Francesco Alexandr Colosimo

Geophysicist & Seismologist

๐Ÿ“ Zรผrich, Switzerland

Specialising in real-time monitoring, machine learning, and risk assessment. Experienced in developing operational systems for earthquake early warning and structural monitoring.

About Me

I am a geophysicist and seismologist with expertise in translating complex physical models into scalable, data-driven solutions for real-world decision making. My work focuses on developing operational systems that bridge the gap between scientific research and practical applications in earthquake early warning and structural health monitoring.

With a strong foundation in machine learning and real-time data processing, I have contributed to projects ranging from earthquake early warning systems to structural monitoring, always with an emphasis on creating robust, efficient, and impactful solutions.

Experience

Seismologist

Sep. 2025 โ€“ Present

Swiss Seismological Service

  • Designed and taught a Master's course on machine learning for Earth and planetary sciences
  • Developed and maintained real-time seismic data processing workflows for earthquake monitoring, integrating machine learning to improve performance
  • Designed and implemented web-based services and APIs to make simulation results public

Structural Health Monitoring Intern

Feb. 2025 โ€“ Aug. 2025

IRMOS AG

  • Led field measurement campaigns for structural monitoring, including sensor deployment, data acquisition, and validation
  • Analysed structural vibration time-series data using Python (PyOMA) to extract modal properties
  • Developed automated data processing pipelines, improving efficiency and reproducibility

Graduate Research Assistant

2024 โ€“ Feb. 2025

Swiss Seismological Service

  • Developed machine learning models (GANs, diffusion) for synthetic seismic waveform generation
  • Enabled scalable simulation of rare seismic events to address limited training data
  • Optimised large-scale data processing workflows for improved computational efficiency

Seismologist

2023

Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

  • Contributed to the development of an Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system for Nepal
  • Integrated hardware and software for real-time seismic data acquisition and processing
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to support system implementation and validation

Seismologist Intern

2021 โ€“ 2022

Grillo/OpenEEW System

  • Analysed seismic datasets to develop real-time earthquake detection and magnitude estimation
  • Improved performance and reliability of low-cost seismic monitoring systems

Education

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MSc Geophysics

ETH Zรผrich

2023 โ€“ 2025

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BSc Geology

Charles University in Prague

2019 โ€“ 2022

Skills & Expertise

๐Ÿ’ป Scientific Computing & Programming

Python NumPy Pandas ObsPy PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn MATLAB SQL

๐Ÿ“Š Data Analysis & Modelling

Time-series analysis Signal processing Numerical modelling Inversion methods Uncertainty analysis

๐Ÿค– Machine Learning

Supervised learning Unsupervised learning DDPMs GANs Generative models

โš™๏ธ Engineering Applications

Seismic hazard analysis OpenQuake Structural health monitoring PyOMA Real-time monitoring

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools & Visualisation

Excel Power BI Matplotlib Seaborn QGIS ArcGIS Pro Adobe Illustrator

๐ŸŒ Languages

Italian (Native) Czech (Native) Slovak (Professional) English (C1)

Additional Experience & Achievements

Scientific Outreach & Industry Collaboration

Prague, Czechia | 2025 - ongoing

Organising scientific outreach and career networking events connecting students, academia and industry.

4EU+ Virtual Excursions Project

Sicily, Italy | 2022

Developed virtual field excursions using drone-based data acquisition. Contributed to an interdisciplinary project combining geoscience, remote sensing, and education.

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Merit Scholarship

Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague | 2021 - 2022

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Best Bachelor Thesis

Honorary award by the EAGE local chapter Prague | 2022

Projects

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GitHub

Check out my code repositories, research projects, and open-source contributions.

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LinkedIn

Connect with me professionally and view my career journey and accomplishments.

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Sweet Seismic

Interactive platform for earthquake early warning and seismic monitoring solutions.

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Real-Time Source Characterisation

Developing a ground-motion-envelope-based goodness-of-fit algorithm using machine learning generated templates.

SED ETH Zรผrich โ€ข 2025-ongoing

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Optimising Earthquake Early Warning

Optimising EEW algorithms with synthetic waveforms from generative deep learning models.

SED ETH Zรผrich โ€ข 2025

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Real-Time Magnitude Estimation

Using MEMS-based accelerometers and data from the Mexican Grillo network for magnitude estimation.

Bachelor Thesis โ€ข Institute of Geophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences โ€ข 2022

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Scientific Outreach & Career Networking

Organizing scientific outreach and student career networking events, coordinating collaboration between university departments and private sector partners.

Prague, Czechia โ€ข 2025

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4EU+ Virtual Excursions

An innovative bottom-up project to design online virtual excursions, including drone surveys.

Sicily, Italy โ€ข 2022

Get in Touch

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, collaborations, or just connecting with fellow professionals in geophysics and seismology.