Dr. Massimo D'Isidoro graduated in physics from the University of Bologna in 1998. He obtained a PhD. in physics from Ferrara University in 2003. His research interests are focussed on mesoscale atmospheric modelling, including transport and dispersion of pollutants and data assimilation techniques in atmospheric models. He was involved in several international projects (WMO-COMPARE-III, EU-STOWASUS2100, EU-FP6-GEMS, EU-FP7-MACC; EU-FP7-CITYZEN) as well as in national projects in Italy (ROSA, CLIMAGRI, MINNI). Since 2010 he has been a Researcher at ENEA, Air Pollution Laboratory. He coordinated the two years project (2018 - 2020) “Renewable energy potential maps for Lesotho”, funded (1.2MEUR) by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea. He served as the scientific lead for ENEA in the CAMS2_72IT project (2023–2024). Currently, he is responsible for the national air quality forecasting system FORAIR-IT and acts as the PI for ENEA in the Copernicus projects CAMS2_72IT_bis and CAMS2_40.