CV

You can find my complete CV in PDF form for download here (updated December 30 2022)

Education

Ph.D with Honours in Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila.
M.S. in Physics, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, 2015
B.S. in Physics, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, 2013

Work experience

January 2023-Current: Project Scientist I (0.4 FTE)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry lab
- Duties includes: Implementing a Sectional Aerosol microphysics scheme in the Community Earth System Model
January 2022-Current: Research Associate
- Cornell University
- Duties includes: Researching the design space of proposed Solar Radiation Management techniques, mostly focused on the physical aspect but with collaborations active in the possible socio-economical and ecological impacts. Supervising graduate students.
November 2018-December 2021: Postdoctoral researcher
- Cornell University
January-March 2018: Visiting Scientist
- NCAR, Boulder (CO)
- Duties included: Performed analyses on the Geoengineering Large Ensemble with CESM1-WACCM
- Supervisor: Dott. Simone Tilmes
June-September 2017: Visiting Scientist
- NASA GSFC - Earth Science Division
- Duties included: Worked on the CARMA aerosol module on the climate model GEOS5
- Supervisor: Professor Valentina Aquila

Service and leadership

Research collaborator for SRMGI
Co-author of the 2022 WMO Scientific Assessments of Ozone Depletion
Co-leader of GeoMIP
Moderator for the EguSphere
Chair for the Gordon Research Seminar on Climate Engineering (2022)
GSMU Mentorship Program, Cornell University since 2019
LeadTheFuture Mentorship Program since 2020
Reviewer for multiple journals in the field of atmospheric chemistry and physics

Main Publications

Interactive stratospheric aerosol models response to different amounts and altitudes of SO2 injection during the 1991 Pinatubo eruption

Quaglia, I., Timmreck, C., Niemeier, U., Visioni, D., Pitari, G., Brodowsky, C., Bruhl, C., Dhomse, S. S., Franke, H., Laakso, A., Mann, G. W., Rozanov, E., and Sukhodolov, T.: Interactive stratospheric aerosol models response to different amounts and altitudes of SO2 injection during the 1991 Pinatubo eruption, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 921-948, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-921-2023, 2023

Climate response to off-equatorial stratospheric sulfur injections in three Earth System Models - Part 2: stratospheric and free-tropospheric response

Bednarz, E. M., Visioni, D., Kravitz, B., Jones, A., Haywood, J. M., Richter, J., MacMartin, D. G., and Braesicke, P.: Climate response to off-equatorial stratospheric sulfur injections in three Earth system models - Part 2: Stratospheric and free-tropospheric response, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 687-709, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-687-2023, 2023

Climate response to off-equatorial stratospheric sulfur injections in three Earth System Models - Part 1: experimental protocols and surface changes

Visioni, D., Bednarz, E. M., Lee, W. R., Kravitz, B., Jones, A., Haywood, J. M., and MacMartin, D. G.: Climate response to off-equatorial stratospheric sulfur injections in three Earth system models - Part 1: Experimental protocols and surface changes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 663?685, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-663-2023, 2023

Assessing Responses and Impacts of Solar climate intervention on the Earth system with stratospheric aerosol injection (ARISE-SAI): protocol and initial results from the first simulations

Richter, J. H., Visioni, D., MacMartin, D. G., Bailey, D. A., Rosenbloom, N., Dobbins, B., Lee, W. R., Tye, M., and Lamarque, J.-F.: Assessing Responses and Impacts of Solar climate intervention on the Earth system with stratospheric aerosol injection (ARISE-SAI): protocol and initial results from the first simulations, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 8221?8243, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8221-2022, 2022

Impact of the Latitude of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection on the Southern Annular Mode

Bednarz, E., Visioni, D., Richter, J. H., Butler, A. H., MacMartin, D.G.(2022). Impact of the latitude of stratospheric aerosol injection on the Southern Annular Mode. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL100353

Scenarios for modeling solar radiation modification

MacMartin, D., Visioni, D., Kravitz, B., Richter J.H., Felghenauer T., Lee W.R., Morrow D.R., Parson E.A., Sugiyama M. (2022). Scenarios for modeling solar radiation modification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 119 (33) e220223011

The Overlooked Role of the Stratosphere Under a Solar Constant Reduction

Bednarz, E. M., Visioni, D., Banerjee, A., Braesicke, P., Kravitz, B., and MacMartin, D. G. (2022). The overlooked role of the stratosphere under a solar constant reduction. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098773

An approach to sulfate geoengineering with surface emissions of carbonyl sulfide

Quaglia, I., Visioni, D., Pitari, G., and Kravitz, B.: An approach to sulfate geoengineering with surface emissions of carbonyl sulfide, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 5757?5773, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5757-2022, 2022

Stratospheric ozone response to sulfate aerosol and solar dimming climate interventions based on the G6 Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) simulations

Tilmes, S., Visioni, D., Jones, A., Haywood, J., Seferian, R., Nabat, P., Boucher, O., Bednarz, E. M., and Niemeier, U.: Stratospheric ozone response to sulfate aerosol and solar dimming climate interventions based on the G6 Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 4557-4579, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4557-2022, 2022.

