Curriculum
Renato Gatto
Associate Professor, Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
Address: Palazzo Baleani, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 244 - 00186 Rome, Italy
Area of Expertise: Energy. Nuclear energy production. Nuclear reactor theory. Fusion physics and technology. Turbulence in fluids and plasmas.
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA: Ph.D. Degree in Nuclear Engineering, December 1996; M.A. Degree in Physics, May 1997
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy: Laurea in Nuclear Engineering, academic year 1988-89
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Exchange Scholar, September 1992 - May 1993, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA
Thesis student, June 1991 - August 1992, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
Thesis student, September 1988 - May 1989, ENEA (Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment) Reserach Center, Frascati, Italy
EMPLOYMENTS
Present positions: Associate Professor, November 2013 to date. Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, Sapienza University of Roma, Italy
Past positions: Adjunct Associate Professor, January 2021 - October 2013, Department of Mathematics, Loyola University "John Felice Center" Rome ,Italy. Adjunct Associate Professor, January 2010 - May 2013, Department of Mathematics, Natual Sciences and Computer Sciences, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. Professor (Italian Ministry of University and Research's "Rientro dei Cervelli" Program), May 2004 - December 2009, Department of Physics, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy. Assistant Scientist, June 2002 - February 2004, Department of Physics - Plasma Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. Research Associate, June 1998 - May 2002, Department of Physics - Plasma Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. Post-Doctoral Position, June 1997 - May 1998, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory & General Atomics, CA, USA. Research Assistant, June 1991 - December 1996, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Teaching Assistant, August 1990 - May 1991, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
ADDITIONAL AFFILIATIONS and APPOINTMENTS
Member, Board of Directors, Jan 2019-Dec 2022, Intra-University Consortium for Nuclear Technology Research (CIRTEN), Italy
Associate, Jan 2019-Dec 2021, Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Italy
Associate, Jan 2019-Aug 2020, National Research Council (C.N.R.)-Institute of Complex Systems, Italy
Member, June 2006-Dec 2010, June 2017 to date, Nuclear Physics National Institute (I.N.F.N.), Italy
Member, June 2007-Dec 2010, National Institute for Astrophysics (I.N.A.F.), Italy
Member, Jan 2018 to date, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Referent, Dec 2016 to date, Memorandum of Understanding Sapienza-ITER
Representative to General Assembly, Jan 2018 to date, FuseNet-Sapienza