Andrea D’Alpaos

   Department of Geosciences, University of Padova
   Via Gradenigo 6, Padova, I-35131
   Tel: (+39) 0498279117
   email: andrea.dalpaos@unipd.it

PERSONAL DATA and EDUCATION

• Born in Feltre (BL), Italy, on May 24th 1976;
• BS+MS, Civil Engineering (Hydraulics), 110/110 Summa cum Laude and mention of merit for curriculum studii), University of Padova (Italy), with a thesis entitled "On the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of tidal environments", April 2001.
• PhD, Hydrodynamics and Environmental Modelling, University of Padova (Italy), with a thesis entitled "Morphodynamics of tidal environments" (Advisor: A. Rinaldo), 2005.
• Research Fellow, School of Computational Science and Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, working with Prof. Sergio Fagherazzi, 2003-2004.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Padova, 2005-2007.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 2008-2014.
• Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 2014-2020.

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS

• Prof. Aldo Gini Fellowship (2003-2004) for studies and research abroad, awarded by the Gini Foundation, Padova, Italy.
• Cum Laude distinction, University of Padova, Italy, 2001.
• Mention of Merit for curriculum studii, University of Padova, Italy, 2001.
• Outstanding Student Paper Award, Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, S. Francisco, CA (USA), 2004.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

• Author and co-author of  more than 60 papers published, or in press, on peer-reviewed international journals; 7 peer-reviewed book chapters; more than 60 papers published on the proceedings of Italian and International Conferences;
• Reviewer for  Nature Geoscience; Geophysical Research Letters; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA; Journal of Geophysical Research; Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science; Continental Shelf Research; Geomorphology; Earth Surface Processes and Landforms; Marine Ecology Progress Series; Advances in Water Resources; Water Resources Research; Coastal Engineering;
• Scientific Coordinator of the research project entitled “Analysis of the stability of fluvial levees through mathematical modelling and non-invasive geophysical investigations”, University of Padova, 2008-2011;
• Scientific Coordinator of the research project entitled “Reading signatures of the past to predict the future: 1000 years of stratigraphic record as a key for the future of the Venice Lagoon - PASTtoFUTURE”, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Padova e Rovigo, 2012-2015;
• Scientific Coordinator of the research project entitled “Tidal vs. tidally-influenced fluvial point bars: facies distribution and implications for reservoirs production development", Shell International Exploration and Production, 2013-2016, 132'500 euro;
• Involved in several national and international research projects [e.g, Co.Ri.La. project (Consorzio per la gestione del centro di coordinamento delle attività di ricerca inerenti il sistema lagunare di Venezia): Indagini sperimentali e modellazione dei meccanismi morfodinamici agenti nel sistema lagunare veneziano; TIDE European project: Tidal Inlets Dynamics and Environment (EVK3-CT-2001-00064); PRIN2002 project: Idrodinamica e morfodinamica di ambienti a marea (Prof. A. Rinaldo); PRIN2006 project: Modelli dell’evoluzione eco-morfologica di bassifondi e barene lagunari (Prof. M. Marani); PRIN2008 project: Eco-morfodinamica di ambienti a marea e cambiamenti climatici (Prof. S. Lanzoni); VECTOR-FISR2002 project: Vulnerabilità delle coste e degli ecosistemi marini italiani ai cambiamenti climatici e loro ruolo nei cicli del carbonio oceanico, CLIVEN research line; Water Management Authority project "Updating the morphological plan of the Venice lagoon", (2008-2010), (Prof. Marco Marani and Prof. Stefano Lanzoni); GeoRisks Project, “Geological, morphological and hydrological processes: monitoring, modelling and impact in the north-eastern Italy”, Work Package “Slope Processes”, Strategic Project, University of Padova (2009-2012)].

  TEACHING ACTIVITY

• Basics on river catchment management, Earth Sciences program, University of Padova, Lecturer, (2015-); 
• Morphodynamics of Lagoons, Deltas and Estuaries under climate change, Earth Sciences program, University of Padova, Lecturer, (2013-); 
• Mathematical Methods, Civil engineering program, University of Padova, Lecturer, (2011-2012);
  
• Physical Oceanography, Marine Biology program, University of Padova, Lecturer, (2009-2011; 2012-2013).
  
• Elements of Hydrology and Hydraulic in the restoration of river basins, Earth Sciences program, University of Padova, Teaching Assistance (2008-);
• Basic Theory of Structures, Earth Sciences program, University of Padova, Teaching Assistance (2009-);
• Irrotational Flows, Doctoral School in Civil & Environmental Sciences, University of Padova, Lecturer (2007, 2011);
• Fluid Mechanics I and Fluid Mechanics II, Aerospace Engineering program, University of Padova, Teaching Assistance (2004-2008);
• Pollutant Dynamics, Environmental engineering program, University of Padova, Teaching Assistance (2004-);
• Hydrological Processes,  “Master in Difesa del Suolo e Protezione Civile”, co-organized by University of Padova and Fondazione Angelini, Belluno, Teaching Assistance (2003);
• Water Resources,  Civil engineering program, University of Padova, Teaching Assistance (2003);
• Co-advisor of Master Theses in Civil Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, University of Padova (2003-);
• Co-advisor of Doctoral Theses in the Ph.D. School in Civil & Environmental Engineering Sciences (2009-).