research Board, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
From 2018 – Member of the ‘111’ Project “High performance infrastructures and effective operation of wind farms” supported by the Ministry of Education and the State Ad-ministration of Foreign Experts Affars, China, at the Chongqing University, China
From 2014 – Member of the National Science Foudation (NSF) Oversight Committee, Universi-ty of Florida, U.S.
2014-2018 – Member of the Research Board of the WindEEE (Wind Engineering Energy and Environment) Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
From 2013 – Member of the ‘111’ Project “Innovation on mitigating wind-induced disaster of infrastructures sensitive to wind” supported by the Ministry of Education, China, at the Beijing Jaotong University, Beijing, China
From 2012 – Official Nominator for the Japan Prize Foundation
2012-2015 – Member of the Awards Committee of the International Association for Wind En-gineering (IAWE)
2010-2012 – Member of the Scientific Committee for the Messina Straits Bridge
2008-2013 – Member of the Global Centre Of Excellence (Global COE) Program Advisory Board on N ew Frontier of Education and Research in Wind Engineering , Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan
2006-2007 – Board Member of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)
2003-2008 – Member of the Centre Of Excellence (COE) Program Advisory Board on Wind Effects on Buildings and Urban Areas, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan
2003-2005 – Member of the Scientific Committee for the Messina Straits Bridge
2002-2003 – Member of the Technical-Scientific Committee addressing the design activities related to the Messina Straits Bridge, appointed by the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transportation
From 2000 – Charter Member of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
From 2000 – Honorary Member of the Research Board of Advisors of the American Biographic Institute
1999-2011 – Executive Board Member of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE)
From 1999 – Member of the Probabilistic Methods Committee of the Engineering Mechanics Division of the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)
From 1997 – Advisory Board Member of the International Wind Engineering Forum (IWEF)
1994-2002 – Co-Responsible of the Meteo-Hydrological Centre of Liguria Region (CMIRL)
From 1994 – Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Italian Organising Committee for activities in Structural Dynamics (CADIS)
1988-2011 – International Delegate of the Italian National Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV)
From 1987 – Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
From 1987 – Member of the Wind Engineering Research Council (WERC)
From 1983 – Member of the Steering Committee of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE)
Membership of Academies
From 2011 – Member of the Ligurian Academy of Science and Letters, affiliate with Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
2005-2011 – Corresponding Member of the Ligurian Academy of Science and Letters