Dr. Mihaela Mircea is a Researcher at the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development. She completed her Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, and her M.Sc. at the same institution. Her research interests focus on modelling the composition of the atmosphere, which is essential for air pollution and climate change predictions. She is also involved in modelling natural emissions, such as dust from desert areas and biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), and is dedicated to supporting environmental policy at both the national and European levels.
Dr. Gino Briganti completed his master's degree in Physics at the University of Pisa, with a theoretical thesis on lattice QCD. He is currently working at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) in Italy. He is a member of the MINNI workgroup, which supports the Italian Ministry of Environment on air quality policies and international negotiations regarding atmospheric pollution; MINNI is currently a member of the model ensemble in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, providing forecasts for European air quality. His research interests include the micrometeorology of the atmospheric boundary layer, as well as the development of models for predicting the dispersion and chemical transformation of gaseous and aerosol pollutants at the urban, regional, and mesoscale levels.
Dr. Sandro Finardi is a project manager and coordinator of R&D activities at ARIANET Srl in Milan, Italy. He completed his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Milan. His early career experience was gained at ENEL S.p.A. research centers (CISE, ENEL/Ricerca, and CESI), which he further developed at ARIANET. His research interests include atmospheric boundary layer parameterisation, surface–atmosphere interactions, and diagnostic and prognostic meteorological modelling, with a focus on scales ranging from mesoscale to local scale in complex terrain and urban environments.
