Since i was a child, have always had a passion for mountainous landscapes, and i have always been very passionate about Computer Science. Growing up i decided to invest my time in studying Forestry Science, and after that I moved to Watershed Management. Following my carreer, i was able to merge my computer passion with the environmental aspect, mainly thanks to GIS, Geomorphometry, digital terrain analysis and my programming skills.
Aside from my scientific background, I have a B.Sc in “Forestry and environmental technology” (2006, University of Padova) and a M.Sc in “Forestry and environmental science” (2008, University of Padova), and I obtained my PhD in 2012 in “Water Resources, Soil Conservation & Watershed Management” at the Doctoral School in “Land Environment Resources and Health’’ (University of Padova) (my thesis title was ‘Digital Terrain Analysis for hydrogeomorphic feature recognition’).
My personal skills include the use and management of LiDAR data, as well as high-resolution data from other sources (I recently co-authored two papers based on Structure from Motion (SFM) topography), GIS and Matlab programming, and Digital Terrain Analysis in general.
I have background self-taught computer skills as well as programming skills (Ms-Dos, Fortran and c++) that are from long time before I started the University. As of referenced skills, I attended numerous classes on GIS in Italy, and I was visiting Student at the Polytechnic institute of New York (U.S) in 2008. More recently for the PhD, I worked with my own Matlab codes and GIS for Digital Terrain Analysis, and I provide my own codes for free download (http:\\www.geomorph.it), or upon request by researchers.
I also have a strong background in statistics, considering that statistics were at the basis of my PhD: my thesis main theme was the exploration and analysis of what might be called 'statistical signature' of hydro-geomorphological processes on surface morphology over a wide range of spatial scales, to identify the dominant physical process.
My geomorphometry and environmental knowledge skills brought me recently to be the main convener at EGU 2015 for the session 'Frontiers in Geomorphometry and Earth Surface Dynamics: Possibilities, Limitations and Perspectives', where we were able to collect 20 submissions, and together with my Colleagues J.Hillier (Loughborough University. UK) and S.Conway (The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK), we are currently working on collecting the most promising works of the session in a Special Issue on the journal ESurf (Earth Surface Dynamics). As well, in 2014 I was selected as member of the panel of experts for the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) actions for the Earth System Science and Environmental Management (ESSEM) section.
I gladly apply my GIS and programming skills in teaching activities at the University of Padova.
I have been since 2012 one of the instructors for the class "ArcGIS 10.x", a 24 hours class for the B.Sc students of Forestry and Environmental Technology. I also taught the class ''Morphometric parameters evaluation with Matlab®" in the short course 'Geomorphometry' held by the Interdepartmental Research Center of GEOMATICS (Cirgeo). As well, I am teaching assistant in "GIS applications in agriculture", in the MsC course Agricultural Science and Technology , (held in italian) where students learn GIS for Agricultural purposes. Since 2013, after being in 2008 a student and after graduating under the supervision of the former professor of this class, i am teaching assistant in "Integrated Watershed Management" (held in English for the M.Sc in Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management). In the class students learn about the effects related to climate and land use change in highly populated areas, both in mountains and in floodplains, and I am responsible of the GIS lab for the class. As well i have been teaching assistant at the 'NCKU-UNIPD (Italy-Taiwan) Joint Summer School 2014' and at the EGU summer school 2013 "Understanding Earth-Surface Processes in the Alpine Environment from High Resolution Topography".
Aside from my scientific background, I have a B.Sc in “Forestry and environmental technology” (2006, University of Padova) and a M.Sc in “Forestry and environmental science” (2008, University of Padova), and I obtained my PhD in 2012 in “Water Resources, Soil Conservation & Watershed Management” at the Doctoral School in “Land Environment Resources and Health’’ (University of Padova) (my thesis title was ‘Digital Terrain Analysis for hydrogeomorphic feature recognition’).
My personal skills include the use and management of LiDAR data, as well as high-resolution data from other sources (I recently co-authored two papers based on Structure from Motion (SFM) topography), GIS and Matlab programming, and Digital Terrain Analysis in general.
I have background self-taught computer skills as well as programming skills (Ms-Dos, Fortran and c++) that are from long time before I started the University. As of referenced skills, I attended numerous classes on GIS in Italy, and I was visiting Student at the Polytechnic institute of New York (U.S) in 2008. More recently for the PhD, I worked with my own Matlab codes and GIS for Digital Terrain Analysis, and I provide my own codes for free download (http:\\www.geomorph.it), or upon request by researchers.
I also have a strong background in statistics, considering that statistics were at the basis of my PhD: my thesis main theme was the exploration and analysis of what might be called 'statistical signature' of hydro-geomorphological processes on surface morphology over a wide range of spatial scales, to identify the dominant physical process.
My geomorphometry and environmental knowledge skills brought me recently to be the main convener at EGU 2015 for the session 'Frontiers in Geomorphometry and Earth Surface Dynamics: Possibilities, Limitations and Perspectives', where we were able to collect 20 submissions, and together with my Colleagues J.Hillier (Loughborough University. UK) and S.Conway (The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK), we are currently working on collecting the most promising works of the session in a Special Issue on the journal ESurf (Earth Surface Dynamics). As well, in 2014 I was selected as member of the panel of experts for the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) actions for the Earth System Science and Environmental Management (ESSEM) section.
I gladly apply my GIS and programming skills in teaching activities at the University of Padova.
I have been since 2012 one of the instructors for the class "ArcGIS 10.x", a 24 hours class for the B.Sc students of Forestry and Environmental Technology. I also taught the class ''Morphometric parameters evaluation with Matlab®" in the short course 'Geomorphometry' held by the Interdepartmental Research Center of GEOMATICS (Cirgeo). As well, I am teaching assistant in "GIS applications in agriculture", in the MsC course Agricultural Science and Technology , (held in italian) where students learn GIS for Agricultural purposes. Since 2013, after being in 2008 a student and after graduating under the supervision of the former professor of this class, i am teaching assistant in "Integrated Watershed Management" (held in English for the M.Sc in Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management). In the class students learn about the effects related to climate and land use change in highly populated areas, both in mountains and in floodplains, and I am responsible of the GIS lab for the class. As well i have been teaching assistant at the 'NCKU-UNIPD (Italy-Taiwan) Joint Summer School 2014' and at the EGU summer school 2013 "Understanding Earth-Surface Processes in the Alpine Environment from High Resolution Topography".
