Dario Camuffo

Dario Camuffo: Physicist, born in Padua in 1941 and graduated at the Padua University in 1966. His professional experience is mainly focused in atmospheric physics, climate change, microclimate and environmental factors related to preservation of cultural heritage. Research. In 1969 he started working at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) as research fellow and in 1991 became Research Director at CNR, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) Padua, Italy. In 2008 he retired, but continued researching as Senior Associate. Lecturer at University. Lecturer of: Atmospheric Physics and Physics for Conservation at the University of Padua (1979-2010); Physics for Conservation; Cignaroli Academy, Verona (2002-2014); Environmental Physics at the Polytechnic of Milan (2008-2020). He has been Co-Director of the European Doctoral Course ‘Sciences and Materials of the Cultural Heritage’, European University Centre for Cultural Heritage, Ravello (1998 - 2008). Standardization. Since 2003 he is active in the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), Technical Committee on Conservation of Cultural Heritage (TC346), where he is Convenor of Working Group 7 “Specifying and measuring indoor/outdoor climate” and has been convenor of WG 6 “Exhibition lighting”. He contributes to the Italian standardization for cultural heritage since 1972, when the NORMAL Standardization Group was founded. At present, he is chairman of the national mirror group GL4 concerning environmental issues for cultural heritage at UNI (the Italian Standardization Body). Contributions to Climate Change. He has studied the early instruments and observational methodologies to recover, correct and reconstruct the longest meteorological records starting from the mid 17th century (i.e. Medici Network) and the 18th century (e.g. Padua, Bologna, Florence). He has recovered and studied documentary (i.e. written and pictorial) and other proxies to reconstruct long series concerning temperature, precipitation, extreme events and coastal flooding over the last millennium. In particular, he has reconstructed a multiproxy series for the sea level rise in Venice starting from 1350. Contributions to Cultural Heritage. He has studied the impact of natural and anthropic factors, the deterioration mechanisms and the environmental diagnostics for cultural heritage, as well as the instruments and methods to take physical measurements and preserve cultural sites, building and collections. He has studied monuments, museums (e.g. Uffizi Gallery, Florence; Louvre and Orangerie Museum, Paris, Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK; Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp), churches and archaeological sites of the UNESCO World Heritage List, e.g. he has been appointed by UNESCO for the Sphynx and Pyramid Plateau, Egypt; Sveti Stefan, Nassebur and the Madara Rider, Shumen, Bulgaria. He was appointed by the Holy See for the Sistine Chapel, Rome; by the European Commission; US NAPAP (National Acidic Precipitation Assessment Program), and National authorities concerning meteorology, atmospheric pollution and cultural heritage. He leaded several national and international research projects, 15 of them funded by the European Commission or the European Science Foundation. Editorial Board of scientific journals: Climatic Change, The Holocene, Journal Heritage Science, Méditerranée, Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies. Publications: 3 patents; 180 papers in peer reviewed international journals, 5 books, 52 book chapters, 100 proceedings of international symposia, and many other papers in peer-reviewed Italian journals. Google Scholar: 8942 Citations in scientific journals: H-Index: 47; i10-index: 136.