Curriculum

PERSONAL DETAILS Date of birth : 18/04/1980 Citizienship : Italian Australian Permanent Resident Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) Marital status : single Driving licence : B

 

PhD Eng. Claudia Cherubini
PhD In Environmental Engineering

National Scientific Habilitation to Full Professor

Associate professor in Hydrogeology

Department of Environmental and Prevention Sciences

University of Ferrara

e-mail: claudia.cherubini@unife.it

Honorary Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering
School of Civil Engineering | The University of Queensland | St Lucia QLD 4072 | Australia
c.cherubini@uq.edu.au

Adjunct professor at the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (Trieste)

 

EDUCATION STUDIES

-       1998 - secondary education at a scientific high school (60/60)

-       2003 - M.S. Civil Engineering I Faculty of Engineering of Polytechnic of Bari (110 cum laude)

-       2007 - PhD in “Engineering for the Defence of Ecosystems”

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

-       2008 Post Doctoral Fellow at CNR (National Centre of Research)

-       2008-2009 Research Fellow at Polytechnic of Bari (Italy)

-       2009-2012 Research Associate at Polytechnic of Bari (Italy)

-     16/07/2012-31/08/2015 Associate Professor (Maître de Conférence) at Polytechnical Institute LaSalle Beauvais (France)

-     01/09/2015–31/08/16 Lecturer in Water Engineering at University of Queensland (Australia)

-     01/09/2016 -31/08/17 Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering at Brunel University London (UK)

-     01/09/17- 31/08/20 Tenure-track (RTDb) Associate Professor in Hydrogeology at University of Ferrara through ‘direct call of scholars of the highest repute working permanently abroad in University’

-     01/09/20- 01/10/23 Associate Professor in Hydrogeology at University of Ferrara

-     02/10/23- present Associate Professor in Hydrogeology at University of Trieste

-     01/09/2016- 31/08/2019 Honorary (adjunct) lecturer at University of Queensland (Australia)

-     01/11/2019-present Honorary (adjunct) Senior lecturer at University of Queensland (Australia)

-     01/04/22-present Adjunct Professor at National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) in Trieste

-     09/2018-present National Scientific Habilitation to the function of Full Professor in Italy

 

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES-

PhD supervision and PhD viva examination experience

-       2023 – Supervisor of PhD student Danial Sheini Dashtgoli for the project ‘Integration of geophysical and geological data and hydrogeological modelling for characterisation of geothermal resource in the Friuli Plain’ with University of Trieste and National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)

-       2023 - Supervisor of PhD student Ali Ranjbar for the project ‘Seawater intrusion in fractured aquifers’ at the University of Queensland. Start in October 2023.

-        2017- 2020 Supervisor (Associate Advisor) of PhD student Jiawei Li at the University of Queensland. Thesis title: Flow Behaviours and CO2 Storage Potential Characterization during the Process of Enhanced Geothermal Systems with the Injection of CO2

-       2022 Appointed as external examiner by Brunel University London (Department of Civil Engineering College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences) of the doctoral thesis submitted by Keith Atkinson Adams, titled: ‘A multi-hazard cascading risk model for coastal rail infrastructure: numerical modelling & engineering failure analysis’

-       2022 Appointed as external referee by The Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. for the Doctoral thesis ‘Measurements and Modeling of Flux Probability Distribution in Heterogeneous Unsaturated Soil Probability Distribution in Heterogeneous Unsaturated Soil’ (By GAL WEISSMAN) advised by Prof. OFER DAHAN, Prof. GOLAN BEL.

-       2012 Appointed as External Referee of the PhD in “Programa de ciencias del mar” of the Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña. Doctoral Thesis of Margarita Díez Rilova titled: “Caracterización de la dispersión de contaminantes en la zona costera” in Spanish.

-       2019- 2020 Scientific supervisor of the external (sabbatical) PhD student Ali Ranjbar, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran (Iran) at the University of Queensland. Thesis title: ‘Evaluation of Sea Level Rise and Extracting Rate Effect on Saltwater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifer under Heterogeneity Algorithms of Hydraulic Conductivity’.

-     2014-2017 Cosupervisor of PhD thesis of Nicoletta Allegretti with an international cotutelle PhD between Polytechnic of Bari and Polytechnic Institute UniLaSalle Beauvais. Title of thesis ‘Innovative hydrogeological practices for the exploitation of groundwater resources as a source of geothermal energy in heterogeneous aquifers.’

 

Post Doc supervision

2019-2022 Supervisor of Post Doc Fellow Sathish Sadhasivham on the project: ‘Study of mitigation of the effects of climate changes and subsidence on saltwater intrusion in coastal areas’

2022-2024 Supervisor of Post Doc Fellow Nandini Viswa on the project: ‘Analysis of the infiltration processes in the unsaturated zone, aimed at optimising water resources management for climate change adaptation’

OTHER ACADEMIC & RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

-       2022 scientific responsible of the University of Ferrara within the Framework agreement with the Municipality of Ferrara for scientific collaboration activities for research and analysis to support the disciplines of the government of the Territory and Urban Planning

-     2023- International scientific expert reviewer of the US Department of Defense SERDP Call for Peer Reviewers - Quantitative Groundwater Plume Characterization to Support Transition Assessments

-     2019- International scientific expert reviewer of the US Department of Defense SERDP Call for Peer Reviewers - Quantitative Groundwater Plume Characterization to Support Transition Assessments

-     2016- International scientific expert of the Evaluation Committee “Ecosystem dynamics to improve their sustainable management” of the French National Research Agency (ANR).

-     2016 Member of the Editorial Board of Heliyon, Elsevier for Civil Engineering

-     2013- 2015 responsible of the specialization 'Hydrogeology and Industrial Risks' of the engineering geology graduate program at LaSalle Beauvais

-     2012-2013 and 2013-2014 responsible of the pedagogical reform of the 4th and the 5th year for the specialization 'Hydrogeology and Industrial Risks' at LaSalle Beauvais

-     2019-2022 Appointed as Lecturer of English for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) PhD student course at University of Ferrara for three consecutive years

-     2012 Lecturer at Master “Pianificazione Territoriale e Ambientale” (Territorial and Environmental Planning)

-     2011 Lecturer in MSc Module “Mineral Resource Assessment” at University of Exeter- Camborne School of Mines after formal invitation.

