Scientific committee
Pier Paolo Franzese
Prof. Dr. Pier Paolo Franzese
Scientific area: Ecology and sustainable development.
Pier Paolo Franzese is Full Professor of Ecology at the Department of Science and Technology of Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
After graduating with honours in Environmental Sciences, he achieved the international title of Ph.D. in “Crop Systems, Forestry, and Environmental Science” with label of Doctor Europaeus.
Over the last twenty years his research and teaching activities have been focused on the development of an ecosystem approach for studying human-nature interactions. Always striving for the application of a system-based and interdisciplinary approach to science, his main research interest is focused on ecosystem and environmental accounting to study natural and human-dominated ecosystems.
Prof. Franzese is Coordinator of the International Ph.D. Programme / UNESCO Chair “Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development” and Director of the Master in "Sustainability Manager for the Ecological Transition" hosted at Parthenope University of Naples where he also founded and directs the Laboratory of Ecodynamics and Sustainable Development. He is Past President of the International Society for the Advancement of Emergy Research (ISAER) and Coordinator of National Working Groups on "Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services, and Environmental Accounting" of the Italian Society of Ecology (SItE), Italian Society of Marine Biology (SIBM), and Italian Order of Biologists (ONB).
Bibliometric indices (Scopus): Documents 61, Citations 1824, h-index 26.
Scientific area: Ecology and sustainable development.
Pier Paolo Franzese is Full Professor of Ecology at the Department of Science and Technology of Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
After graduating with honours in Environmental Sciences, he achieved the international title of Ph.D. in “Crop Systems, Forestry, and Environmental Science” with label of Doctor Europaeus.
Over the last twenty years his research and teaching activities have been focused on the development of an ecosystem approach for studying human-nature interactions. Always striving for the application of a system-based and interdisciplinary approach to science, his main research interest is focused on ecosystem and environmental accounting to study natural and human-dominated ecosystems.
Prof. Franzese is Coordinator of the International Ph.D. Programme / UNESCO Chair “Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development” and Director of the Master in "Sustainability Manager for the Ecological Transition" hosted at Parthenope University of Naples where he also founded and directs the Laboratory of Ecodynamics and Sustainable Development. He is Past President of the International Society for the Advancement of Emergy Research (ISAER) and Coordinator of National Working Groups on "Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services, and Environmental Accounting" of the Italian Society of Ecology (SItE), Italian Society of Marine Biology (SIBM), and Italian Order of Biologists (ONB).
Bibliometric indices (Scopus): Documents 61, Citations 1824, h-index 26.
Prof. Giovanni Fulvio Russo
Prof. Giovanni Fulvio Russo
Scientific area: Marine ccology and biological conservation.
Giovanni Fulvio Russo is Full Professor of Ecology at the Department of Science and Technology of Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
After the degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Naples ‘Federico II’ in 1979, he held a position of Researcher at the Zoological Station of Naples "Anton Dohrn" in the period 1980-1998 and of Professor of Ecology at the University of Catania in the period 1998-2001.
His main fields of expertise are marine ecology and biological conservation.
He coordinated several research projects on marine ecology and sustainable development in marine protected areas. He is Past President of the Italian Society of Marine Biology and Member of the Natural Capital Committee of the Italian Government.
Scientific area: Marine ccology and biological conservation.
Giovanni Fulvio Russo is Full Professor of Ecology at the Department of Science and Technology of Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
After the degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Naples ‘Federico II’ in 1979, he held a position of Researcher at the Zoological Station of Naples "Anton Dohrn" in the period 1980-1998 and of Professor of Ecology at the University of Catania in the period 1998-2001.
His main fields of expertise are marine ecology and biological conservation.
He coordinated several research projects on marine ecology and sustainable development in marine protected areas. He is Past President of the Italian Society of Marine Biology and Member of the Natural Capital Committee of the Italian Government.
Giulio Giunta
Prof. Giulio Giunta
Scientific area: Scientific computing and mathematical modelling.
Giulio Giunta is Full Professor of Scientific Computing at the Department of Science and Technology of Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
Dean of the School of Science, Engineering and Heath, Parthenope University of Naples.
Head of the research laboratory "High Performance Scientific Computing Smart Lab", Parthenope University of Naples.
Member of the Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIMAI), the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the National Institute of Higher Mathematics (INdAM) – National Group of Scientific Computing.
Referee for industrial research projects at the Italian Ministry of University and Research.
