Francesco Grigoli

03/2024-To Date
Associate Professor in Geophysics
University of Pisa, Department of Earth Sciences
Pisa, Italy
Development of methods for the analysis and characterization of seismicity. I am lecturer of the “Machine Learning for Geophysics” and “Earthquake Seismology” courses within the M.Sc in Exploration Geophysics

05/2024-07/2024
Visiting Professor
Kyoto University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Kyoto, Japan
Application of Deep-Learning based methods for seismic data analysis to the M7 Kumamoto (Japan) Earthquake Sequence

03/2021-02/2024
Assistant Professor in Geophysics
University of Pisa, Department of Earth Sciences
Pisa, Italy
Development of methods for the analysis and characterization of seismicity. I am lecturer of the “Machine Learning for Geophysics” and “Earthquake Seismology” courses within the M.Sc in Exploration Geophysics

10/2016-03/2021
Senior Researcher and Lecturer
ETH-Zurich, Swiss Seismological Service (SED)
Zurich, Switzerland
Development of automated methods for real-time analysis and characterization of seismicity. Lecturer of the “Geophysical data Processing” course within the M.Sc in Geosciences at ETH.

11/2019-03/2020
Visiting Researcher
Stanford University, Department of Geophysics
Palo Alto, California, USA
Development of Deep-Learning based methods for seismic data analysis.

08/2015-09/2016
Researcher
National Institute of Geophysics and Oceanography (OGS)
Trieste, Italy
Optimization of microseismic monitoring networks and development of methods for the analysis and discrimination of induced seismicity

07/2012-06/2015
Researcher
University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth Sciences
Potsdam, Germany
Development and improvement of the waveform based method for the automated detection and locations of seismic events.

01/2013-03/2013
Visiting Researcher
University of Naples, Department of Physics
Naples, Italy
Development of fully automated location methods for seismic early-warning operations and applications to the Irpinia region (Southern Italy)

07/2010-06/2012
Research Assistant
University of Hamburg, Institute of Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
Development of new data analysis methods for free-fall Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBSs) and deep borehole seismic sensors.

07/2010-03/2014
PhD in Geophysics (Seismology)
University of Potsdam and
German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
Potsdam, Germany
Development of a new method for automated location of seismic events which exploits the coherence of the waveforms recorded at different stations. This method was applied to both induced and natural seismicity in different environments and at different scales.
Magna Cum Laude

10/2007-05/2010
M.Sc in Exploration and Applied Geophysics
University of Pisa,
Pisa, Italy
Inversion of Surface Waves using Genetic Algorithms
110/110 with distinction

09/2003-07/2007
B.Sc in Geosciences
University of Palermo,
Palermo, Italy
Review of methods for focal mechanisms determination
110/110 with distinction

Director and Scientific Responsible of the UniPisa International Summer School in “Machine Learning in Geosciences” (2022, 2023, 2024).

Co-founder of a startup company and UniPi Spin-Off, SEISMIX srl (founded in July 2020)

For the list of papers and bibliometrics indexes:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=54893159000

For general info:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesco-grigoli/