About me

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I'm Matteo Nurisso, a Researcher at Politecnico di Torino since December 2025.
I hold a Ph.D. in Physics from SISSA (Trieste).
I work in the field of climate science. I am part of the Destination Earth project, where I'm involved in the Climate Change Adaptation Digital Twin, analyzing high-resolution (5km) climate models (IFS-NEMO, IFS-FESOM and ICON) and developing the framework and diagnostics for quality assessment of climate simulations (AQUA code).
I'm also involved in the PRIN project EPOCHAL, which aims to extend EC-Earth 4 for paleoclimate simulations.
Previously I worked on Computational Astrophysics, Plasma Physics, and Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).

Scientific interests

I'm currently involved in the quality assessment and online monitoring of climate simulations in the Climate Change Adaptation Digital Twin, part of the Destination Earth project. In this context, I am working on the development of the AQUA code, both in the development of the framework and in the implementation of diagnostics for the quality assessment of climate simulations.
I'm also involved in the PRIN project EPOCHAL (Earth system modeling of PaleOClimatic HyperthermALs), with the goal of using EC-Earth model to study paleoclimate, extending the EC-Earth4 version to include lower resolution configurations and the required boundary, domain and initial conditions for the paleoclimate simulations.
You can find more information in the Scientific Interests section.
My doctoral research was focused in astrophysics, specifically on the implementation of the acceleration of non-thermal component of particles due to magnetic reconnection in magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations. I implemented this phenomenon in the MHD code PLUTO. You can find more information in the Astrophysics section.
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Education and work

2025 - present Researcher
Politecnico di Torino		 Turin (Italy)
2024 - 2025 PostDoc
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISAC)		 Turin (Italy)
2022 - 2024 Scientific programmer in Climate Science
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISAC)		 Turin (Italy)
2018 - 2022 Ph.D. in Astrophysics and Cosmology
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)		 Trieste (Italy)
2014 - 2018 MS Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics
University of Turin		 Turin (Italy)
2011 - 2014 BS Physics University of Turin Turin (Italy)
Code notes
a repository with useful notes about coding in C++, python and notes on utilities like git, conda, cluster usage etc.

Outreach

Since my MS I started doing outreach as a volunteer in the AISF association and as a collaborator in the University of Turin.
In SISSA I continued my outreach activities and I had, thanks to the SISSA Medialab, the possibility to take introductory classes in Science Communication.

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Activism and Hobbies

I've always felt the need to be active part of the society, with my work and during my free time.
I started being a member of the Scout association since 2000. From 2013 to 2015 I have been Scoutmaster, being responsible for the activities and educations of kids in the primary school.

Silviadizenzero


Since 2013 I'm mostly involved in Silviadizenzero, an association whose primary goal are Climate Science popularization and spreading of Vegetarian Culture. Our main activities are the organization of workshops, meetings with experts, movie projections and collaborations with other associations in Italy. The main goal is to spread scientific culture about climate change and what can be done by individuals both with everyday decisions and lobbying.
Since 2018 I've been Vice-president of this association.
Since 2019, a festival dedicated to all the different arts, called Ginger Fest is organized by Silviadizenzero.
Since 2021 we collaborate with a regional radio, Radio Dora, creating and presenting a weekly live content on Climate change awareness.
In 2023 the association has celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Since 2024 I'm President of this association.

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