Research

During my Darcy Medal ceremony my citationist was Guenter Bloeschl. I am very grateful to Guenter for delivering a very flattering citation, which I am copying here below (with Guenter's permission). During my career I had the fortune to meet amazing colleagues, at the University of Bologna, in the Italian community of hydrologists and engineers, and the scientific associations I am member of. In particular, I shared many research collaboration with Guenter and Demetris Koutsoyiannis.

I had the great honor to be awarded the Darcy Medal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The award ceremony took place in Vienna, during the EGU General Assembly, on April 12, 2018. I delivered a medal lecture titled "Hydrology is important". It is a summary of my research experience and activity so far. It is also reporting some personal considerations and stories.

My invited presentation at Uppsala University (January 30, 2018) can be downloaded at the link below. Thank you for your interest.
Best,
Alberto

My presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting 2017 titled "Recent breakthroughs  and themes in hydrology,  from climate to the water-food-energy nexus" is available for download at the link below. It is essentially a synthesis of my editorial experience in Water Resources Research.
Thanks for your interest.
Best,
Alberto

My presentation at the meeting of the Life-Iris project "Improve resilience of the industrial sector" (Bomporto, November 21, 2017) titled "Climate change: extreme rainfall, flood risk  and adaptation strategies" (in Italian) can be downloaded at the link below.
Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

I had the opportunity to participate, together with Attilio Castellarin and several other researchers, to a study conducted by a team at the Technical University of Wien, showing that the timing of the floods has shifted across much of Europe. The sheds light on the influence of climate change on flood risk in Europe. The study was led by Prof. Guenter Bloeschl, who already cooperated with us in the past.  The results highlight that climate change has induced a shift in the timing of floods over the years.

At the 2017 scientific assembly in Port Elizabeth (South Africa) I gave a perspective talk titled "Should we reconsider the conceptual structure of hydrological models?". My presentation is a bit provocative and focuses on stochastic physically-based modeling of hydrological processes. It also presents the concept of stochastic catchment area as a stochastic control volume for applying balance equation in hydrology.

I gave a talk on the river memory experiment at the 2017 scientific assembly in Port Elizabeth (South Africa). My presentation is titled "Physical interpretation of river memory and application to seasonal flood forecasting" and focuses on the application to more than 200 European catchments. We also look for the physical basis of long memory.
Thanks for your interest.
Alberto

I presented a perspective on the status of the IAHS scientific decade 2013-2022 <a href=http://iahs.info/Commissions--W-Groups/Working-Groups/Panta-Rhei.do>Panta Rhei</a> at the IAHS 2017 scientific assembly in Port Elizabeth (South Africa). Panta Rhei is about change in hydrology and society. My presentation focuses on the history of Panta Rhei and draws future perspectives. The powerpoint file is available at the link below.
Thanks for your interest.
Alberto

The University of Calabria organized a series of seminars titled "Giornate per la Difesa del Suolo". I presented a contribution titled "Flood risk mitigation in the presence of climate change: Strategies for adaptation and mitigation" (in Italian: original title: "Difendere il Suolo in presenza di Cambiamenti Climatici ed Ambientali Strategie di Adattamento ed Intervento"). The talk is similar to the one I presented at the Accademia dei Lincei in November 2016, with further consideration on strategies for adapting to climate change.

My presentation at the Ephastat Meeting, held in Bologna on March 31st 2017, titled "Extreme values estimation under change: the never-ending dilemma (or sophism?) between stationarity and non-stationarity" is available for download at the link below. The file size is about 50mb. Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

At the link below my invited presentation titled "Cambiamenti climatici, rischio alluvionale e rischio geologico:
strategie innovative di adattamento e mitigazione" (in Italian) is available for download. The presentation was delivered in Rome, on November 8, 2016.
Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

I have been recently delighted to deliver an invited presentation at the University of Saskatchewan, within their Distinguished Lectures Series. I decided to present my perspective on recent developments in hydrology and ways forward.

The title of the talk is "Seeking a Step Forward in Research and Education in Water Science".

My presentation (18 Mb) is available for download at the link at the bottom of this page. The video of the lecture is available here below.

Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto

At the link below my poster in Italian titled "Nuovi Paradigmi per la Ricerca e l’Insegnamento in Idrologia e Costruzioni Idrauliche" can be downloaded. The poster has been presented at the 2016 Italian National Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Works and focuses on new paradigms for research and education in hydrology and engineering.
An English version, that has been presented at the Eric Wood Symposium 2016, can be downloaded at the second link below. The two posters are not identical but they are presenting the same concepts.

Thanks for your interest.

At the link below my invited presentation at the XII National Conference on Statistics (Rome, 23 June 2016), titled "Change, trend and cyclical behaviors in climatic extremes: a question mark to resolve" (in Italian) is available for download.
Thank you.
Alberto

My presentation (in Italian) at the meeting "Flloods of 1966 - Today's floods", held in Florence on May 26th and 27th, can be downloaded below. Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

Please find at the link below the presentation at the 2016 Meeting of the European Geosciences Union titled "Balance in scientific impact assessment: the EGU Awards Committe experience" can be downloaded at the link below. Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

Please find at the link below the presentation at the 2016 Meeting of the European Geosciences Union titled "Sustainable co-evolution of society, ecology and hydrology: forward-looking modelling and prediction of the ecosystem and hydrology of the Lake of Monate – Italy" can be downloaded at the link below. Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

Please find at the link below the presentation at the 2016 Meeting of the European Geosciences Union titled "Is climate change modifying precipitation extremes?", prepared by Simon Papalexiou and presented by myself, can be downloaded at the link below. Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

Please find at the link below the presentation at the 2016 Meeting of the European Geosciences Union titled "Nightlights along the Eastern Alpine river network in Austria and Italy as a proxy of human presence", prepared by Serena Ceola and presented by myself, can be downloaded at the link below. Thank you for your interest.
Alberto