During his 40 years of academic career, he has covered numerous prestigious roles, being part of national and international committees. Among them, we remind the five years as President of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior and the management of the National Group of Volcanology. As an academician, Paolo Gasparini has covered many institutional roles, always devoting to the University his knowledge of Earth Sciences and his competences on the evaluation of environmental risks, mostly related to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.