Curriculum Vitae
1969: C.E., honours (110/110 summa cum laude), University of Genova
1976: PhD, University of London
Grants and Prizes
British Council scholarship (November 1973 - October 1975)
Nato grant (November 1975)
Ezio Moriondo Prize of the University of Genova for the best paper of the Faculty of Engineering, published in the academic year
1975-76
Employment Record
1969-73 - Assistant professor, University of Genova
1973-75 - PhD Student, Imperial College, University of London
1975-77 - Assistant professor, University of Genova
1977-82 - Lecturer of Fluid Mechanics, University of Genova
1982-86 - Associate Professor of Fluid Mechanics, University of Genova
1986 - Professor of Fluid Mechanics, University of Genova
Further Academic Responsabilities
1987-1990 - Chairman of the Joint PhD program in Hydrodynamics,
(Universities of Genova, Padova, Firenze, Trento)
1985-1995 - Member of the Scientific Committee of the joint PhD program
in Hydrodynamics
1995-1998 - Chairman of the Scientific Committee for Civil Engineering and Architecture,
University of Genoa
1995-1996 - Coordinator, National Project of the Ministry for the University,
Science and Technology. Fluvial and estuarine sediment transport and morphodynamics
1997-1999 - Coordinator, National Project of the Ministry for the University, Science and Technology. Fluvial
and coastal morphodynamics
1999-2002 - Chairman of the Joint PhD program in Fluid Mechanics and Processes in Environmental
Engineering, University of Genoa
2001-2006 - Member of the Academic Senate, University og Genoa
Since 2007 - Department Head
Membership of Academies
- Socio (Fellow) of Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere since 2000
- Socio Corrispondente (Fellow) of Accademia dei Lincei since 2001
- Socio Corrispondente (Fellow) of Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti since 2004
Scientific Committees
Associations
- Member of European Mechanics Council (Governing body of the European Mechanics Society, EUROMECH), 1989-1994
- Member of Fluid Mechanics Section of International Association for Hydraulic Research
- Member of Advisory Board European Mechanics Society since 2002
- Member of Scientific Committee CORILA, 2003-2007
- Member of Scientific Committee of European Conference of Fluid Mechanics EUROMECH since 2004
- Member of EASAC Group on Ground Water Resources in Mediterranean Countries
- Member of Environmental Committee, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei since 2007
Journals
- Associate Editor, International Journal MECCANICA, 1995-1998
- Member, Editorial Board MECCANICA since 1999
- Member, Editorial Board Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Since 2001
Conferences
- Chairman, Euromech 215 on ``Sediment transport in River and Coastal Environments''. S. Margherita Ligure, 1987
- Member, Scientific Committee of National Meeting of Aimeta Association (Italian Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics),
Pisa, 1990
- Member, Scientific Committee of 1st European Conference of Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge, 1991
- Member, Scientific Committee of 2$nd European Conference of Fluid Mechanics, Warsaw, 1994
- Chairman, First IHAR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Genova (Italy) 1999
- Member, Second IHAR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Hokkaido (Iapan), 2001
- Chairman of Advisory Committee Biennal IAHR Symposium RCEM since 2001
- LOC Coordinator Scientific Themes A, 32nd IAHR Congress, Venice, July 1-6, 2007
PhD
- External examiner PhD dissertation of Applied Mathematics, University of Utrecht, 1994
- External examiner PhD dissertation of Engineering, University of Grenoble, 2001
- External examiner PhD dissertation of Applied Mathematics, University of Bristol, 2002
Teaching
At the University of Genova
Undergraduate:
-- First course on Fluid Mechanics for engineering students (1977-1985)
-- Advanced Hydraulics for Civil Engineers (1986-1993, 1996)
-- Environmental Fluid Mechanics (1994-1995)
-- Biofluiddynamics (2004-2009)
Postgraduate (PhD degree in Hydrodynamics):
-- Homogeneous turbulence (1985)
-- Hydrodynamics stability (1986)
-- Instability of erodible beds (1987)
-- Perturbation methods in fluid mechanics (1989)
-- Advanced fluid mechanics (1990-1996, 1999, 2002-2003)
-- Morphodynamics (2007)
Postgraduate (Postgraduate School of Vascular Surgey, University of Genoa)
-- Bioengineering of the cardiovascular apparatus (1982-83)
At the University of Pisa
Postgraduate (Biomechanics program)
-- Cardiovascular fluid dyanmics (1979-80)
Summer Schools
- First-summer School on Stability of River and Coastal Forms (Perugia-Italy, 1990), Chairman.
