Alessandra obtained her Bechelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 2014 (Italy), followed by a Master's degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Pavia in 2017 (Italy). She conducted her Master’s thesis at the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE), in Pavia (Italy), entitled: “Seismic response analysis of high rise buildings equipped with a sliding Tuned Mass Damper”. Alessandra visited The University of Sheffield as a researcher (postgraduate student), from March to August 2017, in the framework of Erasmus+Traineeship programme 2016-2017, funded by the European Union.