Previous positions [2019 - today] Associate professor - Hydraulic and marine constructions and hydrology (scientific sector ICAR/02) at the University of Calabria (UNICAL) [2016 - 2019] Tenure track researcher at UNICAL [2006 - 2016] Research fellow at UNICAL Prizes and awards [June 2021] National Academic Qualification as Full Professor (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) in Hydraulic and marine constructions and hydrology; [September 2020] 1. Förderpreis 2020 der Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Instituts für Meteorologie und Kilmaforsching (IMK-IFU) for best paper (Fersch et al., 2020) [September – October 2015] Scholarship for a Research Stay for University Academics and Scientists awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); [September 2011 – August 2014] Grant for research fellowship “Development of distributed hydrological models and coupling with meteorological and climate models” awarded by UNICAL, in collaboration with KIT Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT – Campus Alpin, Germany) Visiting academic positions [since 2021] Affiliated to the Euromediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) concerning coupled atmosphere-hydrological modelling in the Adriatic Basin [October 2011-October 2015] Various periods (ca. 1.5 years overall) at the KIT Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research [October 2011] National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) (Boulder, Colorado – USA) [March 2011] Department of Geography and Earth Science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Teaching activities and PhD supervision [from AY 2017/18], Dynamically Coupled Atmospheric-Hydrological Modelling Systems, PhD School in Science and Engineering of the Environment, Constructions and Energy (UNICAL); [from AY 2022/23], Operational tools for hydraulic-environmental studies (Master’s programme in Environmental Engineering, UNICAL); [from AY 2016/17], Multi-Risk Forecasting Systems (Master’s programme in Environmental Engineering, UNICAL). Previous activities (selected) [AY 2021/22] Hydraulic constructions (Bachelor’s programme in Environmental and Chemical Engineering, UNICAL); [AY 2019/20] Geographic Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme in Environmental and Chemical Engineering, UNICAL); [AY 2006/07 – 2009/10] Numerical Cartography and GIS Applications (Bachelor’s programme in Natural Hazards Management, UNICAL). Supervisor of two PhD students at the University of Calabria and the University of Padua and of three visiting PhD students. Other work experience (e.g. consultancy if any) [Since 2021] Expert evaluator for the European Commission Research Executive Agency (REA); [2017 – 2021] Expert-Reviewer/Rapporteur by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Romania and the Research & Innovation Foundation of the Republic of Cyprus; [2016] Technical support for the definition of the development specifications of an IT system aimed at displaying geo-localized weather forecasts in real time - (CAE SpA); [2016] Consultant for "Quali-quantitative monitoring of surface and underground water bodies of the Calabria Region pursuant to Legislative Decree 152/2006 and subsequent amendments." [2013 - 2014] Development of a system for wildfires prevention and monitoring in Calabria (Calabria Region - Department of the Presidency - Civil Protection Sector); [October 2010] Drought and water shortage expert within the Scientific Coordination Project of the Integrated Water Resource Management Network (IWRM-NET). Administrative role and position responsibility [Since 2017] Board member of the Environmental Engineering course at UNICAL; [Since 2017] Member of the Doctoral College and the Didactic Commission (until 2019) of the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering of the Environment, Constructions and Energy (UNICAL); [Since 2018] Member of the Teacher-Student Joint Commission of the Environmental Engineering course at UNICAL; [Since 2021] contact person for the University of Calabria in the Climate Change Working Group of the RUS - Network of Universities for Sustainable Development, promoted by the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI); Member of numerous selection boards at the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering of the Environment, Constructions and Energy (UNICAL); President and member of many evaluation commissions for PhD calls, scholarships and research grants at the Department of Environmental Engineering at UNICAL. Scientific organisations/Coordination of academic activities - Member of Scientific and Organizing Committees of international meetings and workshops, among which the 1st (11-13.06.2014) “European Fully Coupled Atmospheric-Hydrological Modeling and WRF-Hydro Users workshop”, – UNICAL, Italy https://cesmma.unical.it/wrf-hydro2014/; and the Future Coastal Ocean Climates Workshop (21-23.02.2023, Jurys Inn, Keel Wharf, Liverpool, UK) in the framework of the FLAME project, an endorsed UN Ocean Decade Action and a core project of the CoastPredict Programme. - Developer and responsible for real-time weather forecast delivery of the Department of Environmental Engineering, UNICAL: https://cesmma.unical.it/cesmma-weather-forecasting/ - Member of Scientific Committees of international meetings and workshops (selected): 2016-2021, co-convener and/or chairman in sessions related to coupled atmosphere-hydrological modelling within the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assemblies; Scientific Committee member in the Special Sessions on High-Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation within the 2nd and 3rd International Conferences “Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms” (NUMTA 2016 and 2019); Since 2016, convener/co-convener in several sessions within the Italian National Congresses on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions. Editorial activity Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Coupled atmosphere-hydrological processes: novel system developments and cross-compartment evaluations”, ongoing on Hydrological Processes (Wiley). Reviewer for almost 40 international scientific journals. Appointed as Top reviewers for Multidisciplinary - September 2017 by Publons (now WebOfScience). Full list of the verified peer reviews per Journal (177 from 2011 to Nov 2022) at this link: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/561583