Alberto Minelli was born in Costa Rica on 26th March 1964,
teaching “Parchi e Giardini” at Ancona University, “Parchi e
Giardini”, “Parchi e giardini I”, “Parchi e Giardini II”, “Gestione
e manutenzione delle aree verdi” at Bologna University.
Graduate on Scienze Agrarie on the 23th of October 1986; a month
later is enrolled at Ordine Dottori Agronomi of Bologna .
In 1996 he was nominated “Cultore della materia di Paesaggistica,
Parchi e Giardini (Vecchio Ordinamento) e di Parchi e Giardini
(Nuovo Ordinamento)”.
Consultant of Sezione Parchi e Giardini della Azienda Agraria of
Bologna University that plan, execute and manage gardens of the
same University (in 2000 the total surface is around 110 Ha
situated in 70 place of 5 towns).
Member of consulting commission of Federazione Italiana Golf
.
Researches' line-up:
- Environmental monitoring, soil and air pollution plants'
resistance in urban areas and coasts;
- Natural habitat and vegetation restoring on river banks and water
areas: completing in order to link ecological networks;
- Nursery techniques to grow up ornamental trees and shrubs;
- Managing green areas in order to simplify their
maintenance;
- Natural species introduction an multiplication in ex-rural areas
with low maintenance;
- Breeding techniques for vegetation on slopes, quarries, coasts,
roofs, etc.
- The history and analysis of landscape and historical parks and
gardens. Architectural design of parks and gardens (census,
vegetation and structures restoring as responsible of a researching
group in CNR finalised project)
- Environmental and landscape restoration in rural areas and sports
areas (golf countries and healthy centres)
- Turf management in sports areas and parks;
- Management of parks, urban and historical gardens
- Tree stability
- Landscape masterplan management
- hi-tec forestation project in desert area
About 60 scientific and popular articles on specialised magazines
in Italy and abroad; More than 40 students graduated with
experimental thesis in University of Bologna's Agricultural
Sciences and Engineering Faculties, Ancona University's
Agricultural Sciences.
Projects of green areas and direction of researches or planting
works for Bologna University Farm, Arboricultural Dep. of the same
University; for Public Bodies
He is part of the Thematic Group(TG) "Plant Health" [https://distal.unibo.it/it/ricerca/gruppi-di-ricerca/gti-salute-delle-piante] of DISTAL established in October 2020