Short scientific curriculum of Lorenzo Bardella
EDUCATION

September 1986 to July 1991: Technical High School Teresio Olivelli, Darfo (BS), Italy.

July 1997: Civil Engineering degree, University of Brescia, Italy.

March 2001: PhD degree in "Materials for Engineering", University of Brescia, Italy.

CURRENT POSITION

Professor of Scienza delle Costruzioni (Solid and Structural Mechanics) at the Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics of the University of Brescia.  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (BESIDE TEACHING)

January-July 1999: Practical training at the software house Hibbitt, Karlsson & Sorensen, Inc. (later, ABAQUS, Inc., now Dassault Syst mes), Pawtucket R.I. (U.S.A.). 

1st March 2002 to 20th February 2011: Assistant professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Brescia. 

July-September 2003 and January-March 2004: Visiting scientist at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) of Cambridge (UK).

May 2006 to December 2013: member of the Scientific Committee of the Research Center of Applied Seismology and Structural Dynamics (CeSiA) of the University of Brescia.

March 2009 to March 2017: member of the Doctoral Committee of the PhD course in Materials for Engineering at the University of Brescia.

2009: recipient of the first junior Prize in Mechanics of Solids awarded by the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA).

21st February 2011 to 31st October 2022: Associate professor at the Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics of the University of Brescia.

May 2011 to March 2017: member of the Doctoral Committee of the PhD course in Mathematical Methods and Models for Engineering at the University of Brescia.  

September 2013 to date: member of the Doctoral Committee of the PhD course in Civil and Environmental Engineering (now, Civil and Environmental Engineering, International Cooperation and Mathematics) at the University of Brescia.  

January 2014 to September 6th 2022: member of the Executive Committee of the Mechanics of Materials Group of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (GMA-AIMETA) (chairman: January 2016 to September 6th 2022).  

May 26th 2015: Italian full professorship habilitation in "Scienza delle Costruzioni" (Solid and Structural Mechanics).  

14-17 May 2018: lecturer at the CISM Advanced School "Mechanics of strain gradient materials".  

Member of the scientific committee of the IUTAM Symposium on Size-Effects in Microstructure and Damage Evolution, Kgs. Lyngby (Denmark), 27 May-1 June 2018.  

Member of the scientific committee of the XXIV Conference of the Italian Associaton of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA 2019), Rome, 15-19 September 2019.  

01 January 2022-31 December 2027: member of the European Mechanics of Materials Conference Committee (EMMCC) of EUROMECH.  

Co-chair of the thematic session "SM12. Plasticity, Viscoplasticity and Creep" at ICTAM2024 (26th Internation Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), 25-30 August 2024, Daegu (Korea).  

1st November 2022 to date: Professor at the Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics of the University of Brescia.  

November 2023 to date: Coordinator of the research of the Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics of the University of Brescia.  

REFEREE ACTIVITY


Web of Science profile



Reviewer for the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French ANR, generic call for proposals 2021)




Reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF Project funding MINT, 2022)




Chair of the 2024 panel for the Independent Research Fund Denmark | Technology and Production Sciences (DFF | FTP) and Natural Sciences (DFF | FNU) in the field "Mechanics, Materials, Robotics, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, Complex System Science and Infrastructure".




Member of the 2025 panel for the Independent Research Fund Denmark | Technology and Production Sciences (DFF | FTP) and Natural Sciences (DFF | FNU) in the field "Mechanics, Materials, Robotics, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, Complex System Science and Infrastructure".




Reviewer for the European Research Council (ERC) in the PE8 area.




8 april 2014-26 april 2022: Review Editor for Frontiers in Mechanics of Materials



Awarded outstanding reviewer by: 
European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

International Journal of Plasticity

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Journal of Physics Materials

Mechanics Research Communications

Smart Materials and Structures

Awarded trusted reviewer by Institute of Physics (IOP)




Peer reviewer for: 

Acta Materialia
Acta Mechanica
Advanced Engineering Materials
Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Applied Materials Today
Applied Mathematical Modelling
Composite Interfaces
Composite Structures
Composites Science and Technology
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Composites Part B: Engineering
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Computers & Structures
Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Frontiers in Mechanics of Materials
Engineering Computations
Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids
IEEE Access
International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
International Journal of Engineering Science
International Journal of Fracture
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
International Journal of Plasticity
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Journal of Composite Materials
Journal of Composites
Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
Journal of Elasticity
Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Journal of Materials Science
Journal of Materials Science & Technology
Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Journal of Physics: Materials
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites
Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
Materials
Materials Research Bulletin
Materials Research SciELO
Materials Science & Engineering A
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
Meccanica
Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials
Mechanics Research Communications
Metals
Metals and Materials International
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
Nano Materials Science
Nanotechnology Reviews
Philosophical Magazine
PLoS Computational Biology
Polymer Composites
Polymer Testing
Polymers and Polymer Composites
Proceedings of the Royal Society A
Results in Physics
Royal Society Open Science
Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions
Scientia Iranica
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
Smart Materials and Structures
SPE Polymers
Technische Mechanik
Zeitschrift f r Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (ZAMM)



Reviewer for the evaluation of the quality of the Italian research (VQR 2015-19)

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY


Guest Editor of the special issue "ICTAM-SM12 on Plasticity, viscoplasticity and creep" for the International Journal of Solids and Structures  

Guest Editor for the themed collection of Materials Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry): "Multimodal Remote Actuation and Sensing in Polymers for Advanced Applications" DOI OpenAccess  

Guest Editor for the special issue of Meccanica: "Recent Advances on the Mechanics of Materials" DOI OpenAccess  

Associate Editor for Frontiers in Mechanics of Materials  

In 2017, guest Editor for the special issue of Materials: "Syntactic Foams: Microstructural Characterisation and Effective Properties" 

Article Editor for SAGE Open