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Marta Calzolari is an Architect, Ph.D., and Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara.
From June 2021 to May 2024, she held the position of Assistant Professor (type b) at the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara.
From April 2019 to June 2021, she served as Assistant Professor (type a) at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma. Since November 2018, she has obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the role of Associate Professor in the CEAR-08/C (ex08/C1) sector "Design and Technological Planning of Architecture."
Since 2020, she has been a member of the Academic Board for the Innovative PhD Programme in Environmental Sustainability and Wellbeing at the University of Ferrara, an inter-university and interdepartmental doctoral program.
Since 2009, she has been a member of the "Architecture" section of the Architecture>Energy Research Center of the Department of Architecture at the University of Ferrara, contributing to research activities and operational coordination.
Over the years, she has worked on numerous research projects in the fields of new construction and the energy, environmental, and functional retrofit of existing building heritage, with a particular focus on historical buildings.
In April 2013, she earned a Ph.D. in Architectural Technology (final evaluation: excellent). During her Ph.D., she was a visiting scholar at the University of Nottingham, Department of the Built Environment (United Kingdom). Her doctoral thesis received three first-place awards in scientific competitions.
She was awarded the "Nicolò Copernico" Recognition for innovative theses in scientific and technological disciplines in the field of Architectural Technology, promoted by the Nicolò Copernico Founding Committee and the Lions Club Portomaggiore-San Giorgio, with management by Basell R&D (now LyondellBasell), operator of the Giulio Natta Research Center in Ferrara.
Her thesis was also recognized as the Best Thesis of the XXV Cycle for the Doctoral School in Architectural Technology at the University of Ferrara (IUSS DAY) and won first place in the University and Sustainability competition, Unife Sustainable Academic Year 2012/2013, in the "energy-environmental" section.
From 2015 to 2019, she held research grants at the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara for the operational coordination of a research project analyzing the energy-environmental aspects of the entire architectural heritage of the University of Ferrara.
Since 2011, she has been registered as an energy certifier for the Emilia-Romagna Region.
Since the 2021/2022 academic year, she has been teaching Architectural Technology at the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara. From the 2018/2019 to 2020/2021 academic years, she taught Architectural Technology at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma. From the 2012/2013 academic year, she served as a contract professor in Environmental Design, and from 2013/2014 to 2018/2019, she taught Materials and Design of Construction Elements and Architectural Technology at the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara. She also teaches in various post-graduate training courses.
Since 2015, she has been a member of SITdA – the Italian Society of Architectural Technology – contributing to the thematic cluster "Nearly Zero Energy Building – nZEB."
Since 2018, she has been a reviewer for Class A journals (Area 08), such as Territorio (Franco Angeli Editore, Double Blind Review), Techne – Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, and other journals published by MDPI. Since 2017, she has been on the Editorial Board of the book series "Progettare per costruire sostenibile" (Planning for Sustainable Construction) by Maggioli Editore (double blind review). She served as a reviewer for the SER4SC Conference (Seismic and Energy Renovation for Sustainable Cities, International Conference, Catania, Italy, February 1–3, 2018). Since 2016, she has been a Peer Reviewer for the scientific journal Energy Research & Social Science, Elsevier Editorial System.
Since 2017, she has been a member of the Scientific Committee and, since 2009, the Editor of the "Energy Efficiency" column for the magazine Recupero e Conservazione Magazine, published by De Lettera Editore.
She won a scholarship in the competitive call for grants for international stays for Ph.D. students at the University of Ferrara (2010).
