SHORT 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

COMMITTEES

Member of the Scientific Committe, 4th International Conference on Fusion-Fission Sub.critical Systems for Waste Management and Safety conference (FUNFI4), November 2020, Moscow

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

Editorial board member of The Open Plasma Physics Journal (2008-2015)

JOURNAL REFERRED

Nuclear Fusion, Fusion Engineering and Design, Physics of Plasmas, The Open Plasma Physics Journal

Administrative duties

Present:Member, Consiglio d'Area Ingegneria Energetica, DIAEE, Sapienza (from Jan 2024-to date)Member, Consiglio d'Area Didattica, Dip. Fisica, Sapienza (from Jan 2014-to date)DIAEE-Nuclear Section referent for "IRIS" (Sept 2015-to date)Sapienza-DIAEE representative for the General Assembly of "FuseNet" (Jan 2018-to date)Sapienza-DIAEE referent for "ITER" (Dec 2016-to date)
Past:Coordinator, Nuclear Engineering Section, DIAEE, Sapienza (Jun 2021-May 2024)CIRTEN, Board of Directors (Jan 2019-Dec 2022)President, Evaluating Committee for the Doctoral Degree Program in Physics at Roma 3 University, 2 May 2023Member, Evaluating Committee for a RDT-A position in ING/IND-19 at Sapienza University of Rome, February 2024Member, Evaluating Committee for a RDT-A position in ING/IND-19 at Sapienza University of Rome, February 2023Effective Member, DIAEE Evaluating Committee for the assigment of a research position on the topic "Analisi dell'esperienza operativa degli impianti di potenza raffreddati a gas, in particolare nucleari, per l'individuazione dei rilasci cronici dai componenti e l'estrapolazione dei dati per il reattore nucleare a fusione DEMO, in base ai sistemi, componenti e materiali previsti", 20 July 2017President, Evaluating Committee for the 29th cycle of the Doctoral Degree Program in Energy and the Environment, 22 Feb 2016Effective Member, DIAEE Evaluating Committee for the assignment of a research position on the topic "Fukushima unit 1 severe accident analysis using MELCOR code", ING-IND/19, 22 Sept 2016Effective Member, National Committee for the evaluation of university researchers ING-IND/20 (Period 1 Jan 2014-31 Dec 2015)Effective Member, DIAEE Evaluating Committee for the assignment of a one-year research grant on the topic "Analisi numerica di scenari operativi ed incidentali", ING-IND/19, 9 Jun 2014Adjunct Member, Committee for the "Esame di Stato" for industrial engineers (2014,2015,2016,2017)Referent U-GOV for the DIAEE Nuclear Group (May 2014-July 2015)