Claudio A. Belis

Claudio A. Belis is a senior scientist at the Unit Air and Climate of the European Commission Joint Research Centre. He developed his PhD work on environmental and climatic long-term trends at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1994-1997) and continued his post-doctoral activity at the Federal Polytechnic of Zurich and the University of Bern (Switzerland). He also has 15 years’ experience in monitoring and modelling atmospheric pollution in urban and ecosystems with particular reference to the identification of pollution sources for the development of abatement policies. At present, he is involved as task leader in European research projects (e.g. APPRAISAL, DANUBE AIR NEXUS) and leads the working group on source apportionment of the Forum for Air quality Modelling in Europe (FAIRMODE).