-     2011 Lecturer at Master “Pianificazione Territoriale e Ambientale” (Territorial and Environmental Planning)

- 2008 Lecturer at University of Siena at “PhD International course on Advanced Numerical Modeling of Flow and Transport in Soils and Aquifers”

-       2009 Lecturer at Polytechnic of Milan within the Interpolytechnic doctorate school

-       2007 Lecturer at the course "Technician for waste management” at CISEM

-       2008 Lecturer (for Polytechnic of Bari) at I.F.T.S within the project “Technician for monitoring and management of environment and territory

-       2003-2012 Collaboration to the didactic of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses Polytechnic of Bari

RESEARCH ABROAD

-       2005 Research at Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universität Göttingen (reductive dechlorination)

-       2006 Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) (fracture flow in the vadose zone)

-       2009-2010 Research at USGS Menlo Park (CA) laboratory (effect of heterogeneity on converging flow tracer tests)

-       2011 Guest researcher Pan European Non Homogeneous Turbulence Laboratory of ERCOFTAC

ACTIVITIES OF SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION

-       2013-2015 responsible of international exchanges and researches of LaSalle Beauvais and US Universities (exchanges with Michigan State University-MSU, University of Texas el Paso-UTEP, University of Nevada-Reno- UNR, University of Georgia-UGA, University of Arkansas-UARK)

-       2008 Collaboration within the research project PRIMAC - Protection of coastal aquifers from seawater intrusion (European project)

-       2006 Collaboration within the Yucca Mountain (Nevada) Project of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA).

-       2005 Collaboration within the European research project KORA (Deutschland)

-       2004 Collaboration with ENI S.p.A. (AgipPetroli) and Enitecnologie within the Research Project “New Strategies of Remediation and Environmental Monitoring of Contaminated Groundwater with Innovative Materials”.

-       2004 Collaboration with ENI S.p.A.(AgipPetroli), Enitecnologie and Polytechnic of Bari within the post degree (master) Project of Formation titled: “Systems and study Techniques for the Remediation of polluted Soils and Groundwater”

-       2006 Scientific Organizing Secretary of the II National A.I.G.A. Congress.

HONORS AND AWARDS

-       2023 Invited at La Sapienza University of Rome for Fondazione Bellisario’s event:‘Donne che fanno la differenza’ (Women who make the difference)

-       2023 Invited to be a speaker at TED x Ferrara. Title of talk: Le città del futuro resilienti ai cambiamenti climatici

-       2023 Invited to deliver lectures at the Winter School (21 Days) of the to the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras and IIT Patna aDST on the topic “Advances in Geospatial Technologies

-       2022 Invited by Westlake University (China) to give a seminar titled: Numerical modeling and geostatistical techniques for water resources management’. The seminar was sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and Westlake University.

-       2019 Chairman at the Australasian Groundwater Conference: Groundwater in a changing world. 24-27 November 2019, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

-       2013-2021: Co-convener at EGU (European Geoscience Union) General Assembly for the Session: NP6.2 Turbulence, Vortices and Waves in Stratified and Rotating Fluids

-       2013 in the expert committee ‘prix Roberval’ 26th edition

-       2012 Winner of “Division Outstanding Young Scientists Award” for the Division on Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)

-       2011 Winner of Prize XXIII Edizione Premio Marisa Bellisario “DONNE: INNOVAZIONE E CAPITALE UMANO” category “Giovani Ricercatrici e Talenti dell’Innovazione.”

-       2012 Invited Lecturer at the Centre for Physics of Geological Processes (PGP), University of Oslo.

-       2010 Among a short list of 35 selected applicants for a tenure-track assistant professorship at Stanford University (Ca) at Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

-       2011 Invited lecturer at “INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TURBULENCE, DIFFUSION AND MIXING EFFICIENCY: Climate and Pollution” at UPC Barcelona

-       2010 Formally invited to undertake lectures on geostatistics applied to environmental geology in the MSc Module “Mineral Resource Assessment” at the University of Exeter (Camborne school of Mines) in February 2011

-       2011 Solicited contribution of an oral presentation at EGU meeting in Vienna (8 April 2011) at session on Mixing NP6 – Turbulence, Transport and Diffusion “Mixing, Diffusion and Lagrangian transport in Geophysical Flows”

-       2011 Invited to undertake lectures on hydrogeology at USGS Menlo Park (CA) in Summer 2012

-       2011 Invited as a visiting scientist to collaborate with the Unsaturated-Zone Flow Project, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA

-       2007 “Best Student Paper” for the paper “A hydrodynamic model of a contaminated fractured aquifer” 5th International Conference IASME / WSEAS 2007.

 

FUNDED PROJECTS – PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Only scientific responsible of EU Project ‘AIR BREAK: Co-producing healthy clean commuting air spots in town’ funded by UIA Program (Urban Innovative Actions) Start date: 01/07/2020 End date: 30/06/2023. Total contribution: 4.999.986,80 €
  • New Staff Research Start-up Grant 2016 ‘Conceptual and mathematical modelling of unsaturated flow in single synthetic fractures.The University of Queensland 2015-2016
  • Geostatistics to characterise, cleanup and monitoring of contaminated sites. LaSalle Beauvais 2015
  • FAR 2018 University of Ferrara
  • ANVUR 2017 Finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca, Funding of research activities
  • ANVUR 2018 Departments of excellence admitted to funding

COLLABORATION IN FUNDED PROJECTS

  • Hydrogeological platform at Polytechnical Institute LaSalle Beauvais 2012-2015
  • RELA-VALBIOR “Network of laboratories to support research in the area of “Innovative technologies for the valorisation of residual biomass of the productive sectors of Apulia Region” within the frame of Regional Framework Program for Scientific Research 2010- 2012
  • Effect of heterogeneity on converging flow tracer tests at USGS Menlo Park (CA) 2009-2010
  • Protection of coastal aquifers from seawater intrusion (PRIMAC) 2007-2008
  • Fracture flow in the vadose zone at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) 2006
  • Reductive dechlorination as a groundwater remediation strategy (KORA).Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universität Göttingen (Germany) 2005
  • ENI S.p.A. (AgipPetroli) and Enitecnologie within the Research Project “New Strategies of Remediation and Environmental Monitoring of Contaminated Groundwater with Innovative Materials” 2004
  • Collaboration with ENI S.p.A.(AgipPetroli), Enitecnologie and Polytechnic of Bari within the post degree (master) Project of Formation titled: “Systems and study Techniques for the Remediation of polluted Soils and Groundwater” 2004

