Ignazio Maria Viola

Ignazio Maria Viola is Professor of Fluid Mechanics and Bioinspired Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Edinburgh; Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University; Adjunct Professor at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna; and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. His research includes the aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of sailing and power boats, as well as the hydrodynamics of tidal turbines and the aerodynamics of plant seeds and seed-inspired aerial sensors.