Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences and Master’s Degree in Environmental Monitoring and Recovery at Sapienza University of Rome. In 2012 PhD in Earth Sciences and later post-doc positions at the same university. Since 2017 high school teacher and since 2020 fixed-term research assistant in Physical Geography and Geomorphology (ssd GEO/04).

Training 

• 2005 Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences
• 2008 Master’s Degree in Environmental Monitoring and Recovery
• 2012 PhD in Earth Sciences

 
Professional experience

• 2006-2008 consultant at COMIECO (Consorzio Nazionale Recupero e Riciclo degli Imballaggi a base Cellulosica) and AISA (Associazione Italiana Scienze Ambientali) for environmental education activities.
• 2008 consultant at AGROS Realizzazioni S.r.l., for the realization of the Land Use map of Puglia Region through aerial photo interpretation and GIS.
• 2011-2012 collaboration agreements at Sapienza University of Rome (Earth Science Department) aimed at: i) supporting and tutoring activities for the course of Climatology and Climatic Geomorphology and ii) geomorphological survey and monitoring with DGPS along the Lunghezza-Guidonia railway section. 
• 2013-2018 Research fellow – Sapienza University of Rome
• 2017-ongoing Natural Sciences teacher at high school
• 2020 – ongoing fixed-term research assistant in Physical Geography and Geomorphology (ssd GEO/04) at Sapienza University of Rome.

Research topics

• Soil erosion monitoring
• Geomorphological survey and mapping
• GIS-supported geomorphometry
• Urban and Anthropocene geomorphology
• Geomorphological hazards 

Study areas
Mediterranean badland areas, Rome, central Apennines

Awards, grants and other assignments

• PhD award 2014 of Sapienza Università Editrice
• Several grants sponsored by AIGEO and H2CU for the attendance at courses and geomorphological field survey stages in Italy and abroad.
• 2008-2014: vice-president of AISA (Italian Association of Environmental professionals)
• 2014-2018: coordinator of Italian Young Geomorphologists of AIGEO
• 2020-ongoing: member of “Denuchange” and “Badland” working groups of IAG (International Association of Geomorphologists)
• 2020-ongoing: member of the Commission for Quality Assessment of the Master’s Degree in “Environmental Monitoring and Recovery” within the Sciences and Technologies for Nature, Environment and Territory Council (CAD).

Membership
AIGeo, Italian Association of Physical Geography and Geomorphology
IAG, International Association of Geomorphologists

Editorial Activities

• Reviewer for the following journals: Catena (Elsevier), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (Wiley), Engineering Geolgy (Elsevier), Land Degradation and Development (Wiley), Natural Hazards (Springer), Rendiconti Online della Società Geologia Italiana.

Courses

• Geomorphological survey and monitoring (I year, II semester of Master Degree in “Environmental Monitoring and Recovery” and “Natural Sciences”)

Papers
List of papers in Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.it/citations?hl=it&user=mrgQ9xYAAAAJ
 
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5552-0797
SCOPUS: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=37862097000