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RESUME

Professional 

info​
 

​I'm an assistant professor at the Department of Forest Management and Environment, Faculty of Forestry, University of Concepción, Chile.

I study the influence of large woody (LW) on river morphology.

Skills

  • data analysis and integration

  • digital mapping

  • remote sensing

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • Global Positioning System (GPS)

  • Field work
     

Work

experience
 

Assistant professor of Hydrology and Watershed Management at Concepción University (Chile)

2007- present

 

​Lectureship

undergraduate courses

(121594) - Bioclimatology

(121509) - Forest Hydrology

(121511) - Watershed Management

 

graduate courses

(4119003) - Watershed Management

 

 

First-level researcher position at University of Padova (Italy)

​2006 - 2007

 

​Research developed in the framework of the EU Project "Epic Force: Evidence-Based Policy for Integrated Control of Forested River Catchments in Extreme Rainfall and Snowmelt"; coordinated by Prof. J. Bathurst (University of Newcastle, UK).
 

 

Forestry consultant. - Milano (Italy)

​2003 - 2004

 

  • ​Professional assignment from the “Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino” for the preliminary investigation about forest harvesting for the season 2003-2004;

  • Jun 2003: Professional assignment from ERSAF (Regione Lombardia) for the creation of the Forest Management Plan of the Milano Province;

  • Apr 2003: Professional assignment for the study for the Territorial Forest Plan (PTF) of the “pianura alessandrina”. from IPLA S.P.A., Turin. Member of the working group;

  • Feb 2003: Professional assignment from the “Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino” for the preliminary investigation about forest harvesting for the season 2002-2003;

  • Nov 2002 - Jun 2003: Professional collaborations at the Forest Consultancy Company “Dr. M. Cereda Studio” (Villasanta, Milan) within the following projects:
    - Individuation of the drainage network and implementation of the restoration program for the “Regional Park Montevecchia e Valle del Curone”.
    - Forest Management Plan of the “Brughiera Briantea Park” (vegetation survey, elaboration and cartography);
    - Stream restoration works (design, survey and works direction) in the “Valle di Cabiate” creek (Park of the Brughiera Briantea) with the use of bioengineering techniques;
    - Design and realization of informative boards (geomorphology, forest and hydraulic restoration features) of the “Valle di Cabiate” creek.
    - design, survey and works direction of trails (territory of Comune di Usmate- Velate);
    - Design and realization of informative boards (forest and geomorphology features) for a forested area in the territory of Comune di Usmate Velate (Milano);
    - design of the Emergency and Coordination Plan (PSC) and Operations of Emergency Plan (POS) relative to forest restoration works in Valtellina (province of Sondrio);

 

 

Hydrology consultant. Beta studio s.r.l. - Padova (Italy)

​2002 - 2003

 

  • ​realization of the hydraulic works’ cadastre of the rivers Secchia
    and Trebbia on behalf of the of Po River Basin Authority

  • realization of the hydraulic works’ cadastre of the Abruzzo
    Region (Italy)

Languages

Italian: mather tongue

English: good (reading, writing, speaking)

Spanish: good (reading, writing, speaking)

Education

University of Padova (Italy) - Austral University of Chile.

2004 - 2007

 

​PhD in Environmental Watershed Management and Landscape Survey Techniques, Dept. TESAF, University of Padova joint with
doctorate in Forestry Sciences, Inst. Manejo Forestal, Austral University of Chile
Dissertation: “Volume and Characteristics of Woody Debris in Mountain Rivers of Italian Dolomites and Southern Andes”.
Advisors: Prof. M.A. Lenzi
Co-advisor Prof. A. Iroumé

 

 

University of Padova (Italy)

1995 - 2001

 

​Forest and Environmental Sciences degree.

Thesis title: Experimental study about the influence of local
scouring on the dynamics of mountain rivers
Advisors: Prof. M.A. Lenzi
Co-advisor dott. F. Comiti
Final marking : 105/110.

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