Dr. Ilaria Fiore is a Research fellow at the University of Catania. She obtained her PhD on 20th April 2022 in “Evaluation and Mitigation of Urban and Territorial Risks– curriculum Structural and Geotechnical Engineering” – cycle XXXIV at the University of Catania with the doctoral thesis entitled “An equivalent non-uniform inelastic beam-like model for the seismic vulnerability assessment of buildings”. Her current research activity is focused on the following topics: static and dynamic problems of damaged beams by exploiting generalised functions; definition of finite elements of damaged beams by exploiting generalised functions; damage identification on multi-cracked beams; definition of equivalent inelastic beam-like models for the seismic vulnerability assessment of multi-storey buildings.