Education
January 2005 – December 2007 – PhD in “Forest Ecology” at University of Tuscia (Viterbo), research topic: Desertification risk assessment with a new methodology integrating modelling and GIS.
July 2nd-5th, 2007 – Summer school on “Distributed Hydrological modelling: Use of Geospatial Data and Tools for Watershed Studies”, Lecturer Prof. Enrique R. Vivoni (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology), University of Cagliari (Italy).
October 16th-18th, 2006 – Course on Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst extensions of ArcGIS rel. 9.x – CE.RI. – Valmontone (Rome).
June 26th-30th, 2006 – CNR-MIT Summer School – Landscape form and processes: models and applications in watershed analysis. Lecturer Prof. Erkan Istanbulluoglu (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), University of Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy).
April 12nd-14th, 2006 – Course on ArcGis software – 9.x – Advanced – CE.RI. – Valmontone (Rome)
January 30th-31st, 2006 – Course on ArcGis software – 9.x – Base – University of Urbino (Italy)
January – March 2006 – Course on Remote Sensing and Forest Information Systems – University of Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy)
June – July 2004 – Course on “Soil dynamic characterization and methodological approach to evaluate local seismic response” – Perugia (Italy)
March – November 2004 – Post-Lauream Master on “General and Applied Geophysics” of University of Pisa, c/o National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), La Spezia (Italy). Dissertation title: “Utility of integrating remote sensed images and GIS in erosion modelling applications”.
1997 – 2002 – Master Degree in Geological Sciences, Geophysical-Structural Geology studies, at the University “La Sapienza”, Rome. Graduation mark: 110/110 cum laude. Graduation thesis (in Italian) on: Application of GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) methodology at an archaeological site: data acquisition, elaboration and interpretation by means of 3D time-slices. Instrument and software used: Radar Pulse Ekko 100, Ekko 3D, Gradix (Interpex).
1991 – 1996 – Scientific High School diploma at “Liceo Scientifico Gandhi” in Narni (TR) with 60/60 marks.
Work Experiences
July 21st – 25th, 2007 – Lecturer for the summer course “GIS Terrain Analysis for hydrogeomorphic applications”, Polytechnic Institute at New York University, NY, USA.
As from April 1st, 2008 – Research Assistant at University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy) and staff member of euroMediterranean Centre for Climate Changes (CMCC, Lecce, Italy) on: Integration of models to produce scenarios in Mediterranean area. (http://gaia.agraria.unitus.it/english.html)
March 2007 – March 2008 – Collaboration on the Project ClimChAlp – Climate change, impacts and adaptation strategies in the Alpine Space (WP5-ClimateChange and Resulting Natural Hazard).
(http://www.climchalp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=147)
August 27th – 31st, 2007 – Lecturer for the summer course “GIS Terrain Analysis for hydrogeomorphic applications”, Columbia University, NY, USA.
April 2007 – Instructor at the “Spatial Analyst and Modelling into ArcGIS” course c/o the Regional Administration of Sardinia (Italy).
June 2005 – July 2007 – Collaboration on “Realization of a Geographic Information System (G.I.S.) to monitor areas at risk of desertification in Sardinia (Italy)”. Project funded by Sardinia Regional Government and developed by Agriconsulting S.p.A. (Rome) and ESRI Italia.
November – December 2005 – Professional collaboration with Terrasystem – society of Geomatics and Remote Sensing (Viterbo, Italy) for the implementation of vegetation and soil productivity models into GIS environment.
As from January 2004 – Registered Professional Geologist
2003 – December 2004 – Professional collaboration with GeoTevere – Society of Geology (Rome): geological, hydrogeological and geotechnical consultancies, geognostic and hydrogeological campaigns.
November 2003 – March 2004 – Assistant geologist during the field campaigns for polluted site reclamation in the Piave river valley – Belluno (Italy), hydrogeological surveys.
Foreign Languages
Knowledge of English
Informatic knowledge
Software: Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power Point), Autocad2004, ArcView 3.3, ArcGIS9.x, Idrisi Andes, SPSS, knowledge of ErMapper and Envi.
Programming Language: Fortran 90-95 (Very good skills), Visual Basic 6, Arc Macro Language (AML), Visual Basic 6, Python. Knowledge of Matlab anc C.