Dr. Filippo Gavelli is the Head of the Dispersion Consulting group at GexCon US, Inc. and specializes in the analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow phenomena, including multiphase flows and cryogenic fluids. He has over 15 years of experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling, using several research and commercial codes. He applies his expertise to modeling the atmospheric dispersion of hazardous gaseous releases, and has extensive experience modeling Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vapor cloud dispersion. Dr. Gavelli is responsible for GexCon US’ dispersion modeling activities, which include risk assessments and consequence modeling for chemical and petrochemical facilities, offshore installations, hazardous materials transportation and various other applications. He is the lead author of several LNG safety-related papers and has contributed to numerous LNG-related technical committees and expert panels.