Senior Researcher, Head of the IRPI Secondary Office in Padua.

Education

• PhD from the Doctoral School in Territory, Environment, Resources and Health, specialization in Environmental Hydronomy – TESAF Department, University of Padua (21st cycle). Dissertation title: “Hydrological and morphological characterization of mountain catchments using airborne laser scanning” (2009).
• First-Level Master’s Degree in “Land Protection and Maintenance” – TESAF Department, University of Padua (2003).
• Five-year Degree in Forest and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture – TESAF Department, University of Padua, professional track in “Land Planning and Environmental Protection” (2002).

International Experience

• Visiting Scholar at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research – IGSNRR; Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment – IMHE).
• Invited Lecturer at Xi’an University of Technology, China.
• Visiting Scholar at Universidad Austral de Chile, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Natural Resources, Valdivia (November 2019).
• Visiting Scholar at Universidad Austral de Chile, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Natural Resources, Valdivia (April 2018).
• Visiting Student at the research units “Erosion Torrentielle Neige et Avalanches” (ETNA) at CEMAGREF in Grenoble and “Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale” (TETIS) in Montpellier, France (2007).

Professional Qualifications and Affiliations

• Since 01/10/2022 – Member of the Doctoral Board, PhD School in Territory, Environment, Resources and Health, University of Padua (37th cycle).
• Since 07/06/2021 – Scientific Coordinator of the Hydrogeomorphology Research Group (HRG).
• 08/05/2020 – 08/05/2032 – National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor (Academic Recruitment Sector 04/A3 – Applied Geology, Physical Geography and Geomorphology).
• 10/06/2020 – 10/06/2032 – National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor (Academic Recruitment Sector 07/C1 – Agricultural, Forestry and Biosystems Engineering).
• Since 14/06/2017 – Member of the Coordination Group of GIT (Geosciences and Information Technologies), Section of the Italian Geological Society.
• 04/02/2016 – 04/02/2020 – Elected Representative of Researchers and Technologists on the Institute Council of CNR IRPI.
• From February 2014 – Italian Member (MC Substitute) of the Management Committee of the ESSEM COST Action ES1306 “Connecting European connectivity research” (10/04/2014–09/04/2018).
• Member of AIGeo, IAEG, GIT, the International Society for Geomorphometry (ISG), and EGU.
• January 2005 – Licensed Professional Agronomist and Forester (second 2004 session).

Research Projects

• 2025–2028 – Principal Investigator of the institutional project “SedCon – Sediment Connectivity and Dynamics in Mountain Catchments” – CNR-IRPI.
• 2024–2026 – Scientific Coordinator for CNR-IRPI of the collaboration agreement between CNR IRPI, DICAM (University of Trento) and the Po River District Basin Authority, for the development of joint activities on hazard zonation related to debris flows and mass transport along Alpine alluvial fans within Potentially Significant Flood Risk Areas (APSFR).
• 2023–2025 – Principal Investigator of the project “APPARE – Analysis and documentation of flash floods for increased resilience in mountain areas” (€75,000), Cascade Call of the project “Multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate (RETURN)”.
• 2023–2026 – Principal Investigator of the institutional project “SANDSTONE – Sediment trANsport DynamicS, moniTOriNg and gEomorphometry” – CNR-IRPI.
• 2022–2026 – Principal Investigator of the institutional project “GEOforSED (Quantitative GEOmorphology for SEDiment dynamics characterization)” – CNR-IRPI.
• 2020–2022 – Scientific Coordinator of the collaboration agreement between Regione Veneto and CNR IRPI within the project on geological, geomorphological and morphometric analysis of the hydraulic nodes of Cencenighe and Perarolo, as part of the interventions for the development of physical/mathematical models of the Perarolo and Cencenighe confluences (CUP H59C20000170001).
• 2019–2022 – Scientific Coordinator of the collaboration agreement between Regione Veneto and CNR IRPI within project ITAT3032 SedInOut – “Development of a risk management methodology through the assessment of sediment availability for mass transport in mountain environments.”
• 2018–2021 – Institutional Contact for the interfaculty project of the Free University of Bolzano “HIPSTER – HIgh-Performance statistical methods for Spatio-Temporal Environmental and econometRic data.”
• 2018–2020 – Participant in the Italy–Chile scientific cooperation project “Volcanic vs. human impact: a comparative analysis between natural and artificial morphological changes along gravel bed rivers in Chile and Italy” (CONICYT-ITAL170004), funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CONICYT.
• 2016–2020 – Principal Investigator of the institutional project “Geomorphometry and sediment dynamics in mountain basins” – Preliminary Management Plans 2016–2020 – CNR.
• 2015 – Scientific Coordinator of the agreement between Regione Veneto and the National Research Council – Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (IRPI) for “study activities on alluvial fans, including the development of a data collection methodology and its application to test areas.”
• 2015 – Co-coordinator (CNR-IRPI Padua) of the research collaboration with the Free University of Bolzano within the project “KINOFLOW – Kinematics of debris flows using large-scale particle image velocimetry (LSPIV),” funded by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.
• 2012–2015 – Scientific Coordinator (CNR IRPI Padua), Project Partner in SedAlp – “Sediment management in Alpine basins: integrating sediment continuum, risk mitigation and hydropower,” funded by the Alpine Space Programme 2007–2013.
• 2011–2013 – Co-coordinator (CNR-IRPI Padua) of the research collaboration with the Free University of Bolzano within the project “GESTO – Sediment transport management in small mountain basins,” funded by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.
• 2009–2012 – Co-Scientific Coordinator (CNR-IRPI Padua) in the design and testing of an early warning monitoring system for debris flows within the Interreg IVB MONITOR II project.
• 2007–2010 – Scientific Coordinator (CNR-IRPI Padua) of the project “Technical-scientific collaboration and preparation of synthetic hazard mapping for torrent processes in support of the Hazard Map (CAP).”
• Participant in several national and international research projects.

Editorial Activities

• Since March 2025 – Member of the Editorial Board of The Innovation Geoscience.
• Since May 2023 – Associate Editor of Natural Hazards.
• Since April 2020 – Member of the Editorial Board of Geosciences.
• Since November 2019 – Member of the Reviewer Board of Remote Sensing.
• Since October 2017 – Member of the Editorial Board of PeerJ.
• Since October 2015 – International Member of the Editorial Board of Geografski vestnik / Geographical Bulletin.