His main research interests are in the fields of scientific computing, numerical analysis, computational modelling for environmental problems, high performance computing, numerical methods in computer science applications, big data analysis in environmental science, and software tools for enabling distributed and cloud scientific computing.
He coordinated research groups in several basic and industrial research projects funded by the European Union, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and local government and private companies.
Scientific area: Scientific computing and mathematical modelling.
Giulio Giunta is Full Professor of Scientific Computing at the Department of Science and Technology of Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
Dean of the School of Science, Engineering and Heath, Parthenope University of Naples.
Head of the research laboratory "High Performance Scientific Computing Smart Lab", Parthenope University of Naples.
Member of the Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIMAI), the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the National Institute of Higher Mathematics (INdAM) – National Group of Scientific Computing.
Referee for industrial research projects at the Italian Ministry of University and Research.
His main research interests are in the fields of scientific computing, numerical analysis, computational modelling for environmental problems, high performance computing, numerical methods in computer science applications, big data analysis in environmental science, and software tools for enabling distributed and cloud scientific computing.
He coordinated research groups in several basic and industrial research projects funded by the European Union, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and local government and private companies.
Prof.ssa Alessandra Rotundi
Prof. Alessandra Rotundi
Scientific area: Applied physics and astrophysics.
Alessandra Rotundi is Full Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Department of Science and Technologies, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy.
She is the Italian National Co-Principal Investigator for the Comet Interceptor space mission, selected by ESA in June 2019, which with a compact, agile set of spacecrafts will explore for the first time a pristine comet.
She has been the Principal Investigator of the GIADA instrument, flown on-board the successful Rosetta/ESA spacecraft.
From December 2018 to March 2020 she was part of the committee that selected the President of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), of the Italian Space Agency and of other Italian Public Research Institutes, supervised by the Italian Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
Prof. Rotundi was selected by NASA to be part of the Preliminary Examination Team (PET) dedicated to the analyses of cometary dust samples, returned for the first/unique time to Earth by the Stardust/NASA space probe in 2006; in this frame she coordinated the only Italian team selected by NASA. As a consequence, she was then invited in 2018 by NASA to be part of the Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials (CAPTEM) sub-committee, to review the Stardust samples curation and allocation process.
In 2017 she was invited by the University of Paris-Sud as a "Professeur Invités".
From 2011 to 2014 the European Space Agency nominated Prof. Rotundi one of the expert consultants for the “Solar System Exploration Working Group”.
She has been nominated “Expert Consultant” by MIUR for the evaluation of the National Program of Space Research in the period 2013-2016 and again in 2020.
Scientific area: Applied physics and astrophysics.
Alessandra Rotundi is Full Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Department of Science and Technologies, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy.
She is the Italian National Co-Principal Investigator for the Comet Interceptor space mission, selected by ESA in June 2019, which with a compact, agile set of spacecrafts will explore for the first time a pristine comet.
She has been the Principal Investigator of the GIADA instrument, flown on-board the successful Rosetta/ESA spacecraft.
From December 2018 to March 2020 she was part of the committee that selected the President of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), of the Italian Space Agency and of other Italian Public Research Institutes, supervised by the Italian Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
Prof. Rotundi was selected by NASA to be part of the Preliminary Examination Team (PET) dedicated to the analyses of cometary dust samples, returned for the first/unique time to Earth by the Stardust/NASA space probe in 2006; in this frame she coordinated the only Italian team selected by NASA. As a consequence, she was then invited in 2018 by NASA to be part of the Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials (CAPTEM) sub-committee, to review the Stardust samples curation and allocation process.
In 2017 she was invited by the University of Paris-Sud as a "Professeur Invités".
From 2011 to 2014 the European Space Agency nominated Prof. Rotundi one of the expert consultants for the “Solar System Exploration Working Group”.
She has been nominated “Expert Consultant” by MIUR for the evaluation of the National Program of Space Research in the period 2013-2016 and again in 2020.
Prof. Giorgio Budillon
Prof. Giorgio Budillon
Scientific area: Oceanography and climate change.
Giorgio Budillon is Full Professor of "Oceanography and Atmospheric Physics" at the University of Naples "Parthenope" where he is Director of the Department of Science and Technology. Since 1989, he has been involved in oceanographic studies in the Mediterranean Sea - where he carried out over 30 expeditions - and in Antarctica - where he carried out 15 oceanographic expeditions many of which as principal investigator. Since 2016, he is a member of the National Scientific Commission for Antarctica, since 2014 he is the national representative of the Southern Ocean Observing System and member of the SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Permanent Scientific Committee for Physical Sciences. Since 2018, he has been member of the Scientific Committee of the National Technological Cluster "Blue Italian Growth". He is author and co-author of more than 400 works including publications in national and international scientific journals, encyclopedic entries, conferences and conference proceedings.
