Nicola Moraci

Full Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, where he was: Vice-Rector; Dean of the Civil, Energy, Environmental and Materials Engineering Department; Member of the Academic Senate and the Board of Administrators; Coordinator of the Doctorate in Geotechnical Engineering and Tutor of more than 25 PhD Thesis. He was President of the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI) from 2015 to 2022 and a member of the IGS Council from 2012 to 2016. He is currently a member of the IGS Council and Vice-President of the Italian Chapter of IGS (AGI-IGS). The research activity has been developed along multiple themes of geotechnical and geosynthetics engineering including landslides and slope stability, landslide risk mitigation, the use of geosynthetics in civil and environmental works, controlled landfills and remediation of contaminated sites, soil reinforcement, protective filters, innovative technologies and materials, and sustainable geotechnical works. His activity has led to the editing of more than 250 papers published in important International Journals and Conferences. He received several awards for his research activities, including the IGS Award 2008, the Best Paper Awards from the Geotextiles and Geomembranes Journal (2017) and from the Geosynthetics International Journal (2022). He is currently Associate Editor of the Geotextiles and Geomembranes Journal, and Member of the Editorial Board of the Geosynthetic International Journal and other important International Journals. He was the scientific director of numerous research projects on the basis of competitive calls for bids providing for peer review. He was invited as an Honour and Keynote lecturer at several International and National Conferences, as well as a member of Scientific and Organizing Committees of several International Conferences. He is a member of numerous Technical and Scientific Committees for ISSMGE, CEN, IGS, Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Prote