Alessandro Pezzoli G
Professor
Department of the Environment Land and Infrastructure
Polytechnic University of Turin
Italy
Tel: 011-564-5669
Biography
Pezzoli is Assistant Professor with tenure in Meteo-Hydrology and Weather Risk Management at Turin Polytechnic and University of Turin. He holds several degrees: BEng in Civil Engineering in Turin Polytechnic, MEng in Hydraulic Engineering in Turin Polytechnic, MSc in Port Operations in the Italian Naval Academy, PhD in Meteorology and Oceanography in Toulon University (FRANCE). Before to serve as Assistant Professor with tenure in Turin Polytechnic he worked as Voluntary assistant at the Institute of Cosmo-geophysics of the C.N.R., Turin. After that he served as Officer (Lieutenant) in the Italian Navy in the Coast Guard Corps, serving at the Harbor Office of the port of Imperia. In April 1991, following the Haven oil tanker disaster in the Gulf of Liguria, seconded to the Crisis Unit of the Imperia's Prefecture (Meteorologist), also acting as Liaison Officer with the French Anti-pollution force. He was Visiting Professor in “Meteorology†for MEng course in “Marine Engineering†at Institut des Sciences de l’Ingenieur de Toulon et du Var - University of Toulon and Var (France) and Visiting Professor in “Meteorology and Oceanography†for PhD course in “Marine Engineering†at Escola Politecnica – Universidade de Sao Paolo (Brazil). Actually he is Scientific Adviser of a very innovative Research Unit in Meteorology applied to the Sport founded in the Department of Sport Psychology - Research Centre Sport Science - University of Turin. He is Author of more than 70 paper in International Journal and Conference. He also serves as reviewer in many journals across the world. He is Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Climatology & Weather Forecasting edited by OMICS. He is Managing Editor of the Versita-De Gruyter Open Access Book for the Environmental Studies.
Research Interest
Meteorology, Climatology, Weather Risk Management, Marine Engineering and Marine Meteorology, Meteo-Hydrology