Raffaele Ferrari

Professor

Year

2023, 2024, 2025
Program

Virtual Earth Systems Research Institute (VESRI)
Institution

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location

Boston, USA

Dr. Raffaele Ferrari joined the EAPS faculty in 2002. After earning a BS and MS in physics from the Università di Torino in 1994, Ferrari went on to pursue PhD studies in fluid dynamics and oceanography from Politecnico di Torino (1999) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2000). Prior to arriving at MIT, he was a postdoctoral scholar at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ferrari served as the chair of the EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate from 2012-2022 and is currently co-Director of the MIT Lorenz Center, a think-tank created to attract a diverse community interested in the fundamentals of climate science.