Prof Umberto Berardi

Brief Bio

Dr. Berardi is the current President of the Canadian Acoustical Association and of the International Association of Building Physics (IABP). Dr. Berardi has been Canada Research Chair in Building Science (from 2021 to August 2024) and Full Professor and Director of the BeTOP center at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada (from August 2014 to August 2024). His main research interests are related to the study of innovative solutions and new materials for improving the performance within the built environment. Dr. Berardi' works on integrating nanotechnologies into building systems focus on organic bio-PCMs, and on granular aerogel. He is the CEO of BETOP srl, a spin-off company of the Politecnico di Bari (Italy).Dr. Berardi has an extensive publication record, including 200 peer-reviewed journals, 200 international conference papers, and ten books. Dr. Berardi’s publications have received 24,000 citations in Google Scholar, where he has an h-index of 68, while Scopus database counts over 15,000 citations and an h-index of 60.

Research areas

• Energy efficiency
• New materials
• Lighting

Affiliations

Associate Professor
Politecnico di Bari
victoria, Toronto, Italy
Email: umberto.berardi@poliba.it