Education:
PhD in Marine Environmental Science, Bologna University, Italy. (2005)
Msc in Marine Environmental Science, Bologna University, Italy. (2000)
Positions:
- Sep-2022/Present: Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Jan-2017/Aug 2022: Senior Research Scientist and Project Manager at NATO Science and Technology Organization Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation Italy.
- Nov-2014/Dec-2016: Research Scientist at NATO Science and Technology Organization Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation Italy.
- Jan-2005/Oct-2014: Researcher (III Lev) at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology).
- 2002 Sep-Dec: Scientific collaborator at the Physic Department of Bologna University Italy.
- 2001 Oct–Dec: Grant with the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology).
- 2000 Feb-Mar: Scientific Collaborator at the Atmospheric and Ocean Science Institute (ISAO-CNR) Bologna, Italy.
Visiting Positions:
- 2003 Jul-Dec: Research Assistant at Department of Engineering and Applied Science (DEAS) Harvard University, Boston USA. Supervision of Prof. Allan Robinson.
Official Appointments and International Groups:
- 2017/Aug-2022 Project Manager of the CMRE “Sensing and predicting underwater noise” Project within the Environmental Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness Programme.
- 2015- ongoing Member of the GODAE (Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment) Data Assimilation Task Team.
- 2013- ongoing Member of the GODAE (Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment) Coastal Ocean and Shelf Seas Task Team.
- 2012-2016 Chair of the Euro-GOOS (European Global Ocean observing System) Coastal ocean and Shelf Seas Modelling Working Group.
- 2013/Oct-2014 Chair of the NEMO Wave Coupling Working Group.
- Jan-2010/Oct-2014 INGV representative at NEMO Consortium (NEMO Officer), member of the NEMO System Team and member of the NEMO Developers Committee.
- Aug-2012/Oct-2014 INGV representative at Mon-GOOS (Mediterranean Oceanography Network for the Global Ocean Observing System).
- Jan-2013/Oct-2014 INGV representative at Euro-GOOS (European Global Ocean observing System).
Project Coordination / Principal Investigator:
- Jan-2018 / Dec-2020. “Sensing and Predicting Underwater Noise using robotic platforms and Forecast Models for Maritime ISR” within the "Environmental Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness Programme" at the Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE).
- Oct-2018 / Dec-2021. Multi annual research on rapid environmental assessment procedures targeted to underwater acoustic prediction, funded by Defence Research and Development Canada– Atlantic Research Centre.
- Jan-2020 / Dec-2021. Arctic research, including design and execution of the Nordic Recognized Environmental Picture 2020, (NREP20) sea trial Funded by Office of Naval Research (ONR).
- Jan 2012–Oct 2014 JTS IONIO “Ionian Integrated Marine Observatory”, European Territorial Cooperation Programme. Project Coordinator.
Reviewing Activities:
- Reviewer for the following Journals: Ocean Science; Ocean Modelling; Journal of Geophysical Research (Ocean); Ocean Dynamics, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans.
- Guest Editor in Ocean Science for ECOOP special issue.
- Editor of “Operational Oceanography in Italy toward a sustainable management of the sea.”. 2013. Special Volume of “I quaderni di Arpa” . ISBN 978-88-87854-29-9
- Coordinator of NEMO Special Issue in Geoscientific Model Development (EGU).
Research Cruises:
- 2020: Scientist in Charge MREP20 (Mediterranean Recognized Environmental Picture).
- 2017 & 2018: Scientist in Charge LOGMEC17 (LOng term Glider Mission for Environmental Characterization). Multinational research cruise involving two research vessels, autonomous vehicles, innovative ocean instrumentations.
