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10 May 2000 |
Master Degree (5-year
University Degree) in Biological Sciences (University of
Milano).
Research Degree Thesis on "Agroecosystems of the Po Valley:
evaluation of alternative management scenarios using the simulation model CropSyst", 200 pp (in Italiano; "Agroecosistemi
della pianura lombarda: valutazione di alternative gestionali
attraverso il modello di simulazione CropSyst") |
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17 December 2003 |
Ph.D. in Agricultural Ecology
(University of Milano).
Thesis title: "Evaluation of the
sustainability of the modern management techniques of
agroecosystems – simulation models, agroecological indicators,
thematic cartography", 240 pp (in
English).
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2004 |
Invited Speaker to the “International Rice Cold Tolerance
Workshop”, Canberra, Australia, 22-23 July 2004, organized by
Rice CRC (Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice
Production) and CSIRO Land and Water. The presentation was about
rice yield losses due to cold damages during the pre-flowering
period.
Editorial Secretary and co-founder of the Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, a scientific journal with committee of
reviewers.
Invited Expert to the “2nd European
Scientific meeting on the Crop Growth Monitoring System (CGMS)”,
Prague, Czech Republic, 8 October 2004, organized by the Joint
research Centre (Institute for Protection and Security of the
Citizen) of the European Commission. Statement about the
influence of flooding water on the temperatures in a paddy field
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2005 |
Invited speaker to the “Workshop on climatic analysis and
mapping for agriculture”, Bologna, 14-17 June 2005, organized by
World Meteorological Organization, Istituto di biometeorologia
del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and COST Action of the
European Science Foundation. Statement about a new model used
for the computation of a yield gap indicator for rice cold
damages and its application to the MARS database.
Post-doc
position at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
In charge since January 2005.
Contractual Agent at the Joint Research
Centre of the European Commission. In charge since October 2005.
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2006 |
Contract
Professor at the University of Milano, lecturing “Herbaceous
Cropping Systems” (48-hour course).
Candidate
of the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen
(IPSC) for the Joint Research Centre Excellence Awards -
category "Best Young Scientist".
Elected member of
the Board of the Italian Association of Agrometeorology
(Associazione Italiana di Agrometeorologia) in 2006 (for the
period 2006-2008).
Guest Editor of the Italian
Journal of Agrometeorology for a Special Issue on modelling
rice-based cropping system (issue 3, 2006). Organizer
of the “1st European Meeting on WARM: a Rice
Modelling Experience”; Ispra (VA), Italy; 2 February 2006.
Organizer
of the International Congress “III CGMS Experts Meeting”, Arlon,
Belgium, 23-25 October 2006.
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2007 |
Selected by the
Scientific Committee of the Joint Research Centre (European
Commission) to present the TOPFERT project at the
Exploratory Research Symposium, 12 December 2007.
Invited Speaker to the conference “Agrometeorology,
sustainability and desertification” (Agrometeorologia,
sostenibilità ambientale e desertificazione), Isola Capo Rizzuto
(KR), Italy, 29-31 May 2007. Opening lecture and chairman for
the session “Mathematical modellization of biophysical systems”.
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2008 |
Contract Professor at the University of Milano, lecturing
“Complements of Agronomy and Cropping Systems” (60-hour course).
Organizer of the international workshop "2nd European Meeting on
WARM: towards new challenges"; Ispra (VA); 13-14 March 2008.
Winner of a concourse for an Assistant Professor permanent
position at the University of Milano. In charge since 30
December 2008.
Awarded for the best
publication record of the MARS project (1988 - still active;
"Monitoring Agriculture with remote Sensing", European
Commission), providing the Commission with scientific and
technical support on EU Agriculture and Food Security policies. |
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2009 |
Professor at the University of Milano, lecturing
“Complements of Agronomy and Cropping Systems” (60-hour course).
Re-elected member of
the Board of the Italian Association of Agrometeorology
(Associazione Italiana di Agrometeorologia) in 2009 (for the
period 2009-2011).
Field Editor of the Italian
Journal of Agrometeorology.
Responsible for the quality of
the degree courses "Science of crop production and protection"
and "Crops and ornamental green production and protection
sciences" at the University of Milano.
