Phd in ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

email: paolo.monti@uniroma1.it
phone: 0644585045
building: San Pietro in Vincoli, Edificio D, II piano
room: 9

EDUCATION
1996-1998: post-doc in "Environmental Engineering", University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
1994: Ph.D. in "Environmental Engineering", University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
1990: degree in “Aeronautical Engineering”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

CAREER/EMPLOYMENT
2022-Present: Full Professor (Hydraulics) at the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale (DICEA) of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
2020-2022: Associate Professor (Hydraulics) at DICEA.
2000-2020: Researcher (Hydraulics) at DICEA.

TEACHING ACTIVITY
Teaching involves master courses in Environmental Engineering (Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Environmental and Maritime Hydraulics, Urban Climatology), Master Degree and Ph.D. thesis supervision. Member of the Academic Board of the Ph.D. in Environmental and Hydraulics Engineering.

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
Lagrangian stochastic models of particle dispersion in ocean and atmosphere • Sea and land breeze regimes • Urban heat islands • Gravity flows • Turbulent mixing in stably stratified flows • Flow and pollutant dispersion in urban canopies. This activity is documented by nearly 50 papers published on peer-reviewed journals and by other publications and talks. He has collaborated with numerous research institutions and Italian and foreign universities (e.g. ISAC, ENEA, INGV, MetOffice, NCAR, Arizona State University, University of Utah, University of Lyon, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Notre Dame, Polytechnic University of Catalunya; University of Los Angeles).

COMMITTEE MEMBER
2020-Current: Member of the Editorial Board of Sustainability (MDPI, IF: 3.25)
2016-2017 Scientific Committee of HARMO (Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes).
2006: XXX Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche (Roma).

JOURNAL REFEREE
Journal of Fluid Mechanics • Physics of Fluids • Advances in Water Resources • Environmental Fluid Mechanics • Boundary-Layer Meteorology • Journal of Applied Meteorology • Urban Climate • Theoretical and Applied Climatology • Atmosphere • Building and Environment • Remote Sensing • Science of the Total Environment • Atmospheric Pollution Research.

VISITING POSITIONS
2000-2003 Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tempe, Arizona (5 months).

MAIN RESEARCH GRANTS
2023 Chief of the local unit of Sapienza of the PRIN project “Multi-scale investiGation of natuRe-basEd solutions for thE mitigatioN of urban heat and POLlution ISland (GREEN-POLIS)” (53,000 €)”.
2020 Principal investigator of the Research project "Integrated study of workers' exposure to atmospheric particulates in indoor environments: numerical-experimental simulation of fluid dynamic and concentration fields, in real and laboratory scale; chemical, morphological and toxicological characterization of fine and ultrafine particulates” (Funds: 740,000 €).
2017 Chief of the local unit of Sapienza of the project "Numerical and experimental study of the transfer of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) within indoor environment" (Funds: € 220,000).
2011 Principal investigator of the Research Project “Analysis of the Energetic Potential associated to the wave motion of the Mediterranean Sea”, concluded between DICEA and the National Agency for New Technologies" (ENEA). Fund: 40,000 €).
2006 (Local) principal investigator of the PRIN project titled "Hyperspectral analysis of sand bars dynamics in lagoons" (Fund: 40,000 €).
He has been principal investigator of (or has taken part to) many other national and international research projects regarding environmental fluid mechanics and hydraulics.

MAIN ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2023 - present: Coordinator of the PhD program in Environmental and Hydraulics Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
2017- present: Director of the Museum of Hydraulics of the Sapienza Museum Pole
2014 - present: Chief of the Hydraulics Laboratory of DICEA
2000 - 2010: member of the Council of the Department of Hydraulics, Transportation and Roads, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
2011 - present: member of the Council of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
2001 - present: member of the PhD Program in Hydraulic Engineering (since 2011 Environmental and Hydraulics Engineering), University of Rome "La Sapienza"
2001 - 2015: member of the Engineering Area Council, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rieti campus

ACTIVITIES AS DISSERTATION AND DOCTORAL THESIS ADVISOR
1994 – present: supervisor of more than 60 dissertations in the various Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in Rieti and Rome. He has also tutored 8 candidates for the degree of Ph.D. of which he is a member of the board.