Diego Lo Presti is Associate Professor of Geotechnics and Foundation Engineering at the University of Pisa since 2004 ( formerly Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Torino where he graduated in Ph. D. in Geotechnical Engineering). He is author of more than 150 papers mainly concerning the following research areas: laboratory and in situ testing, soil characterizarion, geotechnical eartquake engineering.