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Professor Alfio Parisi

Professor Alfio Parisi
Name Alfio Parisi
Position Associate Dean (Academic)
Section Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
Office T414
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 2226
Extension 2226
Email
Qualifications BSc(Hons) JCU , MAppSc CQU , PhD QUT
Homepage http://eprints.usq.edu.au/view/uniqueauthor/25.html
The views expressed on staff homepages may not reflect the views of the University.

Fields of Research (FoR)

  • Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 029999 )
  • Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 040199 )

Research interests
Solar UV, Dosimetry, Specroradiometry, Physics of solar radiation

http://www.usq.edu.au/research/research-programs/engineering-sciences/solar-radiation

Industry affiliations
Member of Australian Institute of Physics
Member of Australasian Radiation Protection Society

USQ Research affiliations

  • International Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (ICACS)

Currently teaching courses/programs
PHY3303 Modern Physics
PHY2206 Medical Physics

Excellence in Teaching University of Southern Queensland award 2007

Citation from Carrick Institute in 2007 for the development of curricula, imaginative resources and teaching and learning scholarship that enhance life-long undergraduate and postgraduate learning in Physics

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
30 Years

Administrative responsibilities
Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences

Research most recent
Full list of publications are available from the University ePrints site below:
http://eprints.usq.edu.au/view/uniqueauthor/25.html

. Parisi, A.V., Downs, N. & Turner, J. 2014, “Evaluation of the cloudy sky solar UVA radiation exposures,” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, vol.138, pp.141-145.
. Igoe, D, Parisi, A.V. Carter, B, 2914 “A method for determining the dark response for scientific imaging with smartphones” Instrumental Science and Tech vol.42, pp.586-592.
. Downs, N., Parisi, A.V. & Igoe, D. 2014, “Measurements of occupational ultraviolet exposure and the implications of timetabled yard duty for school teachers in Queensland, Australia: preliminary results” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. vol.131, pp. 84-89.
. Parisi, A.V. & Turnbull, D.J. 2014, “Shade provision for UV minimisation: a review” Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol.90, pp.479-490.
. Siani, A.M., Casale, G.R., Modesti, S., Parisi, A.V. & Colosimo, A. 2014, “Investigation on the capability of polysulphone for measuring biologically effective solar UV exposures,” Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, vol.13, pp.521-530.
. Igoe, D., Parisi, A.V. & Carter, B. 2014, “Smartphone-based Android app for determining UVA aerosol optical depth and direct UVA irradiances,” Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol.90, pp.233-237.
. Amar, A.A. & Parisi, A.V. 2013, “Optical properties of an ultra long chemical UV dosimeter based on solvent cast polyvinyl chloride (PVC)” J. Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biol. vol.128, pp.92-99.
. Amar, A. & Parisi, A.V. 2013, “Spectral response of solvent-cast polyvinyl chloride (PVC) thin film used as a long-term UV dosimeter,” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, vol.125, pp.115-120.
. Downs, N., Schouten, P.W. & Parisi, A.V. 2013 “Seasonal variations of the subsurface ultraviolet-B on an inshore Pacific coral reef ecosystem,” Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol.89, pp.1234–1243.
. Igoe, D., Parisi, A.V. & Carter, B. 2013, “Evaluating UVA aerosol optical depth using a Smartphone camera,” Photochemistry and Photobiology, DOI: 10.1111/php.12082


Research most notable
Parisi, A.V., Sabburg, J. & Kimlin, M.G. 2004, Scattered and Filtered Solar UV Measurements, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.


Publications in ePrints

Parisi, Alfio V. and Downs, Nathan and Turner, Joanna and King, Rachel (2017) Comparison of GOME-2 UVA satellite data to ground-based spectroradiometer measurements at a subtropical site. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55 (6). pp. 3145-3149. ISSN 0196-2892

Igoe, D. P. and Parisi, A. V. and Wagner, S. (2017) Students as toolmakers: refining the results in the accuracy and precision of a trigonometric activity. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 48 (4). pp. 641-645. ISSN 0020-739X

Deo, Ravinesh C. and Downs, Nathan and Parisi, Alfio V. and Adamowski, Jan F. and Quilty, John M. (2017) Very short-term reactive forecasting of the solar ultraviolet index using an extreme learning machine integrated with the solar zenith angle. Environmental Research, 155. pp. 141-166. ISSN 0013-9351

Igoe, D. and Parisi, A. V. (2016) Characterisation of the corrosion of iron using a smartphone camera. Instrumentation Science & Technology, 44 (2). pp. 139-147. ISSN 1073-9149

Parisi, A. V. and Downs, N. and Igoe, D. and Turner, J. (2016) Characterization of cloud cover with a smartphone camera. Instrumentation Science and Technology, 44 (1). pp. 23-34. ISSN 1073-9149

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Approved research supervisor in the area of:

  • Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 029999 )
  • Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 040199 )


Research topics