Alberto has a degree in Marine Bio-ecology from the University of Cagliari and has six years of experience working in the national field on topics ranging from data collection on cetacean populations with photo-identification and distance sampling to satellite tracking of animals and the use of oceanic instrumentation such as AIS buoys. At CIMA Research Foundation he mainly follows marine activities related to the National Biodiversity Future Centre, with a focus on the development and application of technologies related to satellite tracking and biologging.
Human resources
ICT
Graduated with Honour in Computer Science, Alessandro is an expert in object oriented programming and geographic data management. He is the head of the Software Development Department of ACROTEC Foundation. Alessandro deals in particular with the design and development of complex web platforms for the environmental monitoring, satellite images manipulations, natural disaster risk reduction and forecast models. Moreover, he participates in national and international research programs and projects.
ICT
Alessandro is a Graphic Designer and Web Designer. Since May 2019, Alessandro works at CIMA Research Foundation with the role of Web Designer and UX/UI Designer in ICT Department. Graduated in Electronics and Telecommunications. Alessandro has always had a passion for web design and web development in general. In his career, he has developed and created over 50 websites of various kinds. countless graphics and won several contests for the creation of company logos. The passion for his work, the determination in achieving the goals and the innate curiosity for all that is new, allowed Alessandro to find his place in this highly competitive sector.
ICT
Alessandro got a master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Bari. Since 2005 he works at CIMA Foundation as senior software developer. Over the years he has participated in several projects contributing to the development and design of technologies supporting satellite data procurement procedures, 2D/3D GIS tools and client-server platforms, acquiring a rich know-how in the analysis of problem related to environmental monitoring and emergency management.
Associate director
a civil-environmental engineer with a PhD in Hydrology and Hydraulics. Alexander specializes in forecasting, assessment, and operational management of natural hazards, with a focus in flood risk assessment and disaster risk reduction policies. He is a researcher in the Hydrology and Hydraulics area of CIMA Foundation, for which he was local coordinator of activities in Bolivia from 2015 to 2017, implementing and managing a forecasting and warning system in collaboration with the local government and international institutions. Alessandro is particularly involved in hydrological modeling, flood mapping, and technical and engineering project management; he is an expert in the collection, management, and analysis of large geo-databases. Alexander is also interested in scientific popularization of environmental issues.
Hydrology and Hydraulics
Andrea is a civil-environmental engineer with a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering achieved at the Politecnico di Torino. Since 2019, he has been working in the Hydrology and Hydraulics Department of CIMA Research Foundation on the improvement of the flood risk modelling. His interests are focused on the spatial characterization of extreme rainfall fields with statistical approaches, exploiting the information provided by both traditional and innovative remote-sensing instruments. His scientific interests have also led him to deal with civil protection issues for both flood risk assessment and mitigation and scientific dissemination for increasing citizens awareness.
Communication
Andrea is a graphic and web designer. He graduated in Communication Design at the Politecnico di Milano, with a special focus on the UI and UX of web applications. In his work experience at various web agencies and communication agencies, he specialised in the creation of websites and online newspapers. He has collaborated on destination management projects and the development of tourism portals. He has always been involved in the world of volunteering in the Libera association and as vice-president of All About Apple ODV. Since April 2021 he has been working at CIMA Research Foundation where he is in charge of the institutional website and multimedia materials to support project communication.
Networks and IT Services
Andrea got the high school diploma with a specialisation in surveying at the “Paolo Boselli” Institute of Upper Secondary Education, Alberti Section, subsequently obtaining the relative qualification for the exercise of freelance. Before working at CIMA Foundation, he obtained a professional qualification as a “Technician for the Energy Efficiency of existing buildings”, also dealing with topics related to environmental monitoring. Within the Foundation, he works in the User Community Department on the management, administration and profiling of users within the various portals, testing the various software both in the pre- and post-publication phase, detecting any issue found in the systems (for applications competence).
Wildfire Risk Management and Forest Conservation
Andrea Trucchia got his BSc in Mathematics at University of Camerino (Italy) and his MSc in Mathematical Engineering at Polytechnic of Turin (Italy); He then got a PhD degree in Mathematics and Statistics (2019) at the University of the Basque Country UPV-EHU (Spain). He is a Mathematical Engineer with more than 5 years of expertise in several fields of applied mathematics. The principal scientific fields he contributed to are: computational wildfire science; uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of numerical models; mathematical modelling, numerical simulation and statistical characterization of biofilms and anaerobic digestion processes. From 2019 he is working at CIMA Research Foundation as a Researcher in the Wildfire Risk Management and Forest Conservation unit, developing models for wildfires forecasting, wildfires hazard mapping and wildfire simulation.
