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First of all... my research interests

·         Ecological heterogeneity and biodiversity estimate by satellite imagery

·         Change detection of spatial patterns and generating ecological processes

·         Plant Community Ecology

·         Relational database generation for remote sensing and field survey data management and statistical analysis

·         Fuzzy set theory and land use mapping

·         Landscape genetics

CV

·         2009: Post-Doc: “Post-doc in data analysis and modelling of interaction between ecological, environmental and genetic variables”. Edmund Mach Foundation, IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, GIS and Remote Sensing Unit. Unit Chief: Markus Neteler

·         2007-2009: Post-Doc: "Biodiversity estimate by satellite imagery", University of Siena Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali “G. Sarfatti”, Biodiversity and Community Ecology Unit. Unit Chief: Alessandro Chiarucci

·         2007: Invited keynote speaker, International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation as a Renewable Resource of Pakistan, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Pakistan

·         2006: Lecturer in Database and Information Systems,  Università di Siena

·         2005: University of Bremen, Institut für Ökologie und Evolutionsbiologie (Germany)

·         2005 -2007: Post-doc: "Quantitative approaches for estimating landscape biodiversity from remotely sensed images", Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali “G. Sarfatti”, Università di Siena

·         2005: Lecturer in “GIS- based analysis applied to spatial variability”, University of Florence, Italy

·         2005: Technical course: “I sistemi di riferimento in Italia”, by  Luciano Surace, Istituto Idrografico della Marina, Renzo Maseroli, Reparto Geodetico dell’Istituto Geografico Militare, Valerio Baiocchi, University La Sapienza (Rome) 

·         2004-2005: GIS Analyst, Programmer, Vector Citec, Italy

·         2004:  Lecturer in Landscape Change, University of Calabria, Italy

·         2003 until now: Lecturer in Thematic Cartography, University of Siena , Italy

·         2002: Job training at the Military Institute of Geography (IGM, Italy)

·         2002: Post-graduate course in Landscape Analysis, University of Naples Federico II

·         2001: Post-graduate course in "Geographical Information Systems and Thematic Cartography " (Tuscany Region, University of Siena, full marks)

·         2001-2004: PhD Student (top one placing) in “Sciences and technologies applied to the environment” at the University of Siena, concerning Remote Sensing and GIS analyses applied to the environment (see the PhD thesis, only in italian language)

·         2000: Graduation in Natural Sciences at the University of Siena, Italy (Mark: 110/110 cum laude)

·         1994: Secondary scientific school-leaving certificate

 

Referee & Chairman activity

·         Chairman, International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation as a Renewable Resource of Pakistan, Rawalpindi-Islamabad, March 13-14 2007

·         Chairman, Remote Sensing Oral Session, 91st Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Memphis Tennessee, August 6-11 2006

 

·         Associate Editor, Applied Vegetation Science [IF: 1.305] 

·         Guest Editor, Special Issue on “Ecological Status and Change”, Remote Sensing

·         International Editorial Advisory Board Member, Progress in Physical Geography [IF: 3.014]

·         International Editorial Advisory Board Member, The Open Remote Sensing Journal

·         International Editorial Advisory Board Member, Open Environmental Sciences

·         International Editorial Advisory Board Member, Diversity

·         International Editorial Advisory Board Member, Remote Sensing

 

·         Referee Ecography [IF: 4.099]

·         Referee Remote Sensing of Environment [IF: 3.943]

·         Referee Diversity and Distributions [IF: 3.446]

·         Referee Biogeosciences [IF: 3.445]

·         Referee Environmental Pollution [IF: 3.135]

·         Referee Landscape Ecology [IF: 2.453]

·         Referee Ecological Modelling [IF: 2.176]

·         Referee Journal of Vegetation Science [IF: 2.037]

·         Referee Landscape and Urban Planning [IF: 1.953]

·         Referee IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters [IF: 1.832]

·         Referee Journal of Environmental Management [IF: 1.794]

·         Referee Biodiversity and Conservation [IF: 1.473]

·         Referee Acta Oecologica [IF: 1.456]

·         Referee Applied Vegetation Science [IF: 1.305]

·         Referee International Journal of Remote Sensing [IF: 1.041]

·         Referee Community Ecology [IF: 0.898]

·         Referee Journal of Earth System Science [IF: 0.786]

·         Referee Plant Biosystems [IF: 0.517]

·         Referee Wetlands Ecology and Management

·         Book reviewer, Isprs Highlights

·         Book reviewer, Ecoscience [IF: 1.467]

·         Book reviewer, The Photogrammetric Record [IF: 1.417]

·         2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium Reviewer

·         2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium Reviewer

·         2010 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium Reviewer

Congresses

·         International congress: Lecture, “Bayesian theory applied to landscape genetics: testing spatial autocorrelation of genetic similarity by a Markov Chain Monte Carlo test”, 9th Meeting on Vegetation Databases, University of Hamburg, February 24-26 2010

·         National congress: Lecture, “Spectral Variation Hypothesis: a theoretical background for predicting plant species diversity from satellite imagery”, XVII National congress S.It.E., Ancona, 17-20 Settembre 2007

·         International congress: Lecture, “Spectral Variation Hypothesis: using satellite imagery to predict plant species hotspots in Switzerland”, International conference “Monitoring the Effectiveness of Nature Conservation”, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland, September 3-6 2007

·         International congress: Lecture (invited keynote speaker), “Species from space: challenges in biodiversity monitoring by satellite imagery.”, International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation as a Renewable Resource of Pakistan, Rawalpindi-Islamabad, March 13-14 2007

·         Workshop nazionale: Lecture, “Distance decay della β-similarità: barriere ecologiche o spaziali?” Workshop AIT,SBI Telerilevamento e spazializzazione nel monitoraggio forestale e ambientale per la difesa degli ecosistemi, Isernia, Università del Molise, 24 Gennaio 2007

·         International congress: Lecture,  “Species similarity decay in forest ecosystem of Europe: the role of regional heterogeneity and dispersal strategy.”, 91st Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Memphis Tennessee, August 6-11 2006

·         National congress: Lecture, “Remote-sensing survey for the assessment of land use diversity - even remote from reality”, XV National congress S.It.E., Torino, 12-14 Settembre 2005

·         Workshop nazionale: Lecture, “L’uso dell’eterogeneità spettrale derivata da immagini satellitari per la stima dell’eterogeneità spaziale”, Workshop SBI Dall’Ecologia della Vegetazione alla Struttura del Paesaggio, Ravenna, 25 Novembre 2004

·         National congress: Lecture, “L’uso dell’eterogeneità spettrale per la stima dell’eterogeneità spaziale”. XIV National congress S.It.E., Siena, 4-6 Ottobre 2004

·         International congress: Lecture,  “Linking spectral heterogeneity to species diversity in a wetland area”, 47th IAVS Symposium, Kona, Hawaii, USA, July 18-25 2004

·         National congress: Lecture, “Monitoraggio della biodiversità tramite uno schema di campionamento multiscalare”, 7° Conferenza Asita, Verona, 28-31 Ottobre 2003

·         National congress: Lecture, “L’uso di griglie vettoriali per la classificazione di foto aeree e la definizione di indici strutturali del paesaggio”, XII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ecologia, Urbino, 16-18 Settembre 2002