Paolo Macini (1961) received his Master’s Degree in Mining Engineering (with honors) from the University of Bologna in 1986. From 1988 to 1992, he worked with an international Service Company of the energy sector, with experiences in Italy and overseas. He joined the University of Bologna in 1992 as Research Associate, and later he served as Assistant Professor (1995-2002). His present appointment is Associate Professor at the Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering Department (DICAM), University of Bologna.
Prof. Macini has taught a number of classes at the University of Bologna and other Italian universities. Principal among them are Underground Fluid Mechanics, Drilling Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Energy and Environmental Ethics. In these fields he has authored or co-authored more than 170 papers and several books.
Prof. Macini is member of EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers), ANIM (Italian Society of Mining Engineers), SGI (Italian Geological Society), SISS (Italian Society for the History of Sciences). He was member of the Editorial Committee, Bulletin of Zagreb University (Croatia) and member of the Honorary Academic Editorial Board for the UNESCO-EOLSS Encyclopedia Project.
At present, he is also the U. of Bologna representative in the "Geothermal Working Group" and in the "Environmental Monitoring Guidelines Group" of the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security.
