ACADEMIC TITLES
16 July 1998 Degree in Physics at the Bologna University
1 June 2005 PhD in Physics at the Bologna University
EMPLOYMENT
From September 1998 to May 2004 he worked at the ISAC-CNR (ex ISAO and ex FISBAT) in Bologna and at the Institute of Applied General Physics of the Milan University with different contracts (research assistant and grants).
Since Giugno 2004 he is researcher (III level) at the ISAC Institute of the CNR in Bologna (since 16 February 2009 with a permanent position).
PRIZES AND AWARDS
He won a prize in memory of Prof. Giampietro Puppi, as best scientific paper produced by yang researcher, in the frame of the "Convegno nazionale di Fisica della Terra fluida e problematiche affini" (Ischia, ITALY, 11-15 June, 2007)
He won the 2006/2007 Carducci prize assigned by the Lions Club of Castelmaggiore (Bologna)
He won the 2008 SIMA prize in memory of Prof. S. Palmieri, as best PhD thesys (11 February 2009, Roma)
PROJECT RESPONSABILITY AND COORDINATION
2007 - 2011 he is Italian member of the Management Committee for the COST Action ES0601 "Advances in Homogenisation Methods of Climate Series: an Integrated Approach"
2008 - 2010 he is scientific coordinator for the project "Sviluppo e verifica di tecniche di downscaling e calibrazione di modelli idrologici, sulla base di una griglia termo-pluviometrica ad altissima risoluzione (1km x 1 km) per gli ultimi 150 anni, per la valutazione dell'impatto dei cambiamenti climatici sulla risorsa idrica" in the frame of the framework programme agreement between the Dipartimento Terra e Ambiente of the CNR and the Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici
TEACHING ACTIVITY
Contract Professor for the Academic Years 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010 at the Ferrara University, course of Climatology, master degree in physics (48 hours).
Contract Professor for the Academic Year 2009/2010 at the Bologna University, course of Climatology, degree in phyisics (20 hours).
PUBLICATION ACTIVITY
He authored or co-authored about 40 papers published on peer rviewed journals.
He is reviewer for many international journals and for the IPCC WG I Fourth Assessment Report.