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2010 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Agronomic and Environmental Analysis and
Modelling" (60-hour course).
Invited Speaker to the conference “Agrometeorology for the
integrated management of agri-forest systems and environment” (Agrometeorologia
nella gestione integrata dei sistemi agro-forestali e
dell'ambiente), Bari, Italy, 8-10 June 2010. Opening lecture for
the session “Modelling for the integrated management”.
Winner of the Italian
Association of Agrometeorology 2009 Best Paper Award [Confalonieri,
R., Acutis, M., Bellocchi, G., Donatelli, M., 2009. Multi-metric
evaluation of the models WARM, CropSyst, and WOFOST for rice.
Ecological Modelling, 220, 1395-1410].
Member of the Board of the
PhD School in Agricultural Ecology; University of Milano.
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2011 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
World Bank consultant as
Consortium Leader for the project "Regional agro-climatic study to assess climate
change impacts on land use: agro-ecological zone model
development".
Invited to join the Rice Team
of the international network AgMIP ("Agricultural
Model Inter-Comparison and Improvement Project”, coordinated by
NASA, University of Florida, USDA).
Within AgMIP, the Rice Team is led by the International Rice
Research Institute.
Invited at the "First AgMIP
Rice Team Workshop", August 29-30, Beijing, China.
Invited expert
to the "5th CGMS Expert Meeting", November 21-22, European Commission-JRC, Ispra,
Italy.
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2012 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Invited at the World Bank's
2012 Sustainable Development Forum (February 21-23).
Invited at the "Rice Pilot
Team of Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement
Project (AgMIP)", December 3-5, IRRI, Manila, Philippines.
Invited as Visiting Scientist
at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS), Beijing,
China, December 6-9.
Founder and Head of the
CASSANDRA lab (Centre for Advanced Simulation Studies AND
Researches on Agroecological modelling) of the University of
Milan.
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2013 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Awarded as '2012 Outstanding
Reviewer' by the ISI Journal Environmental Modelling & Software.
European Commission fee-paid
expert for evaluation of crop model calibrations.
Invited expert to the "6th
CGMS Expert Meeting", November 12-13, European Commission -JRC,
Ispra, Italy.
Invited as
visiting scientist to the International Rice Research Institute
to present PocketLAI (smartphone app for LAI estimates), October
8-11, Manila, Philippines.
European Commission fee-paid
expert for combining bio-physical criteria defining European
areas affected by specific constraints. |
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2014 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Obtained the national
scientific qualification to both Associate and Full Professor in
Agronomy and Herbaceous Cropping Systems (competition sector
07/B1).
Invited Expert by the APEC
Climate Center (Korea) at the APCC Workshop on Application of
Seasonal Forecasts for the Agricultural Sector, Busan, Korea,
September 18-19.
Invited as visiting scientist
at the Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Science (CAAS), Beijing,
China, November 28-31.
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2015 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Winner of a selection for
Associate Professor at the University of Milan. In charge since
March 2015.
Organizer of the international AgMIP Rice Team
Meeting, Gargnano, Italy, October 14-16.
European Commission fee-paid
expert for inclusion, testing and benchmarking of the impacts of
ground-level ozone on yields of selected crops in Europe. |
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2016 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (60-hour course).
Invited Expert at the 36th
Rice Technical Working Group Meeting, Galveston, Texas, USA,
March 1-4.
Invited speaker at the "WHEALBI
Training Workshop", Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy, April 18-20.
Lecturing "Smartphone-based applications for plant phenotyping".
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2017 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (60-hour course).
Invited speaker at the Wheat Initiative training
course on "Bioinformatics to advance wheat breeding", Bologna,
Italy, November 13-14. Lecturing "Crop modelling for breeding".
Invited to be the co-leader of AgMIP Rice.
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2018 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (60-hour course).
Invited Visiting Scientist at the Texas A&M
AgriLife Rice Research Center (Beaumont, Texas, USA) to
investigate the effects of rice genotype, stage of crop growth,
and plant density on canopy architecture and light interception.
August-September.
