Description

Antonio Marcomini is a professor of environmental chemistry at the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice and head of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, Canada, and then a research associate at the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich, ETH-EAWAG, Switzerland. Being a coordinator/partner of several international and national research projects, he is author/coauthor of over 300 papers published by international peer-reviewed journals, and editor and coauthor of two books (with an h-index of 50, according to SCOPUS). He developed highly interdisciplinary research using methodological approaches and tools borrowed from chemistry, ecology, and environmental science. His current research subjects include development and application of environmental risk assessment procedures; risk-based decision support systems addressing climate change and sustainability; and environmental behavior of priority and emerging chemical contaminants, including the effect of climate change. He is and has been coordinator and/or scientifically responsible for several international competitive projects funded by the European Commission, the European Environmental Agency, World Bank, etc. He is a member of national (e.g., Ministry of the Environment, Venice Water Authority) and international (e.g., European Science Foundation, EuChemS) advisory/expert committees on environmental quality. His current teaching activities include courses on analysis of climate change impacts, risks, and vulnerability; climate change and environmental contamination for master and PhD students in environmental science and science, and management of climate change. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Italian Chemistry Society (SCI), the international Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (SETAC), and is a recipient of SCI and Ca’ Foscari awards for outstanding research.