About
I was born in Italy and grew up on a barrier island near Venice, spending countless days at the beach and exploring the lagoon.
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Biography
Positions Held in the Past
Full Professor (March 2017 – present), Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston MA.
Associate Professor (July 2012 – March 2017), Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston MA.
Associate Professor (September 2010 – July 2012), Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, Boston MA.
Associate (January 2007 – present), Center for Computational Science, Boston University, Boston MA
Assistant Professor (January 2007 – September 2010), Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, Boston MA.
Assistant Professor (August 2002 – December 2006), Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL.
Associate (August 2002 – December 2006), School of Computational Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL.
Associate (March 2004- December 2006), Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (April 2001 – August 2002), Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (April 1999 – April 2001), Department of Geological Sciences and School of Computational Science & Information Technology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Keynotes and Plenaries
Brunings Lecture Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, January 10 2017
Keynote speaker. The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls: Morphodynamics of Lagoons, The 8th Symposium on river, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Santander, June 9-13 2013
Awards
American Geophysical Union Fellow 2023
JJ Mehta Award for outstanding contributions to the study of cohesive sediment dynamics 2017
Augusto Ghetti Prize for scientific studies on the Venice Lagoon, Italy. Venetian Academy of Arts and Sciences 2014
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, 2004
Prof. Aldo Gini Fellowship (April 2000-April 2001) for studies and research abroad, Gini Foundation, Padua, Italy.
Borsa di studio per perfezionamento all’estero (April 1999-April 2000) Fellowship for studies and Research abroad, Universita’ degli Studi di Padova Italy.
Prof. Aldo Gini Fellowship (April 1999 – April 2000) for studies and research abroad, Gini Foundation, Padua, Italy.
Summa Cum Laude distinction University of Padua, Italy, 1995.
Professional Responsibilities
Co-Principal Investigator NSF Virginia Coast Reserve LTER (2006-present)
Co-Principal Investigator NSF Plum Island Ecosystems LTER (2012-present)
AGU EPSP Section Fellows Review Committee (2024-present)
AGU Fall Meeting 2011 Program Committee for EPSP
Executive Committee, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Focus Group, American Geophysical Union (2013-2018)
Hydrology-Ecohydrology Technical Committee, American Geophysical Union (2015-2016)