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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading RG2 9AX, U.K.

WORK

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading (U.K.): October 1991 to date

Head of Predictability Division (2011–to date). Research Dept. (reporting to Dr E. Kallen, Director of Research). As Head of Division, I am responsible for the development of the ECMWF medium- and long-range probabilistic systems, and of the ECMWF marine models (ocean, mixed-layer and wave models). I am also member of the ECMWF Directorate team.

Head of Predictability and Diagnostic Section (2010). Research Dept. (reporting to Dr T. N. Palmer, Head of the Probabilistic Forecasting and Diagnostic Division). As Head of The Section, I am responsible for the development of the ECMWF medium-range Ensemble Prediction System and of most of the ECMWF diagnostics work. Involved in the ISO-9001-2008 Awareness & Internal Quality Auditing (ECMWF was awarded the ISO-9001 certificate at the beginning of 2011).

EPS Group Leader (2005–2009). Predictability and Diagnostic Section, Research Dept. (reporting to Dr T. N. Palmer). Work involves: development of a variable resolution approach to probabilistic prediction, research in ensemble data assimilation, investigation of the value of targted observations, assessment of the value of probabilistic weather forecasts, especially in hydrology. Duties included the management of the EPS group. In 2006, duties included the partecipation to the working group that drafted the Equal Opportunity Policy, and to the steering group that drafted the ECMWF 10-year Strategy. Promoter and co-chair (2004-2007) of the international Hydrological Ensemble Prediction EXperiment (HEPEX) project. Leader of ECMWF research activity into multi-system ensemble within the TIGGE/THORPEX project.

Principal Scientist (2000–2005). Work involved: promotion of the use of probabilistic weather forecasts in business (energy sector) and risk management, development of a Severe Weather Prediction System and diagnostic of the Ensemble Prediction System (EPS), probabilistic prediction of severe, rare events, analysis of the EPS performance over the Southern Hemisphere.

Senior Scientist (1995-2000). Work involved: diagnostics of the predictive skill of the ECMWF EPS, in particular for precipitation prediction, study of the impact of adjoint physics on tropical and extra-tropical perturbations, development and implementation of a stochastic scheme to simulate model uncertainties related to physical parameterizations, development of a proper set of verification tools to establish unambiguously the performance of ensemble systems, and operational monitoring of the performance of the ECMWF EPS, interaction and close collaboration with the group of seasonal forecasting, holding seminars and meetings with delegations from ECMWF member states.

Scientist (1991-1995). Work involved: research activity in the analysis of perturbation growth in the atmosphere, development and operational implementation of the ECMWF EPS. Research activity also involved writing internal reports, articles for international reviewed papers, participation to congresses, collaboration Universities and other Research Institutes (e.g. European Meteorological Services; NCAR, Boulder Colorado; NRL, Monterey California; BMRC, Melbourne Australia; University of Washington, Seattle US; NCEP, Washington US, Reading and Oxford Univ., UCL London, King’s College London, Penn State Univ., Univ. of Arizona, Ecole Normale Superiore Paris).

Scientist in the CRTN/ENEL Environmental Section. Work involved: development of a weather prediction system to be used by the National Electricity Board of Italy (ENEL) to optimize energy production, reduce losses due to severe weather, and improve network management, and planning and installation of a greenhouse gases measurement station in the Italian Alps. These projects involved the coordination of a group of eight people, the interaction with scientists from Universities and Italian regional Meteorological Services and International laboratories (CERN Geneva CH, AES Toronto Canada, NCAR and NOAA Boulder Colorado US), participation to National and International Meetings, and to the ENEL Training Program for managers.

EDUCATION

2004: Master in Business Administration, London Business School. Overall distinction. Final Management Report on "Monte Carlo-based risk assessment". Supervisor: Prof. Z. Degraeve, Dept. of Decision and Risk Analysis, LBS, Regent's Park, London.

1997: Doctor of Philosophy, Departmenty of Mathematics, University of London. PhD thesis in dynamics of the atmosphere, title: "The singular vector approach to the analysis of perturbation growth in the atmosphere". Supervisor: Prof. E. R. Johnson, Dept. of Mathematics, University College London. Examiners: Dr D. R. Moore, Dept. of Mathematics, Imperial College London, and Prof. B. J. Hoskins, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading.

1986: Laurea in Physics, "Università degli Studi" of Milan (Italy), Magna cum Laude (full marks with honors). Research thesis in Plasma Physics, title: "Interazione di un'onda ciclotronica con un plasma termonucleare sostenuto da un'onda elettromagnetica alla frequenza ibrida inferiore". Supervisors Prof. R. Pozzoli, Physics Dept., "Università degli Studi" of Milan, and Dr A. Lontano, "Istituto Fisica del Plasma, CNR", Milan.

Fellow of the UK Royal Meteorological Society, Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics, Chartered Physicists. Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), Member of the "Societá Italiana di Fisica". Officer of the European Geophysical Society (EGS): vice-chairman of the EGS Group of Non-linear processes in Geophysics (2001 to date). Associate Editor of Monthly Weather Review, a peer-reviewed journal published by the AMS (2002 to date). Convener and chairman at the EGS General Assembly (1994-2000). Elected member of the AMS Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (1998-2000), Reviewer for journals published by the AMS and the Royal Meteorological Society, Tellus, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, UK), the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Reviewer of University’s vacancy applications. ISO 9001:2008 Awareness & Internal Quality Auditor.

Buchan Prize of the UK Royal Meteorological Society for 2002, jointly with Dr Franco Molteni (the prize is awarded to Fellows of the Society whose papers are judged by Council to contain the most important original contributions to meteorology).

PUBLICATIONS

TEACHING

Italian; English; French (basic listening comprehension and reading ability).

Music, theatre, sports (skiing, tennis, squash, volleyball), reading, travel.

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