Salvatore Straface
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente
P. Pietro Bucci, Cubo 42B
87036 - Rende (CS) - Italy
Phone: +39 0984 496572
E-mail: straface@unical.it
Education
1986 – 1993 Degree in Hydraulic Engineering, (with the highest grade), Università della Calabria.
1994 –1997 Philosophy Doctorate in Hydraulic Construction for the Environment and Territory.
Main Employment History
2020 – Today Full Professor, in Hydraulics, Università della Calabria.
2013 – 2020 Associate Professor, Università della Calabria.
2002 – 2013 Assistant Professor, Università della Calabria
2001 Visiting Researcher, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
1999 – 2001 Post-doc researcher, Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Difesa del Suolo.
Academic Appointements
2015-today Chair of Master Degree Course, Ingegneria per l‘Ambiente e il Territorio.
2014 – today Delegate of Rector in the istitutional relations in Ecuador, Università della Calabria.
2013 – today Member of Steering Committee, PhD School in “Sciences and Engineering of Environment, Construction and Energy“, Università della Calabria.
2019 – today Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Information Science and Technologies (CNR), Pisa
2009 – today Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Analysis Methodologies Institute of Italian Research Centre (CNR), Potenza.
Scientific Honours
2013 Researcher “Prometeo“: Balance hìdrico de la Cuenca del Rìo Chambo
2012 Enrico Marchi Lecturer, Characterization of porous media using hydrogeophysical investigations
Reseach Projects
2018-2022 Renewable Energies for Water Treatment and Reuse in Mining Industries (REMIND), Horizon 2020 - MSCA – RISE. Project Coordinator.
2018-2021 Extracting Energy and Water in Seawater Green House (SGH) by Saline Gradients and Sun Energy, Co- Supervisor.
2006-2008 PRIN: Methodologies of geostatistic characterization of heterogeneous aquifers, Partners: Politechnic of Milan and University of Calabria.
Publications
48 papers on Journals, 8 chapters in Books, 40 papers in Proceedings, 2 Books and 2 Patents.
(h index=16 and 1206 citations from Google Scholar)