- Second-summer School on Stability of River and Coastal Forms (Sapporo-Japan, 1992), Lecturer.
- Summer School on Network Models (Venezia-Italy, 1997), Lecturer.
- European Graduate School on Regulation of Small Rivers and Torrents (Trento-Italy, 1997), Lecturer.
- EC/MAST Advanced Study Course on Hydro-and Morphodynamic Processes in Coastal Seas (Renesse, NL, 1998), Lecturer.
- Summer School on Geomorphological Fluid Mechanics (Aosta-Italy, 2000), Lecturer.
- Summer School on Hydro- and Morphodynamics of Coastal Seas and Estuaries, (Motril-Spain, 2007), Lecturer.
Invited Lectures
- Invited lecture at IAHR International Workshop on Fluvial Hydraulics of Mountain Regions, Trento, October 3-6, 1989, A, pp. 125-150.
- General lecture at XXII Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Cosenza, october 4-7, 1990.
- Invited lecture on Mechanisms for erratic self-propulsion of bubbles in acoustic fields at Final Meeting of National Research
Project on Turbulence, 1993.
- Invited lecture on EUROMECH 310, Sediment Transport Mechanism in Coastal Environments and Rivers, Le
Havre (France), september 13-17, 1993.
- Invited lecture on International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation in Natural Environment (ICPF '94),
Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
- Invited paper at Convegno Eventi estremi: previsioni meteorologiche e idrogeologia. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, June 5, 1995.
- Invited paper at Convegno Nuovi sviluppi applicativi dell'idraulica dei corsi d'acqua, Bressanone, January 27-31, 1997.
- General lecture at XIII Congresso Nazionale AIMETA, Siena, September 29 - October 3, 1997.
- Invited speaker at the J.D. Smith session, AGU meeting, S. Francisco (U.S.A.), December 8, 1997.
- Invited lecture at Gilbert Club University of California at Berkeley (U.S.A.), December 13, 1997.
- General lecture at XXVI Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Catania, September 9-12, 1998.
- Invited paper at Giornata Mondiale dell'acqua. L'uso dell'acqua per lo sviluppo. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, March 22, 2002.
- Invited paper at International Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Torino, june 17-21, 2002.
- Invited paper at ICCORES Meeting, Venezia, December 2003.
- Invited lecture at the 32nd International Geological Congress, Firenze, August 20-28, 2004.
- Invited paper at Giornata Mondiale dell'acqua - Lagune, laghi e invasi artificiali italiani, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, March 22, 2005.
- Invited lecture at the 4th IAHR Symp. on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2005, October 4-7, Urbana, Illinois.
- Invited lecture at Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, December 16, 2005.
- Invited lecture at VII Giornata Mondiale dell'acqua - La crisi dei sistemi idrici: approvvigionamento agro-industriale e civile,
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, March 22, 2007.
- Invited lecture at XXVI Giornata dell'Ambiente - La salvaguardia di Venezia e della sua Laguna in ricordo di Enrico Marchi, Accademia Nazionale
dei Lincei, June 5, 2008.
- Invited lecture River meandering: linear versus non linear models, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 13-18, 2008.
- Invited lecture Non linearity and temporal overshooting in river meandering, River Flow 2008, Çesme-Izmir, Turkey, September 3-5, 2008.
- Warren lecture at University of Minnesota, December 2008.
- Invited lecture, Gilbert Club, S. Francisco, December 2008.