Luca Salerno

Luca Salerno is a Fixed-term Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Torino in the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI). His primary academic focus is in Hydraulics (CEAR-01/A) within Civil Engineering and Architecture. He holds memberships in three degree program colleges:

• Member of the College of Environmental and Land Engineering
• Invited member of the College of Civil and Building Engineering
• Invited member of the College of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Automotive Engineering

His research specializes in river systems dynamics with focus areas including:

• Eco-morphodynamic processes in river networks
• Carbon transport and sequestration mechanisms in aquatic systems
• Hydraulic modeling of large tropical rivers
• Environmental fluid mechanics applications

He investigates how river morphology interacts with ecological processes to influence global carbon cycles.

Salerno's publications consistently explore river-based carbon pumping phenomena, showing progression from doctoral research on tropical rivers to recent work on network-driven transport mechanisms. His work integrates field data, geospatial analysis, and fluid dynamics modeling to address environmental challenges.

Currently teaches multiple courses including:

• Water Systems (Agritech Engineering)
• River Engineering and Restoration (Civil Engineering)
• Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering)

with teaching activities spanning undergraduate, graduate, and laboratory instruction.