Giorgia Giardina

Dr. Giorgia Giardina is an Associate Professor in Geo-monitoring and Data Analytics at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). She holds affiliations with the Department of Geoscience and Engineering, specializing in Geo-engineering. Her research focuses on enhancing urban resilience through the integration of remote sensing, computational modeling, and experimental testing to evaluate structural vulnerability to urbanization, earthquakes, and climate change. She previously held roles at the University of Bath (Lecturer), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Visiting Professor), and the University of Cambridge (Research Fellow). She is a member of key committees like EEFIT and ISCARSAH. Her work emphasizes heritage protection, seismic retrofitting, and infrastructure resilience.

Education & Roles:

• PhD in Civil Engineering and Geosciences (TU Delft)
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (University of Cambridge)

Research Interests:

Giorgia’s expertise spans remote sensing technologies (e.g., InSAR, LiDAR), structural health monitoring, climate change resilience, and disaster risk assessment. She investigates how urban infrastructure and historic buildings respond to subsidence, earthquakes, and underground excavations.

Articles & Trends:

Recent work emphasizes satellite-based damage assessment (e.g., post-earthquake Turkey 2023, Haiti 2021), InSAR for infrastructure monitoring, and machine learning for crack pattern analysis. Her research highlights the synergy between geospatial data and computational models to improve urban safety.

Awards:

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

Grants & Labs:

Her group offers fellowships via the Schlumberger Foundation and Mosaic PhD scholarships. Collaborations include the 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering and the Centre for Global Heritage and Development.