 

 

CONSULTANT ACTIVITY

-       Since 2019 Consultant of the US Department of Defense in the SERDP Program - Quantitative Groundwater Plume Characterization to Support Transition Assessments

-       2004 - Consultant of Italian Ministry of Environment and Protection of the Territory

-       Nov 2006/Nov 2007- junior expert of Sector of Remediation and Waste, Apulia Region

-       Dec 2007/ March 2009 Member of the Technical Committee of Remediation of Apulia Region- Sector of Remediation and Waste, expert in remediation techniques of contaminated soil.

-       2006 Consultant of Society TTE SRL (Tetra Tech Europa)

-       01/01/05 -31/03/05 Consultant of STUDIO AGLIETTO S.R., on risk assessment and flow and contaminant transport modeling in aquifers.

-       2005 collaboration with Polytechnic of Bari for development of the Preliminary Remediation Project of the site Syndial of Brindisi, for SNAMPROGETTI

 

 

Referee for the journals:

  • Transport in Porous Media, Editor: Martin Blunt ISSN: 0169-3913 IF= 2.211
  • Journal of Hydrology Editors-in-Chief: A. Bardossy, P. Baveye, L. Charlet, K.P. Georgakakos , G. Syme, C. Corradini , P.K. Kitanidis  Elsevier ISSN: 0022-1694 IF= 3.727
  • Hydrogeology Journal (HJ) executive editor: C.I. Voss ISSN: 1431-2174  2010 IF= 2.071
  • Water — Open Access Journal MDPI (ISSN 2073-4441; CODEN: WATEGH) Impact Factor: 1.832 (2016)
  • Environmental Earth Sciences Editors: J.W. LaMoreaux; G. Dörhöfer Springer ISSN: 1866-6280 (2010) Impact Factor (IF) 1.435
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) (chief-executive editor) Erwin Zehe ISSN, 10275606 IF 4.936
  • Vadose Zone Journal Editor Michael Young ISSN: 1539-1663 Impact Factor: 3.634
  • Journal of Cleaner Production Co-Editors-in-Chief: Jiří Jaromír KlemešCecília Maria Villas Bôas de AlmeidaYutao Wang ISSN: 0959-6526 Impact Factor: 6.395
  • Natural Resources Research Editor-in-Chief: John Carranza. ISSN: 1520-7439 Impact Factor: 2.00
  • Applied Sciences — Editor-in Chief Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi Open Access Journal  ISSN 2076-3417 Impact Factor 2.217
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Co-Editors-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Tony Clare, Prof. Dr. Dong-Sheng Jeng, Prof. Dr. Boris Peter Koch, Prof. Dr. Charitha Pattiaratchi, Prof. Dr. Magnus Wahlberg, Prof. Dr. Gary Wilson, Prof. Dr. Roshanka Ranasinghe ISSN 2077-1312) Impact Factor: 1.732 (2018)
  • Energy. The International Journal Editor-in-Chief: Henrik Lund ISSN: 0360-5442 Impact Factor: 5.537
  • Groundwater for sustainable Development, Elsevier, Editor-in-Chief: Prosun BhattacharyaJochen Bundschuh ISSN: 2352-801X IF= 1.35
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (JRMGE) Editor-in-Chief: Q. Qian ISSN: 1674-7755. E-ISSN: 2589-0417 IF=0.6
  • Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Editor-in-Chief: Abdullah M. Al-Amri ISSN: 1866-7511 Impact Factor1.141
  • International Journal of Geosciences (IJG) Editors in Chief  J.BourgoisS. Jin ISSN Print: 2156-8359 ISSN Online: 2156-8367 Impact Factor (IF): 0.72
  • Structural Control and Health Monitoring Editors: Lucia Faravelli, Satish Nagarajaiah Wiley Impact Factor: 0.982 Online ISSN: 1545-2263
  • Applied Mathematical Modelling Elsevier editors: Johann Sienz Impact Factor 1.706

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS

-       2019 – present IAH (International Association of Hydrogeologists) Member

-       2011-2019 EGU (European Geoscience Union) Member

-       2008 Member of International Scientific Committee of WSEAS International Conference Rhodes 20-22 August

-       2009 Member of International Program Committee WSEAS International Conference Acapulco, Mexico 25- 27 January

-       2009 Member of International Scientific Committee WSEAS International Conference Moscow 20 -22 August

-       Member of the International Program Committee of the international Book “Theoretical and Experimental Aspects of Heat and Mass Transfer” Copyright 2008 by WSEAS Press ISBN: 978-960-6766-31-2 ISSN: 1790-2769

 

 

ACTIVITIES REGARDING PATENTS

Collaboration in the intellectual property for the patent Process for treating and generating energy from biomasses

https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017216720A3/en

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed full papers (International journals)

