Pietro Salizzoni holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and a PhD in Environmental Fluid Mechanics. He is currently Professor at École Centrale de Lyon. His teaching and research activities address physical phenomena associated with natural and technological risks, both accidental and persistent, with a focus on the dynamics of environmental flows. In particular, his studies deal with the dynamics of the lower atmosphere, air pollutant dispersion in urban areas, building ventilation, the propagation of hot smokes in free and confined environments, the ventilation of road tunnel in case of fire, the characterization of atmospheric dispersion of toxic and flammable substances, the transfer within the environment and food chain of dioxin and other persistent organic pollutants.
In the 2nd level Specializing Master's programme in Climate Change: adaptation and mitigation solutions he will lecture An Introduction to Climate Change in the course An Introduction to Climate Change.