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Alessandro Fraccica

Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

ORCID iD 0000-0003-4304-6765
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Dr. Fraccica is a geotechnical engineer and technologist at the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA). He was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early-Stage Research Fellow, in a co-supervised PhD programme between the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain) and the Université de Montpellier (France). During his PhD work he explored the experimental hydro-mechanical behaviour of vegetated soils and its implications for landslide cases. He continued his research career working on soil mixing and permeation grouting with sustainable binders. He was also involved into experimental and numerical research linked to gas transport through granular bentonite and sand-bentonite materials, related to a geological nuclear waste disposal case.
His works have been published in top-tier journals such as Géotechnique and the Canadian Geotechnical Journal and earned him the Soriano Prize for the best Spanish PhD thesis in geotechnical engineering from the Spanish Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and the selection as a young representative of the Italian Geotechnical Association at the 29th European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference.
Beyond his academic achievements, he collaborates with universities, mentors doctoral research, and contributes to international conferences and editorial initiatives. At ISPRA, he applies his expertise in the field of soil mechanics to environmental impact assessments, geohazard characterization, monitoring and mitigation.

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  • Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale Geotechnical Engineer
    2022 - Present

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