  1. 2023 Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Concetta I. Giasi. Integrated Hydrogeological Modelling for Sustainable Management of the Brindisi Plain Aquifer (Southern Italy) Water 2023, 15(16), 2943; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15162943
  2. 2023 Arjuman Rafiq Reshi, Har Amrit Singh Sandhu, Claudia Cherubini and Akshar Tripathi Estimating Land Subsidence and Gravimetric Anomaly Induced by Aquifer Overexploitation in the Chandigarh Tri-City Region, India by Coupling Remote Sensing with a Deep Learning Neural Network Model. Water 2023, 15(6), 1206; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061206
  3. 2023 Claudia Cherubini, Sathish Sadhasivam, Nicola Pastore. Dynamics of Coastal Aquifers: Conceptualization and Steady-State Calibration of Multilayer Aquifer System—Southern Coast of Emilia Romagna Water 2023, 15(13), 2384; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15132384
  4. 2022 Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Assessment of seasonal Borehole Thermal Energy Storage in the seawater intrusion region of a carbonate aquifer, Geothermics, Volume 106, 2022, 102581, ISSN 0375-6505, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102581.
  5. 2022 Ranjbar, A.; Cherubini, C.; Pastore, N. Experimental Investigation on Water Seepage through Transparent Synthetic Rough-Walled Fractures. Water 2022, 14, 3199. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14203199
  6. 2021 Pastore, Nicola; Cherubini, Claudia; Giasi, Concetta I. Analysis of gravel back-filled borehole heat exchanger in karst fractured limestone aquifer at local scale. DOI:10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101971. pp.101971-1-101971-15. In GEOTHERMICS - ISSN:0375-6505 vol. 89
  7. 2021. Pastore, Nicola; Cherubini, Claudia; Giasi, Concetta I.; Rapti, Dimitra Numerical model of the behavior of chlorinated ethenes in a fractured, karstic limestone aquifer. DOI:10.1007/s10040-020-02248-1. pp.667-686. In HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL - ISSN:1431-2174 vol. 29 (2)
  8. 2021. Sadhasivam, Sathish; Cherubini, Claudia; Nicola, Pastore; Giasi, Concetta I.; Dimitra, Rapti Impacts of Desalinated and Recycled Water in the Abu Dhabi Surficial Aquifer. DOI:10.3390/w13202853. pp.2853-1-2853-23. In WATER - ISSN:2073-4441 vol. 13 (20)
  9. 2020 J. Li, W. Yuan, Y. Zhang, C. Cherubini, A. Scheuermann, S.A. Galindo Torres, L. Li, Numerical investigations of CO2 and N2 miscible flow as the working fluid in enhanced geothermal systems, Energy 206 (2020) 118062, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118062
  10. 2020 Nicola Pastore, Concetta Giasi, Cherubini Claudia Cherubini Numerical model assessment of chlorinated solvents behavior in fractured and karstic limestone aquifer. Submitted to Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Elsevier, Impact Factor 2.680
  11. 2020 Ali Ranjbar, Claudia Cherubini, Development of a robust ensemble meta-model for prediction of salinity time series under uncertainty (case study: Talar aquifer) ,Heliyon,Volume 6, Issue 12,2020, e05758,ISSN 2405-8440, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05758.
  12. 2020 Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Angelo Doglioni, Concetta I. Giasi, Vincenzo Simeone. Analysis of hydrodynamic behavior of the Ionian coastal plain multilayered aquifer during episodic rainfall events. Submitted to Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier, Impact Factor 4.938
  13. 2020. Ranjbar, Ali; Mahjouri, Najmeh; Cherubini, Claudia Development of an efficient conjunctive meta-model-based decision-making framework for saltwater intrusion management in coastal aquifers. DOI:10.1016/j.jher.2019.11.005. pp.45-58. In JOURNAL OF HYDRO-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH - ISSN:1570-6443 vol. 29
  14. 2020 Ranjbar, A., Cherubini, C. & Saber, A. Investigation of transient sea level rise impacts on water quality of unconfined shallow coastal aquifers. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 17, 2607–2622 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-020-02684-2
  15. 2019. Li, Jiawei; Li, Zi; Yuan, Wanju; Lei, Ximing; Andres Galindo Torres, Sergio; Cherubini, Claudia; Scheuermann, Alexander, Li, Ling Numerical investigation of liquid and supercritical CO2 flow behaviors through 3D self-affine rough fractures. DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.04.012. pp.669-682. In FUEL - ISSN:0016-2361 vol. 251
  16. 2019. Jiawei Li, Zhixue Sun, Yin Zhang, Chuanyin Jiang, Claudia Cherubini, Alexander Scheuermann, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Ling Li Investigations of heat extraction for water and CO2 flow based on the rough-walled discrete fracture network. pp.1-15. In ENERGY - ISSN:0360-5442 vol. 189
  17. 2018 Claudia Cherubini, Nicola Pastore, Dimitra Rapti, and Concetta I. Giasi. Numerical modeling of flow and transport in the Bari industrial area by means of rough walled parallel plate and random walk models Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 5211–5225, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5211-2018 10.5194/hess-22-5211-2018
  18. 2018 Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Dimitra Rapti, and Concetta I. Giasi Experimental study of forced convection heat transport in porous media Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 25, 279–290, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-279-2018
  19. Jiawei Li, Claudia Cherubini, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Nicola Pastore and Ling Li Laboratory Investigation of Flow Paths in 3D Self-Affine Fractures with Lattice Boltzmann Simulations, Energies 2018, 11, 168; doi:10.3390/en11010168
  20. Pastore Nicola, Cherubini Claudia and Giasi Concetta I. (2017) Kinematic diffusion approach to describe recharge phenomena in unsaturated fractured chalk. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 65 3: 287-296. doi:10.1515/johh-2017-0033
  21. Cherubini Claudia, Pastore Nicola, Giasi Concetta I. and Maria Allegretti, Nicoletta (2017) Laboratory experimental investigation of heat transport in fractured media. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 24 1: 23-42. doi:10.5194/npg-24-23-2017
  22. N. Pastore, C. Cherubini , C. I. Giasi , J. M. Redondo, Experimental investigation of heat transport through single synthetic fractures, Energy Procedia 125 (2017) 327–334
  23. Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Concetta I Giasi, Nicoletta Maria Allegretti Experimental investigations of heat transport dynamics in a 1D porous medium column, Energy Procedia, Volume 97, November 2016, Pages 233-239
  1. R. Armand, C. Cherubini, J. Tuduri, N. Pastore, O. Pourret . Rare earth elements in French stream waters – revisiting the geochemical continental cycle using FOREGS dataset. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration Volume 157, October 2015, Pages 132–142
  2. Experimental Study of Heat Transport in Fractured Network N. Pastore, Cherubini, C.I. Giasi, N.M. Allegretti, J.M. Redondo, M. Tarquis, Energy Procedia Volume 76, August 2015, Pages 273–281 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.860
  3. C. Cherubini, C. I. Giasi, N. Pastore (2014). On the reliability of analytical models to predict solute transport in a fracture network. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 2359-2374, 2014
    www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/18/2359/2014/ doi:10.5194/hess-18-2359-2014 Impact factor 3.587
  4. C. Cherubini, C. I. Giasi, N. Pastore (2013). Evidence of non-darcy flow and non-fickian transport in fractured media at laboratory scale. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 2599–2611. Impact factor 3.587.
  5. Cherubini, C., Giasi, C., Pastore, N., (2013). Fluid flow modeling of a coastal fractured karstic aquifer by means of a lumped parameter approach. Environmental Earth Sciences, 70 (5), 2055-2060. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0851-5.
  6. Cherubini C. Giasi, C. Pastore N. (2013) A laboratory physical model to analyse flow and transport processes in a fractured rock sample at bench scale level. Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment, 2013 (1), 19-32. DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2013-01-02
  7. C. Cherubini, N. Pastore (2011) Critical stress scenarios for a coastal aquifer in southeastern Italy. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1381-1393, 2011
    doi:10.5194/nhess-11-1381-2011
  8. Costantino Masciopinto, Angela Volpe, Domenico Palmiotta, Claudia Cherubini (2010): A combined PHREEQC-2/parallel fracture model for the simulation of laminar/non-laminar flow and contaminant transport with reactions. In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology Volume 117, Issues 1-4, 20 September 2010, Pages 94-108 ISSN 0169-7722. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.07.003
  9. Claudia Cherubini, Nicola Pastore (2010): Modeling contaminant propagation in a fractured and karstic aquifer. In: Fresenius Environmental Bulletin ISSN 1018-4619 PSP Vol 19 n.9-2010.
  10. Claudia Cherubini, Fausta Musci, Nicola Pastore (2009): Checking Simulations Of A Geolithological Model Obtained By Means Of Nested Truncated Bigaussian Method. In: International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences ISSN: 1998-0140 Issue 1, Volume 3, 2009 Pp. 152-161
  11. Claudia Cherubini, Fausta Musci, Nicola Pastore (2009): Stochastic Geolithological Reconstruction Coupled With Artificial Neural Networks Approach For Hydrogeological Modeling. In: International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences ISSN: 1998-0140 (Issue 1, Volume 3, 2009 Pp 105-114
  12. Cherubini Claudia, Nicola Pastore, Vincenzo Francani (2008): Different Approaches For The Characterization Of A Fractured Karst Aquifer. In: WSEAS Transactions On Fluid Mechanics. (Vol. Issue 1, Volume 3, Pp. 29-35). ISSN: 1790-5087. Wisconsin-Usa.
  13. Castrignanò Annamaria, Cherubini Claudia, Giasi Concetta I, Musci Fausta, Pastore Nicola (2007): Multivariate Geostatistical And Natural Attenuation Model Approach For Remediation Of Chlorinated Compounds. In: WSEAS Transactions On Environment And Development. (Issue 5, Vol.3, Pp. 90-98). ISSN: 1790-5079. : (United States).
  14. Cherubini Claudia, Concetta I. Giasi. (2005): The Evaluation Of Deformability Modulus By Rock Mass Classification Systems: A Comparative Study. In: Journal Of Civil Engineering Research And Practice. Vol. 2 N. 1, Pp. 67-75 ISSN: 1729-5769.
  1. C. Cherubini, C. I. Giasi, and N. Pastore (2012) Bench scale laboratory tests to analyze non-linear flow in fractured media Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 2511-2522, 2012 www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2511/2012/doi:10.5194/hess-16-2511-2012
  1. Claudia Cherubini, Costantino Masciopinto (2009): Modeling Efficacy Of Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) In Waste Sites Polluted by Hydrocarbons: A Case Study. In: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution. Vol. 6.1 ISSN: 0972-9860. IOS Press. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  1. Cherubini Claudia (2008): A Modeling Approach For The Study of Contamination in a Fractured Aquifer. In:Geotechnical And Geological Engineering. Vol. 26 N.5, Pp. 519-533 ISSN: 0960-3182. Springer Netherlands.
LANGUAGE SKILLS