Scientific area: Oceanography and climate change.
Giorgio Budillon is Full Professor of "Oceanography and Atmospheric Physics" at the University of Naples "Parthenope" where he is Director of the Department of Science and Technology. Since 1989, he has been involved in oceanographic studies in the Mediterranean Sea - where he carried out over 30 expeditions - and in Antarctica - where he carried out 15 oceanographic expeditions many of which as principal investigator. Since 2016, he is a member of the National Scientific Commission for Antarctica, since 2014 he is the national representative of the Southern Ocean Observing System and member of the SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Permanent Scientific Committee for Physical Sciences. Since 2018, he has been member of the Scientific Committee of the National Technological Cluster "Blue Italian Growth". He is author and co-author of more than 400 works including publications in national and international scientific journals, encyclopedic entries, conferences and conference proceedings.
Prof. Michele Scardi
Prof. Michele Scardi
Scientific area: Marine ecology and ecological modelling.
Michele Scardi is Full Professor of "Ecology" at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" where he is the deputy Director of the Department of Biology. Graduated in Biology with 110/110 cum laude at the University of Naples "Federico II" in 1980. In 1989 he joined the staff of the Zoological Station "A. Dohrn” in Naples as a Researcher at the Laboratory of Biological Oceanography, where he carried out his research activities for almost ten years. Between 1986 and 1989 he was Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Sassari and Palermo. From 1998 to 2016, he was Associate Professor of Ecology, first at the University of Bari and then, since 2001, at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". Since 2017 he is Full Professor of Ecology at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He has held courses and seminars on Numerical Ecology and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques applied in Ecology in several Universities and other Bodies, both in Italy and abroad, also supervising 19 PhD students. He is a founding member of the International Society for Ecological Informatics, for which he organized the 3rd Conference. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Ecological Informatics (Elsevier), Freshwater Biology (Wiley), and, with executive editorial duties, of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing). He is guest editor of Ecological Modeling (Elsevier) and author of about 150 scientific papers and book chapters, as well as about 200 conference papers. He was a member of the National Scientific Commission for Antarctica from 2007 to 2011. He is currently Vice President of the National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences (CoNISMa) and member of the Scientific Council of ISPRA and of the Board of the Italian Society of Marine Biology. He provided technical-scientific assistance to the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea as part of the activities of the Technical Committee set up for the purpose of implementing the Framework Directive for the Marine Strategy and in the drafting of the Report on the state of the environment 2016. His current research activities in national and international programs include applications in ecology of neural networks and other machine learning techniques, phytoplankton primary production models at global and regional scale, biology and transplants of Posidonia oceanica, the assessment of the state of aquatic ecosystems and the development and application of data analysis techniques in ecology, zoology and oceanography.
Scientific area: Marine ecology and ecological modelling.
Michele Scardi is Full Professor of "Ecology" at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" where he is the deputy Director of the Department of Biology. Graduated in Biology with 110/110 cum laude at the University of Naples "Federico II" in 1980. In 1989 he joined the staff of the Zoological Station "A. Dohrn” in Naples as a Researcher at the Laboratory of Biological Oceanography, where he carried out his research activities for almost ten years. Between 1986 and 1989 he was Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Sassari and Palermo. From 1998 to 2016, he was Associate Professor of Ecology, first at the University of Bari and then, since 2001, at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". Since 2017 he is Full Professor of Ecology at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He has held courses and seminars on Numerical Ecology and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques applied in Ecology in several Universities and other Bodies, both in Italy and abroad, also supervising 19 PhD students. He is a founding member of the International Society for Ecological Informatics, for which he organized the 3rd Conference. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Ecological Informatics (Elsevier), Freshwater Biology (Wiley), and, with executive editorial duties, of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing). He is guest editor of Ecological Modeling (Elsevier) and author of about 150 scientific papers and book chapters, as well as about 200 conference papers. He was a member of the National Scientific Commission for Antarctica from 2007 to 2011. He is currently Vice President of the National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences (CoNISMa) and member of the Scientific Council of ISPRA and of the Board of the Italian Society of Marine Biology. He provided technical-scientific assistance to the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea as part of the activities of the Technical Committee set up for the purpose of implementing the Framework Directive for the Marine Strategy and in the drafting of the Report on the state of the environment 2016. His current research activities in national and international programs include applications in ecology of neural networks and other machine learning techniques, phytoplankton primary production models at global and regional scale, biology and transplants of Posidonia oceanica, the assessment of the state of aquatic ecosystems and the development and application of data analysis techniques in ecology, zoology and oceanography.
