Present position: Full professor in Fluid dynamics at DII, University of Padova.
Coordinator of the PhD program in "Sciences, Technologies and Measurements for Space"

Past positions:
2015-2022 Associate professor in Fluid dynamics at DII, University of Padova.
2013-2015 Assistant professor in Fluid dynamics at DII, University of Padova.
2014-2015 Part-time researcher at KTH Mechanics, Stockholm.
2011-2013 Post-doc in Fluid Mechanics at KTH Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
2012 Visiting researcher at TU/e, Eindhoven, NL.
2007-2011 Post-doc in Fluid Mechanics at DIMA, Sapienza University of Rome.

Skills:
Turbulent multiphase flows. Turbulent flow modeling. Numerical techniques for multiphase flows. Fluid-structure interaction. Compressible Aerodynamics
Author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications.

Education:
2007 PhD in Theoretical and applied Mechanics at Sapienza University of Rome. Thesis: “Dynamics of turbulent axisymmetric jets”.
2003 Master Degree in Mechanics Engineering with honors at Sapienza University of Rome

Awards:
2015 Paper selected in J. Fluid Mechanics (12 per year) with extended review in JFM "Focus on Fluids" by Prof. Prosperetti
2011 AIMETA JUNIOR prize for best young research in Fluid Mechanics by AIMETA Association.
2010 Co-author of a paper awarded as excellence research by Sapienza University of Rome

Collaborations:
* KTH Mechanics, Stockholm, SE
* Applied Mechanics Dep, Chalmers Univ., Gothenburg, SE
* Applied Physics Dep., TU/e, Eindhoven, NL
* Aero- & Hydro- dynamics Lab., TU-Delft, NL
* Università di Udine
* Università Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna
* Sapienza, Università di Roma
* Università di Torvergata, Roma
* ENEA CR, Casaccia

Professional activities:
2008- Referee per le riviste internazionali "J. Fluid Mech.","Phys. Rev. Lett.","Physics of Fluids","Int. J. Multiphase Flow", "European J. Mechanics B", "J. of Turbulence", “The European Physical Journal B”, “Flow, Turbulence & Combustion”
2008-2012 Co-relatore di un dottore in Meccanica Teorica ed Applicata, Sapienza, Università di Roma; tesi: “Transport in complex flows: reactive, multiphase and supercritical jets”
2005- Supervisor/co-supervisor of more than 30 thesis projects

Teaching:
2018- Aerodynamics 2, IAS UniPD
2019- Applied Fluid Dynamics, IM, UniPD
2014- Aerodynamics 2, IAS UniPD
2016-2018 Fluid Mechanics, IE UniPD

Research projects:
2020 Co-PI of the European PRACE-COVID19 project to study infectious droplet dispersion
2019 PI of the European PRACE project DEBRIS to study multiphase dense debris flow using HPC (20M core-hours)
2019- PI of the SID University project to study devices for particle plastics separations.
2018 PI of PRACE project DILPART 32M core-hours at CINECA for multiphase flow simulations.
2016- PI of university project PRAT2015 turbulent spray modeling
2016-2017 PI of a research project on filtration machine with Della Toffola SPA.
2010- PI of several computational project (~1M core-hours per year)
2008 participation at PRIN08 for research in wall turbulence. PI: Prof. Casciola, Sapienza Università di Roma

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