-       English :

  • IELTS 08/10/15 with the overall band score 8
  • certification of “FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH” conferred by “University of Cambridge” in 1997.

-       German :

  • certification  “ZENTRALE MITTENSTUFENPRÜFUNG” conferred by Goethe - Institut of Bonn;
  • certification “ZERTIFIKAT DEUTSCH” conferred by Goethe – Institut of Bonn;
  • attestation of frequency to the “Intensiv Kurs Deutsch für Junge Erwachsene - Mittelstufe ” conferred by Goethe Institut Berlin;
  • attestation of frequency to “ Intensiv 4 Kurs - Mittelstufe 3 ” conferred by Goethe Institut Bonn.

-       French:

  • Certification “DELF”  (DIPLÔME D’ ETUDES EN LANGUE FRANÇAISE) Unitè A1, A2, A3 conferred by “ Ministère de l’ éducation Nationale ” ;
  • certification “DIPLÔME UNIVERSITAIRE LANGUE ET CULTURE FRANÇAISES” conferred by ’ Université de Perpignan ;
  • Attestation of “ Certificat de Stage de langue et de civilisation françaises ” conferred by  Université de Perpignan.

-       Spanish:

·   Certification “DELE SUPERIOR” (DIPLOMA DE ESPAÑOL COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA) confered by Instituto Cervantes ;

·   Attestation of “Curso intensivo de Español, nivel Avanzado” conferred by the school Don Quijote;

·   Attestation of “Curso intensivo preparatorio de Español, nivel Avanzado” conferred by the school DILE in Salamanca.

-       Portuguese

·   Not certified knowledge of the Portuguese language, written and oral.

