Prof. Riccardo Ciolini obtained a master degree in Nuclear Engineering in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering (Safety of Nuclear Power Plants) in 2002 at the University of Pisa. Since April 2018 he is Associate Professor at the University of Pisa in the field of Nuclear Measurements and Instrumentation and he is responsible of the courses “Physical fundamentals of nuclear engineering” and “Radiation Protection” for the Master degree course in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Pisa. Since 2019 he is the President of the Curriculum in “Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Safety” of the Ph. D. Course in Industrial Engineering at the University of Pisa.
His research activity, performed at the Nuclear Measurements Laboratory of the University of Pisa, is related to neutron dosimetry and spectrometry, development of new detector and dosimeters, environmental radioactive measurements, radiation protection and radiation shielding, also by means of Monte Carlo simulations of neutron and gamma transport, and decommissioning of nuclear power plants. He is Radiation Protection Expert of Level 3 in the Italian Ministry of Labour list and he is associated at the INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics of Italy), section of Pisa.