Academic Employment
09/2019- Associate Professor in Hydraulics. Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy
2017- Member of the Faculty of PhD Programme in Engineering and Information Technology for Structural and Environmental Monitoring and Risk Management, Univ. of Bologna, Italy. website
12/2013-09/2019 Assistant Professor in Hydraulics. Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy
A.A. 2012/2013 Adjunct Professor. Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy
07/2013-12/2013 Postdoctoral Researcher. Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy
Other Affiliations
2015- Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research - CIRI Building and Construction. website
Education
06/2013 Ph.D. in Structural and Hydraulic Engineering, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna.
PhD Thesis: Model reduction of stochastic groundwater flow and transport processes.
12/2009 Postgraduate Master Course in "Natural disaster risk management", University of Bologna.
07/2008 Master's degree in Environmental Engineering (Summa Cum Laude), University of Bologna.
12/2005 Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering (Summa Cum Laude), University of Bologna.
Awards and Honors
2017 Outstanding Reviewer for Advances in Water Resources (Elsevier).
2017 ALMA IDEA Grant Contest of the University of Bologna.
2013 Special Mention of GII (Italian Group of Hydraulics) for PhD dissertation.
2011 Marco Polo Grant of the University of Bologna for the financial support of young researchers visiting foreign research centers.
2009 Award for Best Female Graduate Students in the School of Engineering and Industrial Chemistry of the University of Bologna.
2008 Regione Emilia-Romagna Grant, supporting the participation to the postgraduate master course in "Natural disaster risk management".
Invited Talks
June 10, 2023 - International symposium in honor of Gedeon Dagan’s 90’th birthday. Physics-based hydrology: From the heterogeneous subsurface to dynamic catchments, January 10-12 2023, Tel Aviv (Israel).
October 20, 2021 - Géosciences Rennes, University of Rennes 1, Rennes (France).
April 6, 2016 - SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, April 5-8 2016, Lausanne (Switzerland).
July 1, 2013 - PhD Days in Ingegneria delle Acque, July 1-3 2013, Reggio Calabria (Italy).
Convener and Organizing/Scientific Committees
2024 - Organizer of the Session "Uncertainty Quantification in Porous Media", International Society for Porous Media, Annual Meeting Interpore2024, Qingdao (China), May 13-16, 2024.
2023 - Convener Session 5, International symposium in honor of Gedeon Dagan’s 90’th birthday.
Physics-based hydrology: From the heterogeneous subsurface to dynamic catchments, Tel Aviv
(Israel), January 10-12, 2023.
2022 - Convener for the Session "Machine learning and data-centric simulations", Computational Methods in Water Resources XXIV (CMWR 2022), Gdańsk (Poland), June 19-23, 2022.
2022 - Convener for the Session "Advanced assessment of mechanical function pre and post-surgery", Summer talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, International meeting, 1st Edition, Bologna (Italy), June 10–11, 2022.
2022 - Membro del Comitato Scientifico del Convegno "Summer talks in Bologna on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery", International meeting, 1st Edition, Bologna (Italy), June 10–11, 2022.
2020 - Scientific Committee: Computational Methods in Water Resources XXIII (CMWR 2020), Stanford University (USA), December 14–17, 2020.
2020 - Convener for the Session "Data-centric simulations and modeling", Computational Methods in Water Resources XXIII (CMWR 2020), Stanford University (USA), December 14–17, 2020.
2018 - Convener for the Session “Modern approaches to subsurface hydrology”, XXXVI National Congress of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions, Ancona September 12-14, 2018.
2016 - Organizing Committee: XXXV National Congress of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions,
Bologna (Italy), September 14-17, 2016.
2016 - Convener for the Session “Groundwater management under uncertainty: monitoring and modelling issues”, XXXV National Congress of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions, Bologna September 14-17, 2016.
Research Projects
Research Unit responsible (RUR) or Principal Investigator (PI) for National and European projects:
2023-2025 PRIN 2022 Predictive forecasting and risk assessment for CO2 transport in pipelines, 24 months, 1/9/2023 - 31/08/2025, Research Projects of National Interest funded by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR) [PI]
2019-2023 PRIN 2017 Fluid dynamics of hearts at risk of failure: towards methods for the prediction of disease progression, 36 months, 15/9/2019 - 15/03/2023, Research Projects of National Interest funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) [RUR]
2018-2020 Alma Idea Grant 2017, University of Bologna. Human-environment interaction: a multiscale analysis to assess water sustainability. [PI]
2017-2020 CLARA Climate forecast enabled knowledge services, 36 months, 1/6/2017 - 31/5/2020, funded by EU H2020 Programme, GA n.730482 [RUR]
Participation as Member of Research Unit to National and European projects:
2022-2026 MAR2PROTECT Preventing groundwater contamination related to global and climate change through a holistic approach on managed aquifer recharge, 48 months, 1/12/2022 - 30/11/2026, funded by Horizon Europe Framework Programme, GA n.101082048
2022-2025 StopUP Protecting the aquatic environment from urban runoff pollution, 36 months, 1/9/2022 -31/8/2025, funded by Horizon Europe Framework Programme, GA n.101060428
2020-2023 WATERGY Energy efficiency of the Integrated Water Service, 36 months, 1/7/2020 - 30/6/2023, funded by National Operational Programme on Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2016-2020 BRIGAID Bridging the Gap for Innovations in Disaster Resilience, 48 months, 1/5/2016 -30/4/2020, funded by EU H2020 Programme, GA n.700699
2016-2019 FALDA Monitoring network management of the hypodermic aquifer, 36 months, 1/4/2016 -31/3/2019, funded by EU Rural Development Programme 2014-2020
2016-2018 GST4Water Green-Smart Technology for the sustainable use of Water in buildings and urban areas, 24 months, 1/4/2016 - 31/3/2018, European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020
2011-2015 TRUST Transitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow, 48 months, 1/5/2011 - 30/4/2015, funded by EU FP7 Programme, GA n.265122
Public Engagement
April 20th, 2021 “Characterization of pipe breaks in water supply systems and sensitivity analysis on the relevant factors", Webinar organized in collaboration with Hera S.p.A..
May 31st, 2019 "Climate change: a challenge to face together." Event organized in the context of the 2019 Sustainable Development Festival promoted by the Italian Ministry for the Environment.
September 21th, 2016 "The hidden blue gold. To the discovery of groundwater resources." Event organized in the context of the EU Project SOCIETY (H2020), European Researchers' Night 2016.
May 2015, Ecoscienza 2 (p.70) - "Recharge dynamics in the alluvial fan of the Trebbia River" Lauriola I., Ciriello V., Marcaccio M.
July 30th, 2014 TRUST Magazine 6 (p. 4) "TRUST products spark interest of Italian agency for water services" - Interview on the research activity related to the project.
Synergetic Activities
2021- , Associate Editor of Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier)
2016- , Associate Editor of Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Springer)
2022, Guest Editor - Special Issue:"Machine Learning Techniques for Applications in Sustainability Research", Journal of Machine Learning for Modeling and Computing (Begell House Journals)
2021, Guest Editor - Special Issue:"Advances in Uncertainty Quantification for Water Resources Applications", Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Springer), Volume 35, issue 5, May 2021
Reviewer for several international journals. In particular: Advances in Water Resources, Energy, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Hydrology, SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Water Resources Research.
Membership: American Geophysical Union (AGU); European Geophysical Union (EGU); Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM); International Society for Porous Media (Interpore); Italian Group of Hydraulics (GII).