Future Geoengineering Scenarios: Balancing Policy Relevance and Scientific Significance

Visioni, D., & Robock, A. (2022). Future Geoengineering Scenarios: Balancing Policy Relevance and Scientific Significance, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(3), E817-E820

Limitations of assuming internal mixing between different aerosol species: a case study with sulfate geoengineering simulations

Visioni, D., Tilmes, S., Bardeen, C., Mills, M., MacMartin, D. G., Kravitz, B., and Richter, J. H.: Limitations of assuming internal mixing between different aerosol species: a case study with sulfate geoengineering simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 1739-1756, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1739-2022, 2022.

Identifying the sources of uncertainty in climate model simulations of solar radiation modification with the G6sulfur and G6solar Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) simulations

Visioni, D., MacMartin, D. G., Kravitz, B., Boucher, O., Jones, A., Lurton, T., Martine, M., Mills, M. J., Nabat, P., Niemeier, U., Seferian, R., and Tilmes, S.: Identifying the sources of uncertainty in climate model simulations of solar radiation modification with the G6sulfur and G6solar Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 10039-10063, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10039-2021, 2021.

Potential ecological impacts of climate intervention by reflecting sunlight to cool Earth

P. L. Zarnetske, J. Gurevitch, J. Franklin, P. M. Groffman, C. S. Harrison, J. J. Hellmann,Forrest M. Hoffman, S. Kothari, A. Robock, S. Tilmes,D. Visioni, J. Wu, L. Xia, C. Yang,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Apr 2021, 118 (15) e1921854118; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1921854118

Is Turning Down the Sun a Good Proxy for Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering?

Visioni, D., MacMartin, D. G., Kravitz (2021). "Is Turning Down the Sun a Good Proxy for Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering?". Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD033952

Reduced poleward transport due to stratospheric heating under stratospheric aerosols geoengineering

Visioni, D., MacMartin, D. G., Kravitz, B., Lee, W., Simpson, I. R., & Richter, J. H. (2020). "Reduced poleward transport due to stratospheric heating under stratospheric aerosols geoengineering". Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089470. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089470

Seasonally Modulated Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering Alters the Climate Outcomes

Visioni, D., MacMartin, D. G., Kravitz, B., Richter, J. H., Tilmes, S., and Mills, M. J. (2020). "Seasonally Modulated Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering Alters the Climate Outcomes". Geophysical Research Letters, 47(12), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088337

What goes up must come down: impacts of deposition in a sulfate geoengineering scenario

Visioni, D., Slessarev, E., MacMartin, D., Mahowald, N. M., Goodale, C. L., and Xia,L. (2020), "What goes up must come down: impacts of deposition in a sulfate geoengineeringscenario", Environmental Research Letters, 15(9), http://iopscience.iop.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab94eb

Seasonal Injection Strategies for Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering

Visioni, D., MacMartin, D. G., Kravitz, B., Tilmes, S., Mills, M. J., Richter, J. H., and Boudreau, M. P. (2019). "Seasonal Injection Strategies for Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering". Geophysical Research Letters, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083680

Upper tropospheric ice sensitivity to sulfate geoengineering

Visioni, D., Pitari, G., Di Genova, G., Tilmes, S., and Cionni, I. (2018). "Upper tropospheric ice sensitivity to sulfate geoengineering". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 18, 14867-14887

Sulfur deposition changes under sulfate geoengineering conditions: quasi-biennial oscillation effects on the transport and lifetime of stratospheric aerosols

Visioni, D., Pitari, G., Tuccella, P., & Curci, G. (2018). "Sulfur deposition changes under sulfate geoengineering conditions: Quasi-biennial oscillation effects on the transport and lifetime of stratospheric aerosols". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 18, 2787-2808

Sulfate geoengineering impact on methane transport and lifetime: results from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP)

Visioni, D., Pitari, G., Aquila, V., Tilmes, S., Cionni, I., Di Genova, G., and Mancini, E. (2017). "Sulfate geoengineering impact on methane transport and lifetime: Results from the geoengineering model intercomparison project (GeoMIP)". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 17, 11209-11226

Sulfate geoengineering: a review of the factors controlling the needed injection of sulfur dioxide

Visioni, D., Pitari, G., and Aquila, V. (2017). "Sulfate geoengineering: A review of the factors controlling the needed injection of sulfur dioxide". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 17, 3879-3889