Luigi Pugliese graduated cum laude in Civil Engineering in 2016 at University of Calabria (Italy). Then he obtained the PhD title at the same university discussing a dissertation entitled "POST-FAILURE ANALYSIS OF LANDSLIDES USING THE MATERIAL POINT METHOD". He currently works as a post-doctoral researcher at University of Calabria. His research focuses on the following topics: deformation and failure mechanisms of slopes; post-failure stage of landslides; material point method; finite element method; rainfall-induced landslides; analysis of rainfall-induced slow-moving landslides; thermo-active ground structures.