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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

Scientific Committees

Associations

Journals

Conferences

PhD

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

Invited Lectures

  1. Invited lecture at IAHR International Workshop on Fluvial Hydraulics of Mountain Regions, Trento, October 3-6, 1989, A, pp. 125-150.
  2. General lecture at XXII Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Cosenza, october 4-7, 1990.
  3. Invited lecture on Mechanisms for erratic self-propulsion of bubbles in acoustic fields at Final Meeting of National Research Project on Turbulence, 1993.
  4. Invited lecture on EUROMECH 310, Sediment Transport Mechanism in Coastal Environments and Rivers, Le Havre (France), september 13-17, 1993.
  5. Invited lecture on International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation in Natural Environment (ICPF '94), Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
  6. Invited paper at Convegno Eventi estremi: previsioni meteorologiche e idrogeologia. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, June 5, 1995.
  7. Invited paper at Convegno Nuovi sviluppi applicativi dell'idraulica dei corsi d'acqua, Bressanone, January 27-31, 1997.
  8. General lecture at XIII Congresso Nazionale AIMETA, Siena, September 29 - October 3, 1997.
  9. Invited speaker at the J.D. Smith session, AGU meeting, S. Francisco (U.S.A.), December 8, 1997.
  10. Invited lecture at Gilbert Club University of California at Berkeley (U.S.A.), December 13, 1997.
  11. General lecture at XXVI Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Catania, September 9-12, 1998.
  12. Invited paper at Giornata Mondiale dell'acqua. L'uso dell'acqua per lo sviluppo. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, March 22, 2002.
  13. Invited paper at International Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Torino, june 17-21, 2002.
  14. Invited paper at ICCORES Meeting, Venezia, December 2003.
  15. Invited lecture at the 32nd International Geological Congress, Firenze, August 20-28, 2004.
  16. Invited paper at Giornata Mondiale dell'acqua - Lagune, laghi e invasi artificiali italiani, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, March 22, 2005.
  17. Invited lecture at the 4th IAHR Symp. on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2005, October 4-7, Urbana, Illinois.
  18. Invited lecture at Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, December 16, 2005.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. Invited lecture River meandering: linear versus non linear models, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 13-18, 2008.
  22. Invited lecture Non linearity and temporal overshooting in river meandering, River Flow 2008, Çesme-Izmir, Turkey, September 3-5, 2008.
  23. Warren lecture at University of Minnesota, December 2008.
  24. Invited lecture, Gilbert Club, S. Francisco, December 2008.
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