CV

You can find my complete CV in PDF form for download here (updated September 7 2021)

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

November 2018-Current: Postdoctoral researcher
- 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.
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

A novel approach to sulfate geoengineering with surface emissions of carbonyl sulfide

Quaglia, I., Visioni, D., Pitari, G., and Kravitz, B.: A novel approach to sulfate geoengineering with surface emissions of carbonyl sulfide, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-813, in review, 2021

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

Talks

Understanding and Modeling the Interactions between Sulfate Geoengineering and Clouds

January 09, 2021

Invited talk at 101st AMS Annual Meeting - 13th Symposium on Aerosol - Cloud - Climate Interactions, New Orleans, LA

Invited Talk at the Gordon Research Conference on Climate Engineering: Processes and Impacts of Radiation Management Approaches to Climate Change

July 01, 2020

Invited talk at 2nd Gordon Research Conference on Climate Engineering, Newry, ME

Comparison of SO2 and H2SO4 injection strategies using a modal aerosol microphysics representation in CESM2(WACCM)

August 01, 2019

Invited talk at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Daniele Visioni

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