EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
January 1st, 2014 – April 21st, 2017
Thesis: “Enhancement of wastewater and sludge treatment processes by hydrodynamic cavitation”.
University of Trento, Italy – Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering.
- Master’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering (110/110 cum laude)
October 1st, 2011 – July 24th, 2013
Thesis: “Development and application of a mathematic model for diesel polluted soil by microwave heating stabilization”.
Rewarded by Italian National Chemical Council as the best National thesis on polluted soils remediation – RemTech Ferrara | September 17th, 2014.
University of Catania, Italy – Civil and Environmental Engineering.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Habilitation for the exercise of the Civil and Environmental Engineering profession
2013
University of Catania, Italy
- "Cultore della materia" - SSD AGR/08
November 20th, 2019 – ad oggi
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy – Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL).
ACCADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- Junior assistant professor (fixed-term), Faculty of Agricultural Engineering - Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL)
February 09th, 2023 – to date
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy – Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL).
- Adjunct (contract) professor, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering - Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL)
January 14th, 2022 – February 08th, 2023
First cycle degree programme (L) in Land and Agro-Forestry Sciences | Agricultural Hydraulics, Irrigation and Drainage (14452).
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy – Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL).
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering - Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL)
November 01st, 2021 – to date
FIT4REUSE and RepHYT research projects: “Constructed wetlands for the sustainable management and reuse of water resources in agriculture”.
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy – Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL).
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering - Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL)
November 01st, 2019 – October 31st, 2021
VALUE CE-IN research project: “Use of treated wastewater for irrigation of horticultural crops and/or orchards”.
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy – Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research in Renewable Resources, Environment, Sea and Energy (CIRI FRAME).
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Level 1, School of Civil Engineering
June 19th, 2017 – July 28th, 2018
Acclimatize research project: “Development and application of a 3D mathematical model to predict bathing water quality in Ireland and Wales under extremely strong weather scenarios through a dynamic period of climate change”
University College Dublin, Ireland – Dooge Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR).
INTERNSHIP
- Laboratory of Computational Fluid Dynamics
February 1st, 2016 – June 30th, 2016
Software: Autodesk Inventor Professional - ANSYS 16.2 – Fluent.
VŠB Technical University di Ostrava, Czech Republic– Mechanical Engineering.
- I.N.F.N. – L.N.S. (National Institute of Nuclear Physics)
February 1st, 2013 – June 30th, 2013
Topics: Radioactive polluted soils remediation.
University of Catania, Italy – Civil and Environmental Engineering.
- Laboratory of Geotechnical Engineering
February 1st, 2010 – July 30th, 2010
Topics: Oedometric tests - Triaxial tests - Direct shear tests.
University of Catania, Italy – Civil and Environmental Engineering.
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
January 18th, 2019 – August 23rd, 2019
Global Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
- Reviewer of the following scientific journals:
- Ultrasonic Sonochemistry – Elsevier;
- Separation and Purification Technology – Elsevier;
- Journal of Environmental Management – Elsevier;
- Science of the Total Environment – Elsevier;
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering – Elsevier;
- Ocean Engineering – Elsevier;
- Water – MDPI;
- Agriculture – MDPI;
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health – MDPI;
- Environmental Technology – Taylor & Francis Online;
- BioEnergy Research – Springer;
- Heat and Mass Transfer – Springer;
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research – ACS Publications;
- ACS Omega – ACS Publications;
- Science progress – SAGE Journals;
- Nonlinear Engineering – De Gruyter;
- Complexity – Hindawi;
- BioMed Research International Hindawi;
- Global Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering – RAFT Publications.
- Reviewer of the following grant proposals:
- Research proposal title: “Studies on hybrid advanced reduction processes”
Funding scheme: OPUS-21
Institution: National Science Center, Poland