Maurizio Cellura

Graduated with honors in Civil Engineering from the University of Palermo in 1988, he obtained a PhD in Technical Physics in 1994. Since 2011, he has been a Full Professor of Environmental Technical Physics at the University of Palermo. His scientific activity is mainly focused on energy and environmental issues, particularly on energy efficiency in buildings, technologies fueled by renewable energy sources, and decarbonization strategies for systems and processes. He was a member of the Interministerial Committee Ecolabel Ecoaudit (2000-2004), Coordinator of the National Scientific Committee for Emas school (2002-2004), and environmental expert in the Evaluation and Verification Unit of public investments of the Sicily Region from 2005 to 2007. He has evaluated numerous community programs on behalf of the European Commission and national and European research agencies. He was a member of the working group defining the Ecolabel criteria for buildings (ISPRA - European Commission), chair of the "Energy and Sustainable Technologies" group of the Italian LCA Network, and coordinator of several national and European research projects on energy and environmental issues. From 2000 onwards, he has participated in numerous tasks and annexes of the International Energy Agency related to the research topics developed. From 2013 to 2019, he was a member of the Consultation Board of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) for Horizon 2020, calls "Secure, clean and efficient energy". Since 2014, he has been the representative for the University of Palermo in the "Sustainable Solutions Development Network" sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Since 2012, he has been Vice President and from October 2015 to June 2019 President of the national Association "Italian LCA Network". Since June 2014, he has been the coordinator of the PhD program in "Energy and Information Technologies" at the University of Palermo. Since October 2018, he has been the national reference of the national consultation group SETPLAN "Implementation Working Group 5 - Energy Efficient Solutions in Buildings". In the biennium 2019-2020, he was a member of the Euro-Mediterranean Group of Senior Officials on Research and Innovation (GSO) for research and innovation (EEAS UNION FOR MEDITERRANEAN), and since July 2020, he has been a member representing Italy in the Euro-Mediterranean Bureau of the Union for Mediterranean Regional (UFM) Platform on Research & Innovation. He is the author of approximately 350 national and international publications.