Summary
Gabriele Morra is a computational physicist and professor with over a decade of research and teaching experience applying high-performance computing and machine learning to geodynamics, seismology, volcanology and fluid mechanics. Trained at ETH Zurich (PhD) and Sapienza, he has developed parallel and meshless numerical methods for modeling plate tectonics, subduction zones and tsunami/landslide hazards, and has led international collaborations in Asia, Australia and the United States. At the University of Louisiana at Lafayette he progressed from assistant to full professor while supervising graduate students and translating theoretical advances into practical hazard and resource-exploration applications. His work blends deep theoretical insight with hands-on code development for supercomputing, and has produced novel three-dimensional and surface–volume hybrid techniques less common in standard geodynamic toolkits. Colleagues value him for connecting rigorous physics to real-world geological risk and for organizing community-building conferences and edited volumes that shaped computational geodynamics.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Geophysics, PhD, Geophysics at ETH Zürich
Bachelor + Master, Physics, 110/110, Bachelor + Master, Physics, 110/110 at Sapienza Università di Roma
English, Italian, German, French