Nadia Pinardi

Nadia PINARDI holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University, and she is full professor of Oceanography at Bologna University, Italy. Her interests range from ocean numerical modelling and predictions to data assimilation, numerical modelling of the marine physical-biological interactions and pollutants at sea, coastal forecasting and coupling with hydrology.

She is, since 2019, vice-president of the Infrastructure Commission of the World Meteorological Organization.

She has been awarded in 2015 the Italian Republic Honors “Commendatore dell’ Ordine al merito della Repubblica italiana” and in 2017 the Laurea Honoris Causa for Operational Oceanography at the University of Liege, Belgium.