- Identification and Mapping of groundwater Potential Recharge Areas in the Dosso region (Southwestern of Niger) by using Multicriteria Analysis Method
Alberto Carletti, is an associate professor of Applied geology at the Cagliari University (DICAAR). His research activity is focused particularly on groundwater and managed aquifer recharge
- Forested infiltration Area (FIA) as Nature-based Solution to mitigate groundwater nitrate contamination in the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) of Arborea (Sardinia, Italy)
Vice Rector for Research and full Professor of Hydraulic and Water Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Adjunct Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (2017-2022).
Awarded the 2024 Henry Darcy Medal from the European Geosciences Union. Awarded the 2024 InterPore Medal for Porous Media Research from the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore). Elected International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (2024). Elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2021). Awarded the Chaire Gutenberg and Prix Gutenberg 2018 (Award by Cercle Gutenberg and Région Grand-Est, France, for research on Climate change and water cycle in Upper Rhine Basin).
Main research activity (https://www.mipore.polimi.it/dt_team/alberto-guadagnini/) is related to flow and transport processes across porous media, qualitative and quantitative aspects of groundwater systems, and underground energy resources. Key roles in EU framework projects (FP5-FP7, H2020: Coordinator, Deputy Coordinator, Project leader, Supervisory Board member, and PI of numerous research projects funded by the industrial sector).
Chief Executive Editor of the Journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (EGU) and Associate Editor of the Journals Water Resources Research (AGU) and PNAS Nexus (NAS). Chair of the Committee on Groundwater Hydraulics and Management of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).
- Characterizing flow and transport in porous media: challenges of model and parameter uncertainty
- A Novel Approach for Unlocking the Geothermal Potential of Urban Aquifers
Associate professor at Politecnico di Torino - DIATI. Main research interest: shallow geothermal systems, managed aquifer recharge (MAR), and remediation of contaminated sites.
- Feasibility of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in the Cuneo plain: experiences from the SeTe-ALCOTRA project
- Evaluating the snowfall influence on the hydrological balance of Apennine mountain aquifers in Central Italy
I am a PhD student at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE). I work in the Hydrogeological field, specifically, I deal with Managed Aquifer Recharge.
- Suitable aquifers for MAR projects in the Emilia-Romagna Region according to current Directive and hydrogeological setting
Phd student in Earth Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome, working on Hydrogeological and Hydrogeochemical topics.
- Natural geochemical background levels in groundwater of large-scale contaminated sites
- Comparison of electrical resistivity tomography and frequency domain electromagnetic methods for mapping seawater intrusion in shallow aquifers
- Large scale groundwater modeling for drafting the groundwater budget in the Po River district
- The use of groundwater dating and isotopic analysis to characterize a coastal aquifer affected by saline intrusion
- Assessing the effects of drought periods on the undeterred aquifer of Castelporziano Natural Reserve (Rome, Italy).
- Groundwater flow in fractured bedrock: prior information from pumping tests, RQD and Earth tides
- The quantitative monitoring network of groundwater bodies within the Southern Apennine River Basin District. A comparison between past and present
- The Role of Women in Hydrogeology Research in Italy (IAH Members)
Research Fellow - PhD in Hydrogeology. University of Turin
- Exchanges between deep and shallow aquifers in the Piedmont Po Plain (NW Italy): a hydrochemical approach with groundwater chemical trends analyses
PhD in hydrogeology, expert in groundwater recharge and hydrogeological processes in carbonate aquifers using climate models and satellite data.
- Hydrogeological conceptual model and multi-method approach for groundwater recharge estimation of the Monti Lattari karst aquifer (southern Italy)
- The influence of the hydrogeological setting for the definition of the optimal spacing between vertical borehole heat exchangers
- Analyses of decreasing productivity of groundwater wells in confined aquifers of the lower Po Plain (Ferrara, Italy)
- Hydrogeological water balance in the high and middle venetian plain defined through a regional-scale numerical model (NE, Italy)
- Interpreting chemical and biomarker patterns with reactive transport modeling to assess chlorinated ethene biodegradation in groundwater
Groundwater and subsoil professional.
Groundwater research and protection
Modelling flow&transport in groundwater systems
Adaptation to climate change and renewable resources management
- Design of an open-loop geothermal system for heating and cooling a cultural and university centre
- Recharge estimation from groundwater level fluctuations in a coastal unconfined aquifer in Campania Region (southern Italy)
Hydrogeology Postdoc at the University of Torino, Earth Sciences Department
- SentinelSpringS: Springs as Sentinels of Climate Change and Sustainability of Aquatic Ecosystems
PhD student at the University of Bologna, enrolled in the course in Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences for the 39th cycle.
- A bird(hawk)’s eye view of Northern Apennines hydrogeology for a quantitative assessment and mapping of sedimentary and ophiolitic fractured aquifers
Dottorando in idrogeologia dell'Univesità di Bologna. Laurea magistrale all'Alma Mater Studiorum di Bologna e laurea triennale all'Univerità Federico II di Napoli.
