Julian Lombardi (born Nov 11, 1956) is an American inventor, author, educator, and computer scientist known for his work with socio-computational systems, scalable virtual world technologies, and in the design and deployment of deeply collaborative virtual learning environments.
Lombardi was born to a concert pianist and an Italian actress living in New York City. His family soon moved back to Rome, Italy where he lived until the age of six. He w...
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Julian Lombardi (born Nov 11, 1956) is an American inventor, author, educator, and computer scientist known for his work with socio-computational systems, scalable virtual world technologies, and in the design and deployment of deeply collaborative virtual learning environments.
Lombardi was born to a concert pianist and an Italian actress living in New York City. His family soon moved back to Rome, Italy where he lived until the age of six. He went on to attend Buckley Country Day School and public schools in Great Neck, New York and elsewhere on Long Island. In 1974 Lombardi began his undergraduate studies at Dowling College and graduated cum laude in the Biology major and Physics minor in 1977. He attended Graduate School at Clemson University where he received his MA in 1980 and was granted a PhD in Zoology in 1983.
Upon graduation, Lombardi accepted a postdoctoral appointment and lectureship in the biological sciences at the University of North Carolina which he held until 1986....
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