Marine Ecosystems
In 2019 Anna got her master’s degree in Marine Biology at the Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, with a research thesis developed at CIMA Research Foundation in 2018. In 2017 she started her collaboration with the Marine Ecosystems Department of CIMA Research Foundation, taking part in the Cetasmus training program. In 2019 thanks to a scholarship of the University of Genoa, she could continue her research activity with the Marine Ecosystems Department. Since November 2020 she has a research doctorate scholarship funded by CIMA Research Foundation. Her aim is to study the movement patterns of Cuviers’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in the North-West Mediterranean Sea and identify areas of high acoustic disturbance from shipping, using data from satellite tags applied to the animals.
Communication
Annalisa graduated in Digital Humanities at the University of Genoa in December 2020. During her university career, she did an internship at CIMA Research Foundation and then she did a postgraduate internship at the Foundation. Since August 2021, she has been working at CIMA Research Foundation within the Communication Department as a media developer, focusing especially on e-learning activities.
Head of Planning and Procedures
Graduated in Physics from La Sapienza University in Rome, he holds a master’s degree in Applied Meteorology from the University of Bologna and a master’s degree in Economics and Development Policy from the Luiss School of Government. He worked for 15 years at the Civil Protection Department, first at the Central Functional Centre where he was in charge of hydrogeological and hydraulic risk assessment within the forecasting activities of the national warning system and the implementation of the national radar network. He then worked in the office in charge of emergency management and coordination, dealing with emergency prevention and civil protection planning. He participated in major national emergencies and numerous regional and local emergencies. Since January 2023, he has been working at CIMA Research Foundation as a head of the Planning and Procedures department.
ICT
Antonio got his Master Degree in Computer Science Engineering at the University of Genoa in 1999 with a research thesis on Industrial Robotics. From 2006 to 2018, he was Senior Programmer at CIMA Foundation, before becoming ICT Expert to support the programs of the same Foundation. His activity is focused on ICT technical support for Programs Directors and Projects Managers, in order to suggest the best possible solutions, in terms of scopes, assets and strategies, to best fit specifications and requirements deriving from national and international projects. He also participates in the analysis and design activities of the software platforms created by the CIMA Foundation on civil protection and preliminary risk assessment.
Programme Director
Antonio got a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering and Environmental Systems Modelling, in 2003 at the University of Padua. Since 1999, he is researcher at CIMA Research Foundation, where he is Program Director. Antonio has research and operative experience in hydrometeorology and in fluid mechanics fields, with particular emphasis in statistical analysis of extremes and in computational fluid dynamics. His research is focused on the development of simplified models of dry and moist convection and on the study of the main sources of uncertainty in the high-resolution numerical modelling of severe rainfall processes over complex orography areas. Antonio is also interested in the coupling of dynamical and stochastic downscaling approaches for fine-resolution rainfall prediction and the study of climatology of severe rainfall events in the Mediterranean region. In the last 10 years he has also carried on his research activity in the field of the application of new ICT (Information Communication Technologies) approaches (Grid computing, cloud computing and high performance computing) to the hydro-meteorology research. Antonio was Coordinator of three FP7 Projects: DRIHMS, DRIHM and DRIHM2US. He was Principal investigator of the Italian component of the project “Enhancing Resilience to Reduce Vulnerability in the Caribbean” (2010-2013, CIMA Research Foundation/Italian Civil Protection Department, UNDP, CIMH) and is Principal investigator of the ESA-STEAM (SaTellite Earth observation for Atmospheric Modelling, 2017-2019) project. He is author and co-author of 60 papers on peer-reviewed journals.
Marine Ecosystems
Dr Aurelie Moulins, Ph.D, is working at CIMA Research Foundation as Researcher since 2014. Coordinator of the Marine Ecosystem Department. Her main activities and responsibilities is to manager research projects (fund by UE-INTERREG, Italian Ministry of the Environment, International Agreements, Local Port Authority). Her main tasks regard database management and web system (GIS-db), developing mitigation tools for Marine Protected Areas; spatial and temporal species distributions, impact of marine traffic, developing and application of eco-label for tourism industry. She has been involved in more than >300 days offshore (> surveys >30’000 NM). Member of Editorial Board of 2 peer-review journals. She is author and co-author of 17 publications on international peer-reviewed articles.
