Rate My Professor Valerio Lucarini

Professor Valerio Lucarini is Professor of Applied Mathematics in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Leicester, where he leads the Mathematical and Computational Modelling research group, coordinates research activities in mathematical modelling for science and engineering, and is affiliated with the Institute of Environmental Futures and the Center for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Modelling. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Eastern Finland (2003), an MSc in Climate Physics and Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002), a Diploma in Physics from Scuola Normale Superiore (1999), and a Laurea in Physics from the University of Pisa (1999). His career trajectory includes serving as Professor of Statistical Mechanics and Director of the Centre for Mathematics of Planet Earth at the University of Reading (2016–2024), Professor of Theoretical Meteorology at the University of Hamburg (2011–2016), Lecturer in Meteorology and Mathematics at the University of Reading (2009–2011), Assistant Professor in Earth System Physics at the University of Bologna (2007–2009), and Postdoctoral Researcher at the CINFAI Consortium in Italy (2004–2007). Lucarini has taught courses in statistical mechanics, dynamical systems, dynamical meteorology, and climate physics, and delivered short courses at institutions such as Beijing Normal University, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Centro Euromediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici, Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, TERI University, and Eötvös Loránd University.