- Validation of a Machine Learning tool for preliminary quantification of the hydrogeological interference risk of tunnels.
- Hydrodynamic and heat transport modelling for the sustainable management of the Budapest Thermal Karst
Francesca Lotti, PhD, is a hydrogeologist, modeler, trainer, and partner at Kataclima. In 2021, she founded SYMPLE – School of Hydrogeological Modelling, which has since trained over 600 students, researchers and professionals from 80 countries, highlighting the global demand for groundwater education. With 20 years of experience, she specializes in field investigations and numerical modeling using MODFLOW and FEFLOW in contaminated sites, mines, geothermal systems, coastal aquifers, dewatering projects, and more. She collaborates with both national and international research institutions and companies and regularly delivers professional training, corporate tutoring, and lectures in second-level Master’s programs. She firmly believes that sharing experience, knowledge and operative tools can make the difference in how groundwater is currently (mis)managed.
- Groundwater Modelling for Open-Loop Geothermal Heat Pump Systems Management
Researcher at the Geological Survey of Italy, Head of Groundwater division; his research interests are related to groundwater issues and dynamics, groundwater resources, urban groundwater, urban geology, and groundwater modeling.
Chair of the Urban Geology Expert group of EuroGeoSurveys and coordinator of the Urban Geo-climate Footprint project.
Co-editor in chief of Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater.
- A new participatory Hydrogeological Map of Italy 1:500,000 scale
- GROUNDWATER RESOURCES DIMINISHING IN MOUNTAIN AREAS: ONLY CLIMATE CHANGE OR ALSO A "HIDDEN" CONSUMER? AN EXAMPLE FROM CENTRAL APENNINES (ITALY)
- Climate Change and Groundwater on Azores Islands
- Predicting discharge in complex karst aquifers through the ensemble smoother with multiple data assimilation: the case of Bossea aquifer.
- A comparative study of physics-based and machine learning approaches for sustainable groundwater management in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy)
Dr. Molson is a Professor in the Department of Geology & Geological Engineering at Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada. His research focuses on the development and application of advanced numerical models for simulating coupled hydrogeological processes including groundwater flow and reactive mass transport, for defining capture zones for water supply wells, and for simulating heat transport in porous and fractured porous media. Dr. Molson is Vice-President of the Canadian Chapter of the IAH, and has been an Associate Editor for Hydrogeology Journal, the Canadian Geotechnical Journal and for Grundwasser. He teaches courses in environmental hydrogeology and numerical modelling.
- Numerical Model Development and Application to Nuclear Waste Storage: Freeze & Thaw over Glacial Time Scales
Sr. Research Hydrogeologist at GEUS, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Chair of the Water Resources Expert Group of the EuroGeoSurveys, 2015-2023.
- Towards a European sentinel springs information platform with real-time monitoring of groundwater quantity and quality
- A machine learning model trained on data from sites under remediation to predict geogenic arsenic distribution in shallow groundwater
- Groundwater level prediction based on deep learning
- Flow and Heat Transport Modeling with MODFLOW-USG - part 1
- Flow and Heat Transport Modeling with MODFLOW-USG - part 2
- How to Create and Use Geodatabases in PostgreSQL / PostGIS - part 1
- How to Create and Use Geodatabases in PostgreSQL / PostGIS - part 2
- Profiling salinity in a coastal shallow aquifer near the Venice lagoon
Manuel Sapiano is the CEO of Malta's Energy and Water Agency (EWA). He coordinates the implementation of national policies concerning the use of energy and water resources in a sustainable manner.
- Managed Aquifer Recharge – An opportunity for the Groundwater Environment to support Water Resilience under Climate Change
Hydrogeology MSc student researching managed aquifer recharge and emerging contaminants in groundwater.
- Evaluating Emerging Contaminants in the Atlantis Aquifer’s Managed Aquifer Recharge Scheme, South Africa
Hydrogeology consultant since October 2020 with expertise in groundwater modeling, GIS, and data analysis. PhD in Environmental Engineering (2021, University of Padua in collaboration with Sinergeo).
- Practical Application of Advanced LNAPL Multi-Phase Modeling in Groundwater Remediation
Marco Petitta, PhD, is Full Professor of Hydrogeology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, authoring more than 100 papers on international journals. He coordinated the European Project Horizon2020 KINDRA (2015-2018). Following EU projects are KARMA (PRIMA program, 2019-23) and NINFA (Horizon Europe, 2022-26). For the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) he was Chairman of the Italian Chapter (2012-2016) and Vice-President for Western and Central Europe (2016-21) and he is now Vice-President for Science and Program Coordination. He served as Coordinator of the Panel of Experts in Hydrogeology of the EFG (European Federation of Geologists) and he is still Member of the EC Working Group of Groundwater, for the Common Implementation Strategy of Water Directives. He is coleading the Expert Group in Groundwater and Healthy Soil of Water Europe. He is Advisory Board member of International Programs as GEOERA, REGULATE, GSEU and Water4All. In Sapienza University he is member of the Technical Scientific Committee on Sustainability and Chair of the Geological Sciences Teaching Assembly. He also acts as expert in the Scientific Committee of the Castelporziano Estate Natural Reserve for the Presidency of the Italian Republic.
