CASSIANI GIORGIO

Giorgio Cassiani is Full Professor of Applied Geophysics at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua. He studied Mining Engineering at the University of Trieste in 1991, holds a Doctorate in Applied Geophysics from the same University (1996), a Master of Science (1995) and a Ph.d. (1997) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University, USA. He worked at OGS and at ENI-Agip Division as an environmental specialist. From 1999 to 2001 he was Lecturer in Contaminant Hydrogeology at Lancaster University, UK, where he taught courses in Hydrogeology, environmental management and remediation of contaminated sites. From 2001 to 2006 he was Researcher in Applied Geophysics at the Department of Geological Sciences and Geotechnology, University of Milano-Bicocca. From 2006 to 2015 he was Associate Professor at the University of Padua. He has acted as Environmental Advisor in several occasion, such as the participation in the International Commission Subsidence established by Eni S.p.A. (2002-2005). From 2015 to 2019 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (INOGS). Since 2020 is Coordinator of the Msc in Geophysics for Natural Risks and Resources. He has coordinated dozens of projects funded in Italy and in Great Britain and at the EU level including, from 2008 to today, 5 EU projects of the 7th Framework Programme. He is author of over 110 scientific papers in international journals, and about 250 congress communications, including about twenty invited speeches. His Hirsch Index (H index) is 33. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) – Hydrogeophysics Technical Committee, of the European Geoscience Union (EGU) and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE). Hiw publishing activity includes the positions of Associate Editor of Near Surface Geophysics, of the BGTA and SERRA.