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University of California, Davis

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5.08/9/2025

Encourages students to ask questions.

5.08/1/2025

Challenges students to reach their potential.

5.07/12/2025

Encourages students to ask questions.

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Michele Barbato is Professor of Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He holds a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego (2007), an M.S. in Structural Engineering from the same institution (2005), and a “Laurea” Degree in Civil Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome (2002). His professional career began as a Research Assistant at the University of California, San Diego (2002–2007), followed by Assistant Professor (2007–2013) and Associate Professor (2013–2018) at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. Since July 2018, he has been Professor at UC Davis. Barbato currently serves as President of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (October 2025–present), Executive Committee Member of the UC Disaster Resilience Network (November 2024–present), Adjunct Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University/NIST (May 2024–present), Director of the UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center (September 2023–present), and Director of the CITRIS Climate Initiative (October 2021–present). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Louisiana (since 2014) and Italy (since 2002), and holds fellowships including F.ASCE (2021), F.SEI (2019), and F.EMI (2019).