Civil Engineer with hydraulic and environmental expertise, acting in the field of:- river hydraulics, morphology and training;- river basin development and planning;- river and coastal sediment transport processes;- climate change mitigation and adaptation measures;- hydrogeological risk assessment and mitigation measures;- hydropower and small-hydro development;- reservoir sedimentation management;- coastal hydrodynamics, morphology and shore protection;- electric generation from marine renewables;- wave energy device development.He currently works as independent consultant in development/implementation projects, as well as in the fields of education, training and R&D projects.In the last years, he has been leading multi-disciplinary professional groups at RSE – Research on Energy System (Milan, IT), involving multi-sectorial partners in national/international projects, related to both R&D activities and the application of technical/scientific products involving water resource management and policy maker stakeholders.He has been invited lecturer at the University of La Tuscia (Civitavecchia, Italy), as well as invited professor at the IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education (Delft, The Netherlands) till nowadays.He is particularly devoted to hydro-marine energy sources, been the inventor of the WaveSAX, an innovative device that converts wave energy into electricity (European Patent N° 2995807 B1).He acted as:Coordinator of the ”AIM target to water & energy harmonization” project.;Coordinator of the “SEE HYDROPOWER targeted to improve water resource management” project;Coordinating group of the “SMART – Strategies to Promote Small Hydropower in Europe” project;Member of the SHARE – “Sustainable Hydropower in Alpine Rivers Ecosystems" project;Coordinating group of the “CLARIS LPB - A Europe-South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies in La Plata Basin”;Partner (University of La Tuscia) and User (RSE SpA) of the MARINET – “Marine Renewable Infrastructure Network” projext.He has been acting as expert consultant for international bureau, such as the European Commission, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). He was the European Director in the implementation of the “Multiuse Hydrological and Environmental Monitoring Centre” in Asunción, financed by the European Union.He was the Director of the project “Hydrogeological Risk Assessment in the North West Region of Argentina”, financed by the World Bank, in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Listed skills include Energie Rinnovabili, Idrologia, Energia, Ingegneria, and 19 others.