Erika Brattich, PhD
Senior Assistant Professor
Università di Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy ViaIrnerio, 46
40126 Bologna (BO) ITALY
Email: erika.brattich@unibo.it
Phone:
+39-51-2095194 (office)
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Birth date: _________04th December 1984________________
Place of Birth: _______Genova, ITALY_______________
Citizenship: _______________Italy_________
Sex: _______________Female_________
EDUCATION
2011-2014 (PhD degree obtained in April 2014)
PhD Student in Earth Sciences
BiGEA, Dept. of Biological, Geological and Environmental
Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Research topic: Origin and variability of PM10 and atmospheric
radiotracers at the WMO-GAW station of Monte Cimone (1998-2011) and
in the central Po Valley (supervisor: Prof. Laura Tositti –Dept. of
Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna)
2007-2010
Master's degree in Physics, specialization in Atmospheric
Physics and Meteorology
Dept. of Physics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Master thesis in Environmental Chemistry “Atmospheric aerosol
composition in Bologna: receptor modeling application” (Level in
the national classification: 110/110)
2003-2007
Bachelor in Atmospheric Physics and Meteorology
Dept. of Physics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Bachelor thesis in Atmospheric Measurements Laboratory
“Acquisition and data analysis techniques of photochemical smog in
the area of Bologna” (level in the national classification:
109/110)
1998-2003
High school linguistic leaving qualification
Liceo Classico Dante Alighieri, Ravenna, Italy (level in the
national classification 100/100)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
November 2022-current
Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Bologna
2022: national scientific qualification as Associate Professor, SSD FIS/06
August 2017-July 2022
Junior Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Bologna
2014- July 2017
Assistant Research Fellow
Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
University of Bologna
(Prof. Laura Tositti)
June-July 2016
Visiting researcher at the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), Hampton, Virginia, USA
(Dr. Hongyu Liu, NIA/NASA Langley Research Center)
April-August 2013
Visiting PhD Student at Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Elche,
Spain
(Prof. José Antonio Garcia Orza, SCOLAb Fisica Aplicada)
January-February 2013
Visiting PhD Student at the National Institute of Aerospace
(NIA), Hampton, Virginia, USA
(Dr. Hongyu Liu, NIA/NASA Langley Research Center)
2011-2014
PhD student in Earth Sciences
Università di Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological
and-Environmental Sciences
September-December 2011
Tutor in the Atmospheric Measurements Laboratory course
Università di Bologna, Department of Physics
September-December 2010, May 2007, July 2008, July-September
2009
Employee, Global Naval Service, Ravenna
September-December 2009
Occasional collaboration, Department of Chemistry, Università di
Bologna
September-November 2009
Apprentice, Department of Chemistry, Università di Bologna
May-September 2007
Swimming pool attendant, Cooperativa Arcobaleno, Ravenna
September 2006
Apprentice, ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Bologna
HONORS AND AWARDS
2018: Publons top reviewer for Environment/Ecology
2014: Doctor Europaeus title
2011: Special Prize “Inquinamento zero” (“Zero pollution”) at the
master thesis concourse ICU Laura Conti (master degree thesis)
2007: 2nd prize at the contest in honor of Prof. Gianpietro Puppiat
the FAI congress in Ischia (bachelor thesis)
FOREIGN LANGUAGES SKILLS
Foreign languages: English (good knowledge), French (excellent
knowledge), German (scholastic knowledge)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming Languages: C++, Matlab, IDL, R
Operating system: MS Windows, MAC
Software: MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), LateX, Statistica, EPA PMF, EPA UNMIX, EPA CMB, Origin, SPSS, Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, EMIT, ADMS-Urban
Reviewer of the following scientific journals: "Science of the Total Environment", "Environment International", "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", "Atmospheric Research", "Environmental Fluid Mechanics", "Environmental Pollution", "Atmospheric Pollution Research", "Environmental Science and Pollution Research", , "Geoscientific Model Development" "Annales Geophysicae", "Chemosphere", "Journal of Environmental Radioactivity", "Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry", "Atmospheric measurement techniques", "Atmosphere", "Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry", "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health","Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry", "Sustainability", "Data in Brief", "Regional Environmental Change", "International Journal of Environment and Pollution", "Arabian Journal of Geosciences", "Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology", Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology
Member of the Course Quality Assurance Management Commission of the Second cycle degree in Physics of the Earth System since 2019 until 2021
