Vincenzo Orofino
Professor
Department of Physics
University of Salento
Italy
Biography
Born in Lecce in 1955, he graduated in Physics at the University of Lecce (now University of Salento) and holds a Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Bari. He is currently associate professor in the scientific-disciplinary Astronomy and Astrophysics field at the Department of Mathematics and Physics "E. De Giorgi "from the University of Salento and has the didactic responsibility of the course" Physics II "(the year of the Triennale in Physics), the course of" Planetology "(2nd year of the Master of Science in Physics) and of "Planetology Elements" (Doctoral Program in Physics).
Research Interest
interstellar and circumferential clouds, comets, asteroids, circumplanetary rings, atmospheres, and planetary surfaces