- Hydrogeological Dynamics and Sustainable Management of Fractured and Karstified Aquifers: The Gran Sasso Case Study (Italy)
- Assessing Alpine and Apennine mountain-front recharge to Po Plain alluvial aquifers: the AMBRA project
- Groundwater levels in the Po plain: current trends and insights on future variations
- FROM METEOROLOGICAL TO GROUNDWATER DROUGHT IN THE TANAGRO RIVER BASIN IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
- Flow and Heat Transport Modeling with MODFLOW-USG - part 1
- Flow and Heat Transport Modeling with MODFLOW-USG - part 2
- Efficient history-matching of a complex groundwater model using Ensemble Space Inversion
- Cross comparison of groundwater fluxes and dissolved salts in the Volturno and Po River coastal aquifers via SEAWAT model budgets
- Salt migration and export via subsurface irrigation in a saline reclaimed landscape of the Po River lowland (Italy)
- Quantification of driving redox reactions potentially induced by managed aquifer recharge in the suburban environment of Brescia (IT)
PhD candidate @ Politecnico di Milano
Water resources, groundwater, climate change adaptation, integrated water management
- Observing a climate change adaptation solution’s linkages with groundwater dependent ecosystems: a modeling and field based approach
- Assessment of the Ag-MAR potential of rice flooding practices through a groundwater flow model in the Piedmont–Lombardy rice basin in Northern Italy
- Evaluating Emerging Contaminants in the Atlantis Aquifer’s Managed Aquifer Recharge Scheme, South Africa
PhD Student presso Dipartimento SCVSA, Università degli Studi di Parma.
- Interaction between large lakes and multilayer aquifers: a multidisciplinary study on Garda Lake
- How to Create and Use Geodatabases in PostgreSQL / PostGIS - part 1
- How to Create and Use Geodatabases in PostgreSQL / PostGIS - part 2
- Flow and Heat Transport Modeling with MODFLOW-USG - part 1
- Flow and Heat Transport Modeling with MODFLOW-USG - part 2
Professional Experience:
Since October 2022: Junior Group Leader (Freigeist Fellowship), Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
February 2021 – September 2022: Postdoctoral Scholar (Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship), Centre for Water Resources Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada
January 2020 – February 2020: Guest Researcher, Division of Climatology, Department of Geography, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
September 2018 – January 2021: Postdoctoral Scholar, Big Pixel Initiative, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA
May 2018 – August 2018: Academic Staff Member (PostDoc), Department of Engineering Geology, Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT, Germany
October 2017 – March 2018: Postdoctoral Fellow (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship), Research Institute of Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
August 2015 – October 2015: Guest Researcher (High-End Foreign Experts Recruitment Program), School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, China
May 2013 – May 2017: Academic Staff Member (initially PhD student, then PostDoc), Department of Engineering Geology, Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT, Germany
Current Role and Research Focus:
As the leader of the junior research group GRUSS (Geoinformatics for Climate Resilient Urban Systems), I focus on harnessing big (geo)data to explore the impacts of urbanization and climate change on humans and the environment.
Research Interests:
Urban heat
Groundwater temperatures
Environmental justice
- Rising Groundwater Temperatures: Risks and Rewards in Times of Global Warming and Urban Expansion
Teodóra has a PhD on flow systems and water-rock interaction from the Eötvös Loránd University (2006). Prior to working at the Geological Institute of Hungary from 1993, Teodóra studied the detection of heavy metals in soils and organic samples at the University of Amsterdam. She became Head of the Hydrogeology Department in 2007 and subsequently at the Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary, the Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary, and recently at the Geological Survey of the Supervisory Authority of Regulatory Affairs. She is an invited lecturer in hydrogeochemistry at the University of Miskolc. She has more than 60 peer reviewed publications and 150 internal reports.
Her main research areas are groundwater surveys and hydrogeochemical evaluation, particularly arsenic, water-rock interaction, and hydrogeological modelling of flow systems, including stable and radioactive isotopes. She was the hydrogeochemical expert for background values, threshold values and evaluation of chemical status of groundwater bodies of Hungary for all three WFD River Basin Management Plans. For the past decade she focused on joint surveys of transboundary aquifers, on thermal-water geothermal energy resource evaluation and management and on lithium resource research.
She is a member of the IAH Council since 2012, being IAH president since 2024. She is active in the International Association of Geochemistry, is national representative for Hungary in the EuroGeoSurveys Water Resources Expert Group, member of the Hydrogeological Subcommittee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2012 and was hydrogeology expert of the IGCP Scientific Board between 2017-2020.
- The role of hydrogeochemistry and isotopes in understanding the karstic system in Budapest and its surroundings