Research interests

• Numerical Weather Prediction and Earth System Science
• Land-Atmosphere Interaction and Predictability
• Climate-change and low-frequency Variability

Professional pathway

• Senior scientist, Model Division/Physics, ECMWF, UK, 2009-2015.
• Scientist, Model Division/Physics, ECMWF, UK, 2006-2009.
• Visiting scientist at the Meteorological Service of Canada, RPN, Canada, 2004-2005.
• ALATNET young researcher at CNRM/Météo-France, GMAP, France, 2000-2003.
• Weather forecasting and land modelling at the ARPA-Piedmont, Italy, 1999-2002.

Academic pathway

• Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) in Meteorology (UPS, Toulouse-III), in 2012.
• Doctorate (PhD) in Meteorology (UPS, Toulouse-III and UNIGE, Genoa) in 2003.
• Physics degree (4-year "Laurea", UNITO, University of Torino, Italy) in 1999.
• Visiting student (BSc/MSc, University of Reading, Met. Department, UK) in 1997.
• Computer science ("Diploma",  Peano Institute, Torino, Italy), in 1994.

Commitees and projects

• WMO/GCW World Meteorological Organization, Global Chryosphere Watch, steering group.
• GLASS/GEWEX 2010-2015 Global Land Atmosphere System Study panel's member.
• EUMETNET/SRNWP 2010-2015 Land Expert Team: Short-Range Numerical Weather Prediction.
• EUMETSAT/LSA-SAF Land Surface Analysis Satellite Application Facility, steering group.

• EARTH2OBSERVE 2014-2017: Global Earth Observations for Integrated Water Resource Assessment.
• IMAGINES 2013-2015: Global Biosphere Monitoring via multi-sensor/multi-scale biophysical land variables exploiting Sentinel sensor data.
• GEOLAND I&II 2006-2012: Global Operational Land Surface Modelling and Data Assimilation for Vegetation state and Carbon dioxide exchange.