-       Japanese

  1. Japanese basic language course at the Momiji school in Bari

 

 

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of birth: 18/04/1980

Citizenship: Italian

Since 2016: Australian Permanent Resident Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)

Marital status: single

Driving licence: B

 

EDUCATION STUDIES

-       1998 - secondary education at a scientific high school (60/60)

-       2003 - M.S. Civil Engineering I Faculty of Engineering of Polytechnic of Bari (110 cum laude)

-       2007 - PhD in “Engineering for the Defence of Ecosystems”

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

-       2008 Post Doctoral Fellow at CNR (National Centre of Research)

-       2008-2009 Research Fellow at Polytechnic of Bari (Italy)

-       2009-2012 Research Associate at Polytechnic of Bari (Italy)

-     16/07/2012-31/08/2015 Associate Professor (Maître de Conférence) at Polytechnical Institute LaSalle Beauvais (France)

-     01/09/2015–31/08/16 Lecturer in Water Engineering at University of Queensland (Australia)

-     01/09/2016 -31/08/17 Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering at Brunel University London (UK)

-     01/09/17- 31/08/20 Tenure-track (RTDb) Associate Professor in Hydrogeology at University of Ferrara through ‘direct call of scholars of the highest repute working permanently abroad in University’

-     01/09/20- 01/10/23 Associate Professor in Hydrogeology at University of Ferrara

-     02/10/23- present Associate Professor in Hydrogeology at University of Trieste

-     01/09/2016- 31/08/2019 Honorary (adjunct) lecturer at University of Queensland (Australia)

-     01/11/2019-present Honorary (adjunct) Senior lecturer at University of Queensland (Australia)

-     01/04/22-present Adjunct Professor at National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) in Trieste

-     09/2018-present National Scientific Habilitation to the function of Full Professor in Italy

 

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES-

PhD supervision and PhD viva examination experience

-       2023 – Supervisor of PhD student Danial Sheini Dashtgoli for the project ‘Integration of geophysical and geological data and hydrogeological modelling for characterisation of geothermal resource in the Friuli Plain’ with University of Trieste and National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)

-       2023 - Supervisor of PhD student Ali Ranjbar for the project ‘Seawater intrusion in fractured aquifers’ at the University of Queensland. Start in October 2023.

-        2017- 2020 Supervisor (Associate Advisor) of PhD student Jiawei Li at the University of Queensland. Thesis title: Flow Behaviours and CO2 Storage Potential Characterization during the Process of Enhanced Geothermal Systems with the Injection of CO2

-       2022 Appointed as external examiner by Brunel University London (Department of Civil Engineering College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences) of the doctoral thesis submitted by Keith Atkinson Adams, titled: ‘A multi-hazard cascading risk model for coastal rail infrastructure: numerical modelling & engineering failure analysis’

-       2022 Appointed as external referee by The Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. for the Doctoral thesis ‘Measurements and Modeling of Flux Probability Distribution in Heterogeneous Unsaturated Soil Probability Distribution in Heterogeneous Unsaturated Soil’ (By GAL WEISSMAN) advised by Prof. OFER DAHAN, Prof. GOLAN BEL.

-       2012 Appointed as External Referee of the PhD in “Programa de ciencias del mar” of the Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña. Doctoral Thesis of Margarita Díez Rilova titled: “Caracterización de la dispersión de contaminantes en la zona costera” in Spanish.

-       2019- 2020 Scientific supervisor of the external (sabbatical) PhD student Ali Ranjbar, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran (Iran) at the University of Queensland. Thesis title: ‘Evaluation of Sea Level Rise and Extracting Rate Effect on Saltwater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifer under Heterogeneity Algorithms of Hydraulic Conductivity’.

-     2014-2017 Cosupervisor of PhD thesis of Nicoletta Allegretti with an international cotutelle PhD between Polytechnic of Bari and Polytechnic Institute UniLaSalle Beauvais. Title of thesis ‘Innovative hydrogeological practices for the exploitation of groundwater resources as a source of geothermal energy in heterogeneous aquifers.’

 

Post Doc supervision

2019-2022 Supervisor of Post Doc Fellow Sathish Sadhasivham on the project: ‘Study of mitigation of the effects of climate changes and subsidence on saltwater intrusion in coastal areas’

2022-2024 Supervisor of Post Doc Fellow Nandini Viswa on the project: ‘Analysis of the infiltration processes in the unsaturated zone, aimed at optimising water resources management for climate change adaptation’

OTHER ACADEMIC & RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

-       2022 scientific responsible of the University of Ferrara within the Framework agreement with the Municipality of Ferrara for scientific collaboration activities for research and analysis to support the disciplines of the government of the Territory and Urban Planning

-     2023- International scientific expert reviewer of the US Department of Defense SERDP Call for Peer Reviewers - Quantitative Groundwater Plume Characterization to Support Transition Assessments

-     2019- International scientific expert reviewer of the US Department of Defense SERDP Call for Peer Reviewers - Quantitative Groundwater Plume Characterization to Support Transition Assessments

-     2016- International scientific expert of the Evaluation Committee “Ecosystem dynamics to improve their sustainable management” of the French National Research Agency (ANR).

-     2016 Member of the Editorial Board of Heliyon, Elsevier for Civil Engineering

-     2013- 2015 responsible of the specialization 'Hydrogeology and Industrial Risks' of the engineering geology graduate program at LaSalle Beauvais

-     2012-2013 and 2013-2014 responsible of the pedagogical reform of the 4th and the 5th year for the specialization 'Hydrogeology and Industrial Risks' at LaSalle Beauvais

-     2019-2022 Appointed as Lecturer of English for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) PhD student course at University of Ferrara for three consecutive years

-     2012 Lecturer at Master “Pianificazione Territoriale e Ambientale” (Territorial and Environmental Planning)

-     2011 Lecturer in MSc Module “Mineral Resource Assessment” at University of Exeter- Camborne School of Mines after formal invitation.

-     2011 Lecturer at Master “Pianificazione Territoriale e Ambientale” (Territorial and Environmental Planning)

- 2008 Lecturer at University of Siena at “PhD International course on Advanced Numerical Modeling of Flow and Transport in Soils and Aquifers”

-       2009 Lecturer at Polytechnic of Milan within the Interpolytechnic doctorate school

-       2007 Lecturer at the course "Technician for waste management” at CISEM

-       2008 Lecturer (for Polytechnic of Bari) at I.F.T.S within the project “Technician for monitoring and management of environment and territory

-       2003-2012 Collaboration to the didactic of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses Polytechnic of Bari

RESEARCH ABROAD

-       2005 Research at Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universität Göttingen (reductive dechlorination)

-       2006 Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) (fracture flow in the vadose zone)

-       2009-2010 Research at USGS Menlo Park (CA) laboratory (effect of heterogeneity on converging flow tracer tests)

-       2011 Guest researcher Pan European Non Homogeneous Turbulence Laboratory of ERCOFTAC

ACTIVITIES OF SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION

-       2013-2015 responsible of international exchanges and researches of LaSalle Beauvais and US Universities (exchanges with Michigan State University-MSU, University of Texas el Paso-UTEP, University of Nevada-Reno- UNR, University of Georgia-UGA, University of Arkansas-UARK)

-       2008 Collaboration within the research project PRIMAC - Protection of coastal aquifers from seawater intrusion (European project)

-       2006 Collaboration within the Yucca Mountain (Nevada) Project of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA).

-       2005 Collaboration within the European research project KORA (Deutschland)

-       2004 Collaboration with ENI S.p.A. (AgipPetroli) and Enitecnologie within the Research Project “New Strategies of Remediation and Environmental Monitoring of Contaminated Groundwater with Innovative Materials”.

-       2004 Collaboration with ENI S.p.A.(AgipPetroli), Enitecnologie and Polytechnic of Bari within the post degree (master) Project of Formation titled: “Systems and study Techniques for the Remediation of polluted Soils and Groundwater”

-       2006 Scientific Organizing Secretary of the II National A.I.G.A. Congress.

HONORS AND AWARDS

-       2023 Invited at La Sapienza University of Rome for Fondazione Bellisario’s event:‘Donne che fanno la differenza’ (Women who make the difference)

-       2023 Invited to be a speaker at TED x Ferrara. Title of talk: Le città del futuro resilienti ai cambiamenti climatici

-       2023 Invited to deliver lectures at the Winter School (21 Days) of the to the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras and IIT Patna aDST on the topic “Advances in Geospatial Technologies

-       2022 Invited by Westlake University (China) to give a seminar titled: Numerical modeling and geostatistical techniques for water resources management’. The seminar was sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and Westlake University.

-       2019 Chairman at the Australasian Groundwater Conference: Groundwater in a changing world. 24-27 November 2019, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

-       2013-2021: Co-convener at EGU (European Geoscience Union) General Assembly for the Session: NP6.2 Turbulence, Vortices and Waves in Stratified and Rotating Fluids

-       2013 in the expert committee ‘prix Roberval’ 26th edition

-       2012 Winner of “Division Outstanding Young Scientists Award” for the Division on Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)

-       2011 Winner of Prize XXIII Edizione Premio Marisa Bellisario “DONNE: INNOVAZIONE E CAPITALE UMANO” category “Giovani Ricercatrici e Talenti dell’Innovazione.”

-       2012 Invited Lecturer at the Centre for Physics of Geological Processes (PGP), University of Oslo.

-       2010 Among a short list of 35 selected applicants for a tenure-track assistant professorship at Stanford University (Ca) at Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

-       2011 Invited lecturer at “INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TURBULENCE, DIFFUSION AND MIXING EFFICIENCY: Climate and Pollution” at UPC Barcelona

-       2010 Formally invited to undertake lectures on geostatistics applied to environmental geology in the MSc Module “Mineral Resource Assessment” at the University of Exeter (Camborne school of Mines) in February 2011

-       2011 Solicited contribution of an oral presentation at EGU meeting in Vienna (8 April 2011) at session on Mixing NP6 – Turbulence, Transport and Diffusion “Mixing, Diffusion and Lagrangian transport in Geophysical Flows”

-       2011 Invited to undertake lectures on hydrogeology at USGS Menlo Park (CA) in Summer 2012

-       2011 Invited as a visiting scientist to collaborate with the Unsaturated-Zone Flow Project, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA

-       2007 “Best Student Paper” for the paper “A hydrodynamic model of a contaminated fractured aquifer” 5th International Conference IASME / WSEAS 2007.

 

FUNDED PROJECTS – PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Only scientific responsible of EU Project ‘AIR BREAK: Co-producing healthy clean commuting air spots in town’ funded by UIA Program (Urban Innovative Actions) Start date: 01/07/2020 End date: 30/06/2023. Total contribution: 4.999.986,80 €
  • New Staff Research Start-up Grant 2016 ‘Conceptual and mathematical modelling of unsaturated flow in single synthetic fractures.The University of Queensland 2015-2016
  • Geostatistics to characterise, cleanup and monitoring of contaminated sites. LaSalle Beauvais 2015
  • FAR 2018 University of Ferrara
  • ANVUR 2017 Finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca, Funding of research activities
  • ANVUR 2018 Departments of excellence admitted to funding

COLLABORATION IN FUNDED PROJECTS

  • Hydrogeological platform at Polytechnical Institute LaSalle Beauvais 2012-2015
  • RELA-VALBIOR “Network of laboratories to support research in the area of “Innovative technologies for the valorisation of residual biomass of the productive sectors of Apulia Region” within the frame of Regional Framework Program for Scientific Research 2010- 2012
  • Effect of heterogeneity on converging flow tracer tests at USGS Menlo Park (CA) 2009-2010
  • Protection of coastal aquifers from seawater intrusion (PRIMAC) 2007-2008
  • Fracture flow in the vadose zone at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) 2006
  • Reductive dechlorination as a groundwater remediation strategy (KORA).Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universität Göttingen (Germany) 2005
  • ENI S.p.A. (AgipPetroli) and Enitecnologie within the Research Project “New Strategies of Remediation and Environmental Monitoring of Contaminated Groundwater with Innovative Materials” 2004
  • Collaboration with ENI S.p.A.(AgipPetroli), Enitecnologie and Polytechnic of Bari within the post degree (master) Project of Formation titled: “Systems and study Techniques for the Remediation of polluted Soils and Groundwater” 2004

 

 

CONSULTANT ACTIVITY

-       Since 2019 Consultant of the US Department of Defense in the SERDP Program - Quantitative Groundwater Plume Characterization to Support Transition Assessments

-       2004 - Consultant of Italian Ministry of Environment and Protection of the Territory

-       Nov 2006/Nov 2007- junior expert of Sector of Remediation and Waste, Apulia Region

-       Dec 2007/ March 2009 Member of the Technical Committee of Remediation of Apulia Region- Sector of Remediation and Waste, expert in remediation techniques of contaminated soil.

