Marco Giometto

Marco Giometto

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Marco Giometto focuses on both fundamental and applied problems related to fluid dynamics and turbulence, with an emphasis on environmental flows.

He tackles challenges associated with atmospheric boundary layer flow phenomena and wind engineering, using supercomputers and analytical methods. Findings from his research advance the current understanding of nature and engineering systems and support the development of effective policies to improve our interaction with the environment.

Dr. Giometto received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Braunschweig TU University and the University of Florence (2014). In 2016 he earned a second PhD in Mechanical Engineering from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, where he won the EDME Award for the best thesis in mechanical engineering. Before joining Columbia University in 2018, he held postdoctoral positions at the University of British Columbia and at the Center for Turbulence Research, which is jointly operated by Stanford University and NASA Ames.

Research Areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Wind Engineering
  • Smart Cities (Infrastructure)
  • Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Turbulence
  • Fluid Mechanics

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (2018 – present)
    • Amazon Visiting Academic, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Prime Air (2020 — present) 
    • Senior Research Scientist, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Prime Air (2018 — 2020)
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Civil Engineers
    • American Geophysical Union
    • American Meteorological Society
    • American Physical Society
  • Honors & Awards
    • National Science Foundation Early Career Program Award (2024)
    • Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (2023) 
    • Early Career Program Award, Army Research Office (2022)
    • Provost Diversity Award, Columbia University (2021)
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University (2017)
    • EDME Award for the Best PhD Thesis in Mechanics at École Polytechnique
    • Fédérale de Lausanne (2016)
    • Best Presentation Award, 9th International Conference on Urban Climate, 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment (2016)
    • Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union General Assembly Conference (2014)
  • Education
    • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    • PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Florence and Braunschweig TU University
    • MS, Civil Engineering, University of Padova
    • BS, Civil Engineering, University of Padova