Ascolta

Full Professor at the University of Palermo (Italy)

1995 - University of Palermo - Italy, Title: M.Sc. in Hydraulic Engineering, Final grade: 110/110 magna cum laude.

2000 - University of Reggio Calabria - Italy Title: Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering, Final grade: Excellent.

2001 – 2004 - Post-doctoral grant on the following research program: “Study of the interactions between water ecosystem and water circulation by means of numerical modelling and remote sensing observations” Scientific supervisor: Prof. Goffredo La Loggia.

2005 – 2015, Assistant Professor on “Hydrology and Hydraulic and Maritime Structures” at the Department DICAM University of Palermo.

2015 – 2020, Associate Professor  on “Hydrology and Hydraulic and Maritime Structures” at the Department DICAM of the University of Palermo.

2021 – today, Full Professor on “Hydrology and Hydraulic and Maritime Structures” at the Department of Engineering of the University of Palermo.

 

Academic lectureship appointments

2005 –2016. Lectureship in Remote Sensing in hydrology and water resources management - University of Palermo (Italy).

2016 – today. Lectureship in Environmental Remote Sensing - University of Palermo (Italy).

2018 - today. Lectureship in Coastal defence - University of Palermo (Italy).

Research fields:
1) Remote sensing applications in hydrology;
2) Integration of remotely sensed data in hydrology GIS systems;
3) Remote sensing applications for marine water quality assessment and pollution detection;
4) numerical modelling of water circulation in shallow waters; transport and diffusion simulation of pollutant in natural waters;
5) laboratory experiments for hydraulic resistance assessment of long and flexible submersed vegetation;
6) laboratory experiment on sewer pressurization problems.

Publications:
He is Author or co-author of more than 200 papers presented at national and international conferences, publications on peer reviewed scientific and technical journals, book chapters, and technical manuals dealing with the following topics:

• remote sensing in hydrology and agriculture;
• remote sensing of marine water quality;
• hydrodynamic numerical simulations of water circulation in shallow waters;
• coastal engineering and coastal protection;
• submerged vegetation interaction with water flow;
• pressurisation phenomena in sewers.

      see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Giuseppe-Ciraolo and https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6dCIeSIAAAAJ&hl=it for details