EDUCATION

Master in Geology , State University of Milan Ph. D. in Advanced Engineering

Geology,State University of Milan

RESEARCH INTEREST

The scientific  activity deals with the following fields of interest:.

-water resources management;

-irrigation and drainage technology;

-classical and quantum  water droplet trajectories in an irrigation spay;

-performance assessment of sprinkler irrigation systems;

-modelling of transport processes in porous media ;

-modelling and fluid-dynamics of debris and hyper-concentrated flows;

-flood control and mitigation measures;

-desertification and environmental impact of climate change.

HONORS AND AWARDS

-Award for Truthful Support and Help in Organizing and Improving Scientific Level of the

Symposia "Actual Tasks on Agricultural Engineering", Croatian Agricultural Engineering

Society, Opatija , Croatia, February 2006 ;

-Certificate into  Leading Engineers of the World in the Arena of Agricultural Engineering , International Biographical Centre , Cambridge , June 2006 ;

-Award as a Great Mind of the 21^st Century  for Significant Accomplishments within Irrigation and Drainage ,American Biographical Institute ( ABI) ,August 2006 ;

-Award in Recognition of Services to the European Society of Agricultural Engineers,

Bonn ,Germany ,September 2006 ;

-Award for outstanding contribution to Engineering Sciences ,Wessex Institute of

Technology ,The New Forest ,UK, June 2008 ;

-Award for the Best Performing Working Body ,International Commission on Irrigation

and Drainage, Lahore ,Pakistan ,October 2008.

Over 150 scientific publications: papers, key-note lectures, books and technical reports.