Dr. Marco Vailati is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil, Construction-Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of L’Aquila, Italy, and he has a partnership with the Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics at Sapienza University of Rome. He received his Master’s in “Innovation in Design, Rehabilitation, and Control of Structures: Assessment and Retrofitting in Seismic Areas” and his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome, respectively, in 2004 and 2011 . His scientific activity addresses the topics of base isolation, seismic risk analysis, and seismic retrofitting.