PHD ENG. RAFFAELE ALBANO
Assistant Professor, University of Basilicata (UNIBAS-SI)
During my education and professional experience my curiosity has drove my passion for research and innovation. Moreover, water, landscape and nature have played an important role in my life as engineer that works to analyze the environmental issues but also as citizen that wants to be aware of its territory. Therefore, I’m strongly motivated to re-search for ideasto be converted into innovative actionswhich can lead positive changes in our society. The actions are like the green of certain plants that rises just from the earth but which has deep roots, i.e. the ideas. In this context, the science should promote learning and generates knowledge through anopen process of guided discovery that involve all of use, without exception.
“Many things are better when are open …. science is one of them”
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EDUCATION
- Erasmus student at the Linkoping University, Sweden, 2009/2010
- Master Degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering at University of Basilicata (109/110), Italy, 2010
- PROIDRO – Post-graduated master course, PROfessionisti del monitoraggio ambientale e la sicurezza idrogeologica (expert of environmental monitoring and hydro-geological risk), University of Basilicata, Italy, 2012
- Doctor of Philosophy, PhD School of Methods and Technologies for Environmental Monitoring, University of Basilicata (UNIBAS), Italy, 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor (Rtd a) at School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Italy, since 2020
- Research Associate at School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Italy, since 2016-2020
- Invited Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Babes-Bolay, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Feb-Marc 2017
- Research Associate at DICEM, University of Basilicata, Italy, 2014/2015, ICAR/02 – AGR/03
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Co-Founder of Wat-tube spin-off UNIBAS, technological transfer in the field of water resource management, since 2013 
PC officer for Early Career Scientists of European Geosciences Union 2019-2020
Early Career Scientists Representative for Natural Hazard Division of European Geosciences Union (2015-2018)
Former member of UNESCO Young Italian Commission (2015-2017)- ISPRS member
- OSGeo member
- AGU member
RESEARCH GROUP AND LABS
HONOR & AWARDS
- “40 Under 40 Remarkable GEOSPATIAL Professionals” by xyHt
- “Business Factory project” for innovative start-up funded by Presidenza del ConsigliodeiMinistri, Ministero della Gioventù, 2011
- “Young Contributors Award” in the Urban Data Management Society Conference, 2011
- “Best Poster Award” in the XXXIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, 2012
EDITOR AND REVIEWER ACTIVITIES ON INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
- Editorial Board Member of the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
- Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Computational Methods and Applications to Simulate Water-Related Natural Hazards” on Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Geospatial Methods and Tools for Natural Risk Management and Communications” for the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
- Outstanding Reviewer 2018 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Outstanding Reviewer 2016 Journal of Hydrology