Simona Bordoni

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

1996  – Laurea in Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata

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

Large-scale atmosphere dynamics, climate dynamics, monsoons, Hadley Cell

Invited lecturer at the Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology, USPP, Urbino (2022)

Invited lecturer at the 2022 ICTP Third Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modeling of Climate Dynamics: Tropical Oceans, ENSO and Teleconnections, Trieste (2022)

Keynote Speaker, GFD Day Symposium, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (2022)

Award for Excellence in Teaching, DICAM, University of Trento (2021) 

Invited lecturer at the 2019 ICTP Second Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modeling of Climate Dynamics: Convective Organization and Climate Sensitivity, Trieste (2019)

Invited lecturer at the 2018 ICTP Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modeling of Climate Dynamics: Multiple Equilibria in the Climate System, Trieste (2018)

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”