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Teaching Experience:
- 2010 - 2014 Ph.D.in Rock Physics at the Pennsylvania State University under the supervision of Prof. Chris Marone. I was awarded of my Ph.D. on 12th of June 2014 for a thesis entitled: “Mechanical properties of the seismogenic zone”.
- 2007 - 2009 Master of Science in Geological Resources and Hazard at the University of Perugia under the supervision of Prof. C. Collettini and co-supervision of Dr. A. Niemeijer (Utrecht University). Thesis entitled: “Frictional properties and slip stability of active faults within carbonate–evaporite sequences: The role of dolomite and anhydrite” with the final score of 110/110 and honors.
- 2004 - 2007 Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences at the University of Perugia with the final grade of 102/110.
Research/Professional Experience:
- 2022-Present Assiciate Professor in Geophysics. Department of Geosciences, La Sapienza University of Rome
- 2019-2022 Tenure-Track assistant professor (RTDB) in Geophysics, La Sapienza University of Rome
- 2017 – 2019 Post-Doctoral research fellow sponsored by TOTAL with a project entitled “Fault zone permeability and leakage” with the supervision of Dr. C. Wibberley (TOTAL) and Prof. C. Collettini (La Sapienza University of Rome).
- 2015 – 2017 EUHorizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellow, grant No. 656676 FEAT (The role of Fluid pressure in EArthquake Triggering). , La Sapienza University of Rome
- 2014 – 2015 Post-Doctoral research fellow at La Sapienza University of Rome under the supervision of Prof. Cristiano Collettini.
Grants and Fellowships:
Principal Investigator:
- 2022 ERC Starting Grant HYQUAKE “Hydromechanical coupling in tectonic faults and the origin of aseismic slip, quasi-dynamic transients and earthquake rupture” GA No. 101040600 (PI 1.5M euros)
- 2015 European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow. Grant agreement No. 656676 “The role of Fluid pressure in EArthquake Triggering” (FEAT) (180k euros)
- 2022 Fault-parallel permeability and response to overpressure: implications for leakage and stability - TOTAL research funding in collaboration with Dr. Chris Wibberley (co-PI 150k euros)
- 2021 Laboratory characterization of fault slip behavior upon fluid pressurization in the low permeability Shales at Mont Terri with acoustic imaging and hydromechanical measurements, Mon Terri Underground Laboratory Consorzium e Servizio Geologico Svizzero (PI 15k)
- 2021 Fault-parallel permeability and response to overpressure: implications for leakage and stability - TOTAL research funding in collaboration with Dr. Chris Wibberley (co-PI 110k euros)
- 2021 FAST - FAult Stability_2 ENI research founding in collaboration with the geomechanical research group (co-PI 90k euros)
- 2020 Laboratory characterization of fault slip behavior upon fluid pressurization in the low permeability Shales at Mont Terri with acoustic imaging and hydromechanical measurements, Mon Terri Underground Laboratory Consorzium e Servizio Geologico Svizzero (PI 15k)
- 2017 “Fault zone permeability and structure” TOTAL research funding in collaboration with Dr. Chris Wibberley (co-PI 90k euros)
- 2017 “FAST, Fault Stability” ENI research founding in collaboration with the geomechanical research group (co-PI 90k euros)
Prizes and Awards:
- 2022 National scientific habilitation for the position of full professor in geophysics
- 2020 MRP (Mineral and Rock Physics) Early Career Award, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- 2018 EMRP (Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics) Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award of the European Geosciences Union (EGU).
- 2018 National scientific habilitation for the position of associate professor in geophysics
Invited talks
- 2021 14th Euroconference on Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics Scuderi M.M. et al., Linking laboratory with in-situ observations to improve the understanding of fault slip behaviour during fluid pressurization.
- 2021 The physics of earthquake faulting: machine learning to illuminate earthquake precursor and predict laboratory earthquakes Scuderi M.M. et al., Fault zone structure, precursor to failure illuminate the mechanics of the full spectrum of slip behaviors.
- 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Scuderi et al., Linking laboratory with in-situ observations to improve the understanding of fault slip behaviour during fluid pressurization.
- 2019 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Scuderi M.M. The spectrum of slip behaviors, from elasto-dynamic rupture to slow earthquakes, a laboratory perspective, special session “AGU Centennial”. San Francisco, CA USA.
- 2019 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Scuderi M.M. and C. Collettini. Stress Triggering and the Mechanics of Fault Slip Behavior. San Francisco, CA USA.
- 2019 European Geoscience Union (EGU). Scuderi M.M. Understanding Injection-Induced Seismicity and Aseismic Fault Slip Coupling Laboratory and In-Situ Experiments with Hydromechanical Models, Vienna, Austria.
- 2019 3rd Induced Seismicity Workshop. Scuderi M.M. Fluid injection and the mechanics of frictional stability of shale-bearing faults. Davos, Switzerland.
- 2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) general assembly. Scuderi M.M. The role of fabric and normal stress on the mechanics of slow-slip. Washington DC, USA.
- 2018 European Seismological Commission (ESC). Fluid driven fault slip of experimental faults subjected to fluid pressure stimulation: carbonates vs. shales. Valletta, Malta.
- 2017 IAG-IASPEI. Scuderi et al., Laboratory observations of slow stick-slip: implications for slow earthquakes and the spectrum of fault slip behavior. Kobe, Japan.
Major collaborations:
- Frederic Cappa, Yives Guglielmi and J-P Avouac. Up-scaling of fluid induced earthquakes through hydromechanical modeling.
- S. Barbot / M. Veduu. Modeling the spectrum of fault slip behavior.
- Federico Agliardi. Upscaling of landslide behavior from the lab scale to in-situ. University of Milan Bicocca, Italy
- Chris Wibberley. Fault zone permeability and leakage in the geomechanics of reservoir. TOTAL, France.
- Luke Zoet, The effects of entrained debris on the basal sliding stability of a glacier, Iowa State University, USA
- Paul Johnson, Acceleration of acoustical emission precursor preceding failure in sheared granular material, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.
- Brett Carpenter and Matt Ikari. Frictional properties and fault stability of fault gouge.
Teaching Experience:
- 2019 - present co-teacher of the course "Physics of the Earth" at the undergraduate level
- 2019 - present "Measurement system and data analysis in the geosciences" (SEEGEO) at the undergraduate level
- 2019 - present co-teacher of the course "Physics of the solid Earth" at the Master level
- 2013-2014 Teaching Assistant / Laboratory Instructor for the course “Physical Processes in Geology” (GEOSC203), Pennsylvania State University (USA).