Over the years, since its inception, the ROSE School has trained dozens of MSc and PhD students, who hold nowadays prestigious roles in institutions all over the world.
Below are some testimonials of such success stories.
ROSE Graduation year: 2005
Current position: Secretary General
Employer: Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation
I arrived in Pavia during the first year of the ROSE School in 2001, and I immediately understood the unique opportunity I was being exposed to – the possibility to be taught by the best academics in Earthquake Engineering in the world. They were certainly not easy years, with a steep learning curve, but they taught me that the results and success I obtained were directly correlated with the hard work and dedication that I put into my studies and work.
ROSE Graduation year: 2009
Current position: Professor
Employer: Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
My PhD years at ROSE were a rich blend of cultural interactions with fellow students and experts from a wide range of international backgrounds. The convergence of such diverse experiences created a unique atmosphere and energy for intense study and research.
This time deeply shaped my path: it helped me understand that I would like to become a teacher, and it instilled the working habits and foundational knowledge that allowed me to embark on a more-or-less clumsy, yet rewarding, academic journey—which was followed by a postdoc at EPFL and continued over the past seven years as professor at UCLouvain.