Prof. Brian Fath
Prof. Brian Fath
Scientific area: Systems Ecology and Sustainability
Brian D. Fath is Professor at Towson University (USA) and Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria). He published >200 papers on environmental systems modeling in network analysis, urban metabolism, and sustainability. He co-authored Explaining Technology (2023), A New Ecology (2020), Foundations for Sustainability (2019), and Flourishing within Limits to Growth (2015). He is Chief-Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management. He was awarded the 2016 Prigogine Medal for outstanding work in systems ecology; twice a Fulbright Distinguished Chair (Italy, 2012 and Czech Republic, 2019) and twice University System of Maryland Regents recipient for outstanding scholarship.
Scientific area: Systems Ecology and Sustainability
Brian D. Fath is Professor at Towson University (USA) and Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria). He published >200 papers on environmental systems modeling in network analysis, urban metabolism, and sustainability. He co-authored Explaining Technology (2023), A New Ecology (2020), Foundations for Sustainability (2019), and Flourishing within Limits to Growth (2015). He is Chief-Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management. He was awarded the 2016 Prigogine Medal for outstanding work in systems ecology; twice a Fulbright Distinguished Chair (Italy, 2012 and Czech Republic, 2019) and twice University System of Maryland Regents recipient for outstanding scholarship.
Prof. Alessandro Sapio
Prof. Alessandro Sapio
Scientific area: Economic Policy & Ecological Economics.
Alessandro Sapio is Full Professor of Economic Policy at the Department of Business and Economics of Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
He was awarded a PhD in Economics and Management from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, in 2005, after graduating with honours in 2001 in International Economics at Parthenope University of Naples.
His research activities have dealt with the economics and policy of energy markets, climate change, and industrial dynamics, using econometrics and agent-based simulation models.
Prof. Sapio is Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business Administration and Management; he has also coordinated the PhD Programme in "Economics, Management, and Accounting" at Parthenope University. He is Editor in Chief of the Italian Economic Journal, the official review of the Italian Economic Association, and council member of the European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE).
Bibliometric indices (Scopus): Documents 50, Citations 714, h-index 15.
Scientific area: Economic Policy & Ecological Economics.
Alessandro Sapio is Full Professor of Economic Policy at the Department of Business and Economics of Parthenope University of Naples, Italy.
He was awarded a PhD in Economics and Management from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, in 2005, after graduating with honours in 2001 in International Economics at Parthenope University of Naples.
His research activities have dealt with the economics and policy of energy markets, climate change, and industrial dynamics, using econometrics and agent-based simulation models.
Prof. Sapio is Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business Administration and Management; he has also coordinated the PhD Programme in "Economics, Management, and Accounting" at Parthenope University. He is Editor in Chief of the Italian Economic Journal, the official review of the Italian Economic Association, and council member of the European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE).
Bibliometric indices (Scopus): Documents 50, Citations 714, h-index 15.
Prof. Gabriele Sampagnaro
Prof. Gabriele Sampagnaro
Scientific area: Ethical and Climate Finance.
Gabriele Sampagnaro is a Full Professor of Banking and Finance at the Department of Management Studies and Quantitative Methods at the University of Naples Parthenope since November 2017. He earned his PhD from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2003. He is the author of publications on various topics, including papers published in international journals and books in both Italian and English. His work has been featured in prestigious international academic journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, European Journal of Finance, European Financial Management, and Scientometrics. His primary research areas include sustainable finance, relationship lending, bank-client litigations, and trade finance.
Scientific area: Ethical and Climate Finance.
Gabriele Sampagnaro is a Full Professor of Banking and Finance at the Department of Management Studies and Quantitative Methods at the University of Naples Parthenope since November 2017. He earned his PhD from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2003. He is the author of publications on various topics, including papers published in international journals and books in both Italian and English. His work has been featured in prestigious international academic journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, European Journal of Finance, European Financial Management, and Scientometrics. His primary research areas include sustainable finance, relationship lending, bank-client litigations, and trade finance.
