Danila Aita, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Solid and Structural Mechanics at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She received her master’s degree in Architecture in 1999 (University of Genoa) and her PhD in Structural Engineering in 2003 (University of Pisa, Italy). From 2005 to 2006, she was a research fellow at the University of Genoa; from 2014 to 2019, she was a researcher at the University of Pisa; from 2022 to 2025, she was a senior researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. She is currently an associate professor at the same institution. She has authored around 90 publications focusing on the limit analysis, non-linear elasticity, seismic vulnerability, and FEA of masonry domes and arches. She has built an international research network - UCLouvain (Belgium), Bilkent University (Türkiye), Aarhus University (Denmark), University of Cairo (Egypt), University of Minho (Portugal), and University of Surrey (UK). Since 2000, she has taught undergraduate, master’s, and PhD programs. She is a member of the PhD program on Planning and Decision Methods at the University of Genoa. Her research interests include structural mechanics, masonry structures, arches and domes, limit analysis, non-linear elastic analysis, graphic statics, history of mechanics, construction history, stereotomy, and disciplines between mechanics and architecture. OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-711X