Giovanni Solari

Short Bio:

Giovanni Solari was born in Genoa on 9 January 1953. He is Professor of Structural and Wind Engineering at the University of Genoa, Senior Adviser at the Beijing Jiaotong University, Guest Professor at the University of Western Ontario, Canada and formerly de la Republica, Uruguay, Honorary Professor at Shijiazhuang Tiedao University and at South Central University Changsha, China, Honorary Doctor Honoris Causa at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest. He was awarded with the Scanlan Medal 2017 (EMI-ASCE), the Reese Research Prize 2014 (SEI-ASCE), the Flachsbart Medal 2013 (WTG), the Davenport Medal 2011 (IAWE), and the Cermak Medal 2006 (EMI-ASCE). He was the President of the International and of the Italian Associations for Wind Engineering, Founding Co-Editor of Wind & Structures, Series Editor of Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, Scientific Responsible of the European Projects “Wind and Ports” and “Wind, Ports and Sea”. The European Research Council awarded him with an Advanced Grant 2016 for the THUNDERR Project. He is a member of the Liguria Academy of Science and Letters and author of almost 400 papers, 150 of which in peer-reviewed journals. He carried out the study of the wind loading and response of several signature structures including the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Messina Strait Bridge and the Brancusi Endless Column. He is the Elected President of the Italian Institute for Welding.