Faculty available to host visiting research students (VIRS)

This list is not exhaustive and meant as a starting point for students to review faculty members who have explicitly indicated to welcome visiting research student enquiries. Do not conclude that faculty members not listed here won't accept visiting students. Interested students can consult the broader researcher search to identify faculty members based on research keywords.
Last Name Sort descending First Name Academic Unit(s) Research Interests
Zerriffi Hisham Department of Forest Resources Management Environmental geography; Forestry biomass and bioproducts; Modelling and applications of systems; Environment and natural resources economics; Environmental policy; Biomass (Energy); Energy Transformation and Energy Using; International development; Environment and Society; Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; energy poverty; Biomass (Energy), Energy Transformation and Energy Using, International Development, Environment and Society, Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, Energy poverty
Zhang Gaoheng Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies Languages and literature; Other studies in human society; Migration Studies; Mobility Studies ; Cultural Studies; Food Studies; Fashion Studies ; Film and Media Studies; Gender and Masculinity Studies; Rhetoric and Communication Studies ; China-Italy Cultural Relations ; China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations; Italy's Global Networks ; Modern and contemporary Italian literature and culture; Migration Studies, Mobility Studies , Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Fashion Studies , Film and Media Studies, Gender and Masculinity Studies, Rhetoric and Communication Studies , China-Italy Cultural Relations , China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations, Italy's Global Networks , Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature and Culture
Ziels Ryan Department of Civil Engineering Environmental engineering; Genomics; Environmental biotechnology; Anaerobic digestion; Biological nutrient removal; Environmental engineering; Environmental Systems Engineering; Microbial biotechnology; Microbial ecology; Multi-omics; Resource recovery; Sustainable biological wastewater treatment; Anaerobic digestion, Biological nutrient removal, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering, Microbial biotechnology, Microbial ecology, Multi-omics, Resource recovery, Sustainable biological wastewater treatment