MORTARA Giuseppe

Giuseppe Mortara
Short Curriculum Vitae, May 2026

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Personal data
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Nationality: Italian
Place and date of birth: Melito di Porto Salvo (Reggio Calabria, Italy), 25 March 1969
Address: Via Zehender, 89122, Reggio Calabria, Italy
E-mail: giuseppe.mortara@unirc.it
Web: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-5410


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Current position
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Associate professor of Geotechnics at the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy).


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Career and education
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— 2020 National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor of Geotechnics
— 2015 Associate Professor of Geotechnics at the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy)
— 2014 National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor of Geotechnics
— 2005 Confirmation as University Lecturer of Geotechnics
— 2002 University Lecturer of Geotechnics at the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy)
— 2001 Research Associate of Geotechnics at the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy)
— 2001 PhD degree in Geotechnical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
— 1998 Professional qualification as an engineer
— 1997 Master’s Degree Cum Laude in Civil Engineering from University of Reggio Calabria (Italy)

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Research topics
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— Experimental behaviour of sand-structure interfaces under monotonic and cyclic conditions
— Constitutive modelling of sand-structure interface behaviour under monotonic and cyclic conditions
— Formulation of yield and failure criteria for geomaterias
— Numerical modelling of piles in sand
— Constitutive modelling of soil behaviour
— Constitutive modelling of plastic adaptation
— Macroelement approach for shallow foundations
— Limit analysis for shallow foundations in static and seismic conditions

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Collaborations with universities and research institutes
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— University of Oxford, UK
— University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
— Laboratoire 3S, Universitè Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
— Kiel University, Germany
— Politecnico di Torino, Italy
— Politecnico di Milano, Italy
— CESI Ricerca S.p.A., Milano, Italy


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Bibliometrics
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Papers in international journals: 23
Average number of authors per journal paper: 1.70
H-index: 11
Citations: 663


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Editorial activity
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Member of the Editorial Panel of Geotechnical Engineering (ISSN 1353-2618) from November 2019

Guest editor
— Views on Microstructures in Granular Materials, Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics, Birkhäuser, 2020. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-49267-0
— Micromechanics of granular matter, International Journal of Solids and Structures 187 (15 March 2020), Elsevier, 2020. DOI:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.01.002
— Progress in mechanics of soils and general granular flows, Meccanica 54 (4-5), Springer, 2019. DOI:10.1007/s11012-019-00960-1
— Micro to MACRO Mathematical Modelling in Soil Mechanics, Trends in Mathematics, Birkhäuser, 2018. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-99474-1


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Membership of scientific societies
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— Member of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
— Member of the Italian Geotechnical Association (AGI).
— Member of the Geotechnical Engineering National Group (GNIG).
— Member of the board of the Geotechnical Engineering National Group (GNIG) (3 July 2012 -24 June 2015).


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Teaching activities
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2002-present
Foundations (Master's Degree in Civil Engineering at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria)
2016-2021
Geotechnics (Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria)