Curriculum Vitae of Francesco Comiti

CURRENT POSITION

• Associate professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. 

EDUCATION

• PhD in Environmental Watershed Management – University of Padova, Italy (February 2004)

• Diploma (5 years) in Forest and Environmental Sciences – University of Padova, Italy (December 1999) 

PAST RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Research Assistant (July 2007 – February 2009) at the Dept. Land and Agroforest Environments (University of Padova). Activities: Evaluaton of actual and potential volumes of in-channel wood its geomorphological impacts in the North Eastern Italy.

• Fulbright Research Visiting Scholar (January – June 2007) at the Dept. of Geosciences della Colorado State University, USA. Activities: Set-up and carry out of experimental study on flow resistance, bed stability and sediment transport in steep channels

• Postdoc fellow (August 2004 – December 2006) at the Dept. Land and Agroforest Environments (University of Padova). Activities were within the EU project “EPIC FORCE” (Evidence-Based Policy For Integrated Control of Forested River Catchments in Extreme Rainfall and Snowmelt). Activities: field investigations in Latin America (Southern Chile and Argentina, Costa Rica) on stream morphology, large woody debris volumes and characteristics, flow velocity and resistance, sediment transport rates.

CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS

• Bedload and suspended transport in mountain rivers

• Hydrological dynamics of glaciarized basins

• Monitoring and alert systems for debris flow events

• Monitoring and modeling of wood transport in mountain rivers

• Monitoring and assessment of river restoration projects

• Prediction of flood hazard patterns in mountain basins

• Assessment of river hydromorphological status for the EU Water Framework Directive

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