Invited speaker for the first part of the Bayer
S.p.A. 6-stage road-show "Agrievolution". The six stages are
organized in the most important agricultural areas in Italy.
Invited speaker at the International Conference
on Agricultural Models and their Application in Modern
Sustainable Agriculture and at the 5th Symposium on the
Development and Application of Agricultural System Models,
Nanjing, China, November 11-14.
Invited expert to the EMPHASIS crop modelling
workshop, Brussels, September 25-26.
Invited speaker at the training course "High-throughput
wheat phenotyping", sponsored by the Wheat Initiative, Bologna,
Italy, September 17-18. Lecturing "Smartphone-based applications
for plant phenotyping".
Invited expert at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
to give a seminar on crop modelling and climate change (impact
and adaptation). Pisa, Italy, June 14.
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2019 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (30-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Biophysical crop models to support breeding"
(8-hour course).
Founder and President of the Board of Directors
of CASSANDRA TECH s.r.l., an IT company developing and releasing
services to support agro-ecosystems management.
Invited Visiting Scientist
at the Texas A&M AgriLife Rice
Research Center (Beaumont, Texas, USA) to investigate the
relationships between canopy architecture, light interception
and photosynthesis. June-July.
Invited by the Italian Embassy in Seoul as
Invited Speaker at the Italian-South Korea Bilateral Symposium
on "Research and innovation for a sustainable agriculture",
Jinju, South Korea, October 1-2. Lecturing "Crop simulators,
smart technologies and satellite remote sensing to support VR
nitrogen distribution in rice crops".
Invited speaker for the second part of the Bayer
S.p.A. 6-stage road-show "Agrievolution". The six stages are
organized in the most important agricultural areas in Italy.
Invited expert to the training course and
workshop on Genomics-assisted breeding in wheat, Bologna, Italy,
October 28-29. Lecturing "Crop simulation models to support
breeders in designing ideotypes adapted to specific growth
contexts".
Organizer of the international AgMIP Rice Team
Meeting, Gargnano, Italy, October 22-25.
Invited as member of the Core Scientific
Committee of the XVI Congress of the European Society for
Agronomy, Seville, Spain, September 1-4, and as Coordinator,
Chair and Keynote Speaker at the related ESA workshop on "Relevant
issues in global food security: Rice".
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2020 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (30-hour course).
Invited speaker for the second part of the Bayer
S.p.A. 6-stage road-show "Agrievolution". The six stages are
organized in the most important agricultural areas in Italy.
Invited speaker to the international workshop "Transdisciplinary
Approaches for Sustainable Intensification of Rural Areas. A
spotlight on Ethiopia", Pisa, Italy, January 22. Lecturing "Crop
modelling to define strategies to alleviate negative effects of
climate change".
Invited to Chair iCROPM2020 Session VI "Methods
and software to support modelling activities" Montpellier,
France, February 3-5.
Included in the World's Top 2% Scientists list by
Stanford University.
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2021 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (30-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation"
(32-hour course).
Winner of a selection for
Full Professor at the University of Milan. In charge since
November 2021.
Included in the World's Top 2% Scientists list by
Stanford University.
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2022 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (30-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation"
(32-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Laboratory of Environmental Change and Global
Sustainability" (48-hour course).
Member of the Board of the
Department of Environmental Science and Policy (University of
Milan).
Included in the World's Top 2% Scientists list by
Stanford University.
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2023 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (30-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation"
(32-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Laboratory of Environmental Change and Global
Sustainability" (32-hour course).
Member of the Board of the
Department of Environmental Science and Policy (University of
Milan).
Member of the Management Board
of the Faculty of Science and Technology (University of Milan).
President of the Master
Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
(University of Milan). In charge since October 2023.
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2024 |
Professor at the University
of Milano, lecturing "Cropping Systems" (80-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Agronomy" (30-hour course).
Professor at the University of
Milano, lecturing "Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation"
(32-hour course).
Member of the Board of the
Department of Environmental Science and Policy (University of
Milan).
Member of the Steering
Committee of the Faculty of Science and Technology (University
of Milan).
President of the Master
Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
(University of Milan). In charge since October 2023.
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