Expert in environmental engineering and sustainability
Born in Modena on 03/04/1954.
Full Professor of Environmental Health Engineering at the Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari” of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Unimore), as well as Reviewer and Guest Editor of international journals and Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Modena.
Lecturer in the degree courses in Civil and Environmental Engineering and faculty member in the PhD in Industrial and Territorial Engineering.
Since 2021, Unimore’s representative to the National PhD programme in Sustainable Development and Climate Change. Since 2019 Delegate of the University for Sustainability.
Since 2015, University’s representative to the Network of Universities for Sustainable Development (RUS-CRUI) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Modena Foundation.
Past positions at Unimore: member of the Board of Directors, President of the Environmental Engineering Courses and Deputy Director of the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering.
From 2020 to 2022, representative on behalf of Unimore, a stakeholder of the Municipality of Modena, in the EU Zero Carbon City Urbact project.
From 2017 to 2019, Unimore representative in the discussion for the drafting of the explanatory report on the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan - PUMS - of the Municipality of Modena.
In 2010 and 2013, court-appointed expert witness on the impact on air quality of PM10 particulate matter from the construction site for the Bologna High Speed Railway Station.
Formerly in charge of research projects in the field of glaciology and global climate change and as part of the project for the Safeguarding of the Venetian Lagoon System, studying the circulation of heavy metals in the lagoon.
Degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Modena.
My scientific work can be accessed at http://personale.unimore.it/rubrica/pubblicazioni/ghermandi
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