Francesco Paparella

Associate Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Associate Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: Laurea in Fisica - Università di Torino; PhD Geophysics - Università di Genova

Research Websites: Mubadala Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences

Research Areas: Geophysical Fluids, Earth-systems Processes


Francesco Paparella is the director of the Mubadala Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences. His research focuses on developing and studying mathematical models of geophysical fluids and Earth-system processes. He has worked on convection in fluids with one or two buoyancy-changing scalars, on vortex dynamics, time series analysis, granular flows and ecological modeling, with a particular interest on Lagrangian methods for modeling marine plankton. Since he joined NYUAD he has developed a keen interest in understanding the environment of the Gulf region.