Students supervision

Martina Merlo, Advancing drought detection and management to improve the resilience of multisector systems under climate change, PhD in Science, Technology and Policy for Sustainable Change – XXXVIII cycle, Politecnico di Milano.

Francesco Bressi (A.Y. 2022-2023), Satellite-based Reconstruction of Water Reservoir Dynamics in the Zambezi Watercourse, Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Carola Calisi (A.Y. 2022-2023), Assessing the impacts of temperature extremes on crop production in the Adda River basin, Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Giorgia Sica (A.Y. 2022-2023), Enhancing droughts resilience via expansion of water storage infrastructures, Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Martina Merlo (A.Y. 2021-2022), A pan-European analysis of drought events and impacts, Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Irene Galbiati (A.Y. 2021-2022), Multi-objective Robust Decision Making to discover future vulnerabilities of the Júcar river basin under climate change, Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Emma Krampe (A.Y. 2021-2022), Advancing the Operation of a Multi-Reservoir System Using Global Hydrological Forecast Products, Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Veronica Piuri (A.Y. 2020-2021), Integrating desalination and aquaponics in the Nile River Basin, Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Nicola Crippa (A.Y. 2020-2021), Assessing the value of seasonal forecasts in informing reservoir operations in the water-stressed Mediterranean basins, Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Luca Rampon (A.Y. 2019-2020). Integrating aquaponics technologies in strategic river basin management. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Yousra Saudi (A.Y. 2018-2019). Assessing the value of hydroclimatic services for hydropower megadams. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Martina Daddi (A.Y. 2018-2019). Integrating hydrological constraints for hydropower in energy models: The case study of the Zambezi River Basin in the Southern African Power Pool. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Riccardo Badagliacca & Lisa Spinelli (A.Y. 2017-2018). Designing robust and sustainable development pathways in the Omo-Turkana basin. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Alessandro Gentile (A.Y. 2016-2017). Informing water reservoir operations with climate teleconnections. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

PhD students co-supervision

Marta Zaniolo (XXXII – 2020). Feature Representation Learning in complex water decision making problems. PhD in Information Technology, Politecnico di Milano.

Federico Giudici (XXXII – 2020). Optimal design of off-grid water-energy systems in small Mediterranean islands. PhD in Information Technology, Politecnico di Milano.

Federica Bertoni (XXXII – 2020), Advancing joint design and operation of water resources systems under uncertainty. PhD in Information Technology, Politecnico di Milano.

Emanuele Mason (XXX cycle – 2018). Beyond full rationality: modeling tradeoff dynamics in multi-objective water management. PhD in Information Technology, Politecnico di Milano.

Andrea Cominola (XXIX cycle – 2017). Modelling residential water consumers’ behavior. From smart metered data to demand management. PhD in Information Technology, Politecnico di Milano.

Master students co-supervision

Kushagra Pandey (A.Y. 2020-2021). Advancing the generation of socio-economic scenarios in bottom-up vulnerability assessments. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Thomas Manzoni (A.Y. 2019-2020). Bayesian hierarchical forecasts reconciliation to inform water system control. Master of Science in Automation and Control Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Silvia Colombo (A.Y. 2019-2020). From efficiency to equity, assessing fairness in planning river basins development. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Francesca Robba (A.Y. 2019-2020). Assessing the potential of seasonal drought forecasts for triggering drought management strategies. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Davide Cananzi (A.Y. 2019-2020). Improving drought monitoring via machine learning: A new impact-based drought index. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Ilaria Chiricò (A.Y. 2018-2019). Robust design of dam heightening under climate change: a case study in the Swiss Alps. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Henrique Moreno Dumont Goulart (A.Y. 2018-2019). Assessing the operational value of forecast information under climate change. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Giacomo Trombetta (A.Y. 2018-2019). From individualism to full cooperation: optimal operation of the Nile River basin reservoirs under varying levels of cooperation. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Alessandro Barbieri (A.Y. 2018-2019). Integrating hydrological constraints for hydropower in energy models:The case study of the Zambezi River Basin in the Southern African Power Pool. Master of Science in Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Fabio Belotti (A.Y. 2018-2019). Assessing the streamflow forecasts usefulness in the operation of the Maggia multi-reservoir hydropower system. Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich.

Heuer Petra (A.Y. 2018-2019). Improving hydropower operations by using streamflow forecasts. Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich.

Stefano Gallandra & Marco Sorrenti (A.Y. 2017-2018). Multi-objective optimal design of dam filling strategies: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Valeria Penso (A.Y. 2016-2017). Discovering large-scale climate signals for seasonal meteorological forecasts in Africa. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Barbara Benigni & Sebastian Raimondo (A.Y. 2016-2017). Robust Planning of Agricultural Expansion in Zambezi River basin under Climatic and Socio-economic Changes. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Martina Morlacchi (A.Y. 2015-2016). Unsupervised automatic detection of post meter leakage in residential settings. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Sofia Rossi (A.Y. 2015-2016). A vulnerability analysis of the Red River basin, Vietnam, under co-varying climate and socio-economic changes. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Chiara Samale (A.Y. 2015-2016). Improving seasonal forecast of hydroclimatic variables through the state of large-scale climate signals. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Marika Squeri (A.Y. 2015-2016). Assessing the skill of seasonal meteorological forecast products for predicting droughts and water scarcity in highly regulated basins. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Marta Zaniolo (A.Y. 2015-2016). Design and application of drought indexes in highly regulated Mediterranean water systems. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Marta Andreoni (A.Y. 2015-2016). Pooling drought and flood related financial risk to manage conflict in multi-purpose Lake Maggiore water system. Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Carolina Mesa and Carolina Trimino (A.Y. 2014-2015). ENSO detection for improving long-term streamflow forecasts in Kemano water system. Master of Science in Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus.

P. Gazzotti (A.Y. 2014-2015). Negoziazione in sistemi multiagente per l’identificazione di politiche di regolazione di bacini idrici. Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (co-supervisor).

H.V. Pham (A.Y. 2014-2015). Using ENSO information to improve the operation of the Hoa Binh reservoir, Vietnam. Master of Science in Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus.

A. Alsahaf (A.Y. 2013-2014). Projection- vs. Selection-based Model Reduction For Emulation Modeling in Water Resources Planning and Management Problems. Master of Science in Automation and Control Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

P. Biglarbeigi (A.Y. 2012-2013). Many-objective Direct Policy Search in Dez and Karoun Multireservoir System, Iran. Master of Science in Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus.

A. Amaranto (A.Y. 2012-2013). Balancing fertilizer application and nitrate leaching in agricultural management: a multiobjective analysis. Master of Science in Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus.

S. Dellacorna (A.Y. 2012-2013). Coupling quality and quantity targets in the operation of a hydropower reservoir: a preliminary analysis. Master of Science in Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus.

S. Suardi (A.Y. 2012-2013). Simulatore di sistemi idrici ottimizzato mediante l’algoritmo B-MOMS. Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

R. Vassileva (A.Y. 2011-2012). Assessing dynamic emulation modelling of large environmental data. Master of Science in Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus.

E. Bontempi (A.Y. 2011-2012). Studio di sistemi idrici come problemi di ottimizzazione distribuiti multiobiettivo: modelli e algoritmi. Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

S. Granata (A.Y. 2011-2012). Un simulatore multiagente basato su DCOP per lo studio della gestione di bacini idrici. Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

M. Mainardi (A.Y. 2011-2012). Coupling pre-season farmers planning and optimal water supply management to mitigate climate change impacts. Master of Science in Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus.