Salvatore leads the Advanced Coastal Ocean Modelling and Application Research Unit at CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change). With a PhD from the University of Salento, he specializes in coastal dynamic processes, focusing on wave-current interactions and extreme events such as waves and storm surges.

As a Principal Investigator for wave modeling in CMCC’s GOCO division, he has expertise in numerical modeling using WAVEWATCH III, SHYFEM-MPI and NEMO. He currently explores the integration of AI with numerical models in the context of hybrid-modelling approach. His research develops high-resolution coastal models using unstructured grids for global and local hazard assessment.

Salvatore holds scientific responsibility in several European and Italian projects including Space It Up!, RENOVATE, and PHAROS. He is invloved in the development of  Digital Twins of the Coastal Ocean supporting Nature-based Solutions.