Education

2007 – PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

1996  – Laurea in Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Academic career and teaching activities

2019 – present, Full Professor of Atmospheric Physics, University of Trento

2017 - 2019, Full Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CA), USA

2009 - 2017, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CA), USA
Research interests

Large-scale atmosphere dynamics, climate dynamics, monsoons, Hadley Cell
Awards and honours

Black, Gold and Green Lecture Series, Hixon Center for Sustainable Environmental Design, Harvey Mudd College (2017)

2014 ISSNAF (Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation) Young Scientist Award in Environmental Sciences

5th Indo-American Frontier of Science Symposium (invited participant by the National Academy of Sciences), Agra, India (2013)

Science and Technology in Society Forum (selected as one of 10 scientists under 40 y.o worldwide), Kyoto (2010)

2009 James R. Holton Junior Scientist Award by the American Geophysical Union, for advancing “fundamental understanding of the dynamics of large-scale monsoon circulations worldwide”