Dr. Marco Zavatarelli is an Associate Professor at the University of Bologna in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Interdepartmental Environmental Sciences Center (CIRSA), where he has been on staff since 2000. He earned his Ph.D. in Marine Environmental Sciences from Genoa University in 1986. Dr. Zavatarelli’s research is focused on the numerical modelling and simulation of the coupled physical and biogeochemical dynamics of the marine environment. He has participated in numerous international research projects including, most recently, “ODYSSEA” (Operating a network of integrated observatory systems in the Mediterranean Sea) and “SeaDataCloud” (Pan-European infrastructure for ocean & marine data management), both a part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme (EU-H2020).