CV

Education

• Ph.D., Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, September 2020
• M.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Padova, March 2015
• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Padova, September 2012
• Professional Engineer (Italy) June 2015

Professional experience

• Assistant Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining and technology, Socorro, NM (January 2024-present) - Research in hydroclimatology, lecturer, student supervision

• NOAA Affiliate (December 2020-present): Collaboration with the land surface model development team at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ. Development and implementation of model components for representing snow, ice and fine-scale topography in the GFDL Earth System Model

• Postoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University (December 2020- January 2024), Princeton, NJ. Research on cryosphere and land surface modelling.

• Lecturer (Fall 2020, remote) in water resources engineering, University of Padova and National School of Public Works of Cameroon.

• Duke University (2017 - 2020), Durham, NC. NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow. Research on remote sensing of rainfall and statistical modelling of rainfall extremes.

• Duke University (2015 - 2017), Durham, NC. Teaching assistant in coastal geomorphology and data analysis.

Service and leadership

• Reviewer for multiple journals in the fields of hydrology, hydrometeorology, land surface modelling.

• Convener for scientific sessions at the AGU Fall Meeting ( Cryospheric Changes and Their Impact on the High-Mountain Water; Recent advances in aerosol representation and its impacts on climate, air quality and health, 2024.)

• Undergraduate student mentor for SACNAS/Geofutures and Earthscope consortium.