Michele Mossa is a professor of Hydraulics at the Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy), with a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering for the Environment and Land. He is the chief scientist of the Coastal Engineering Laboratory – LIC, a member of the board of directors of the National Consortium of Universities for Marine Sciences (CoNISMa) for the Polytechnic University of Bari, a member of the Fluid Mechanics Committee of the International Association for Hydro Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), an elected representative of Academic Senate of the Polytechnic University of Bari, a coordinator of the PhD course in "Environmental and Building Risk and Development", and Deputy Rector of the Polytechnic University of Bari for Research and Technology Transfer.
Polytechnic University of Bari
Bari, Puglia, Italy
M. Selim Yalin Lifetime Achievement Award
IAHR
23/6/2025: The IAHR Council has selected Professor Michele Mossa as the recipient of the prestigious 10th M. Selim Yalin Lifetime Achievement Award for 2025, with the following citation: “In recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to ecohydraulics, particularly in wave-vegetation interactions, and his global leadership in advancing sustainable hydraulic engineering practices through research, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration”.
Fellow Member of IAHR
IAHR
23/8/2023: awarded as Fellow Member of IAHR (unanimously approved by the IAHR Council). IAHR Fellow Membership is a new distinction introduced in 2023 to recognise IAHR members for their outstanding contributions to hydro-environment engineering and research and to the development of IAHR. The award was presented to Prof. Michele Mossa during the IAHR World Congress (Vienna, Austria) on 23 August 2023 at the end of the session on ecohydraulics of which he was convener.