-       2006 Consultant of Society TTE SRL (Tetra Tech Europa)

-       01/01/05 -31/03/05 Consultant of STUDIO AGLIETTO S.R., on risk assessment and flow and contaminant transport modeling in aquifers.

-       2005 collaboration with Polytechnic of Bari for development of the Preliminary Remediation Project of the site Syndial of Brindisi, for SNAMPROGETTI

 

 

Referee for the journals:

  • Transport in Porous Media, Editor: Martin Blunt ISSN: 0169-3913 IF= 2.211
  • Journal of Hydrology Editors-in-Chief: A. Bardossy, P. Baveye, L. Charlet, K.P. Georgakakos , G. Syme, C. Corradini , P.K. Kitanidis  Elsevier ISSN: 0022-1694 IF= 3.727
  • Hydrogeology Journal (HJ) executive editor: C.I. Voss ISSN: 1431-2174  2010 IF= 2.071
  • Water — Open Access Journal MDPI (ISSN 2073-4441; CODEN: WATEGH) Impact Factor: 1.832 (2016)
  • Environmental Earth Sciences Editors: J.W. LaMoreaux; G. Dörhöfer Springer ISSN: 1866-6280 (2010) Impact Factor (IF) 1.435
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) (chief-executive editor) Erwin Zehe ISSN, 10275606 IF 4.936
  • Vadose Zone Journal Editor Michael Young ISSN: 1539-1663 Impact Factor: 3.634
  • Journal of Cleaner Production Co-Editors-in-Chief: Jiří Jaromír KlemešCecília Maria Villas Bôas de AlmeidaYutao Wang ISSN: 0959-6526 Impact Factor: 6.395
  • Natural Resources Research Editor-in-Chief: John Carranza. ISSN: 1520-7439 Impact Factor: 2.00
  • Applied Sciences — Editor-in Chief Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi Open Access Journal  ISSN 2076-3417 Impact Factor 2.217
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Co-Editors-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Tony Clare, Prof. Dr. Dong-Sheng Jeng, Prof. Dr. Boris Peter Koch, Prof. Dr. Charitha Pattiaratchi, Prof. Dr. Magnus Wahlberg, Prof. Dr. Gary Wilson, Prof. Dr. Roshanka Ranasinghe ISSN 2077-1312) Impact Factor: 1.732 (2018)
  • Energy. The International Journal Editor-in-Chief: Henrik Lund ISSN: 0360-5442 Impact Factor: 5.537
  • Groundwater for sustainable Development, Elsevier, Editor-in-Chief: Prosun BhattacharyaJochen Bundschuh ISSN: 2352-801X IF= 1.35
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (JRMGE) Editor-in-Chief: Q. Qian ISSN: 1674-7755. E-ISSN: 2589-0417 IF=0.6
  • Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Editor-in-Chief: Abdullah M. Al-Amri ISSN: 1866-7511 Impact Factor1.141
  • International Journal of Geosciences (IJG) Editors in Chief  J.BourgoisS. Jin ISSN Print: 2156-8359 ISSN Online: 2156-8367 Impact Factor (IF): 0.72
  • Structural Control and Health Monitoring Editors: Lucia Faravelli, Satish Nagarajaiah Wiley Impact Factor: 0.982 Online ISSN: 1545-2263
  • Applied Mathematical Modelling Elsevier editors: Johann Sienz Impact Factor 1.706

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS

-       2019 – present IAH (International Association of Hydrogeologists) Member

-       2011-2019 EGU (European Geoscience Union) Member

-       2008 Member of International Scientific Committee of WSEAS International Conference Rhodes 20-22 August

-       2009 Member of International Program Committee WSEAS International Conference Acapulco, Mexico 25- 27 January

-       2009 Member of International Scientific Committee WSEAS International Conference Moscow 20 -22 August

-       Member of the International Program Committee of the international Book “Theoretical and Experimental Aspects of Heat and Mass Transfer” Copyright 2008 by WSEAS Press ISBN: 978-960-6766-31-2 ISSN: 1790-2769

 

 

ACTIVITIES REGARDING PATENTS

Collaboration in the intellectual property for the patent Process for treating and generating energy from biomasses

https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017216720A3/en

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed full papers (International journals)

  1. 2023 Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Concetta I. Giasi. Integrated Hydrogeological Modelling for Sustainable Management of the Brindisi Plain Aquifer (Southern Italy) Water 2023, 15(16), 2943; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15162943
  2. 2023 Arjuman Rafiq Reshi, Har Amrit Singh Sandhu, Claudia Cherubini and Akshar Tripathi Estimating Land Subsidence and Gravimetric Anomaly Induced by Aquifer Overexploitation in the Chandigarh Tri-City Region, India by Coupling Remote Sensing with a Deep Learning Neural Network Model. Water 2023, 15(6), 1206; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061206
  3. 2023 Claudia Cherubini, Sathish Sadhasivam, Nicola Pastore. Dynamics of Coastal Aquifers: Conceptualization and Steady-State Calibration of Multilayer Aquifer System—Southern Coast of Emilia Romagna Water 2023, 15(13), 2384; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15132384
  4. 2022 Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Assessment of seasonal Borehole Thermal Energy Storage in the seawater intrusion region of a carbonate aquifer, Geothermics, Volume 106, 2022, 102581, ISSN 0375-6505, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102581.
  5. 2022 Ranjbar, A.; Cherubini, C.; Pastore, N. Experimental Investigation on Water Seepage through Transparent Synthetic Rough-Walled Fractures. Water 2022, 14, 3199. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14203199
  6. 2021 Pastore, Nicola; Cherubini, Claudia; Giasi, Concetta I. Analysis of gravel back-filled borehole heat exchanger in karst fractured limestone aquifer at local scale. DOI:10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101971. pp.101971-1-101971-15. In GEOTHERMICS - ISSN:0375-6505 vol. 89
  7. 2021. Pastore, Nicola; Cherubini, Claudia; Giasi, Concetta I.; Rapti, Dimitra Numerical model of the behavior of chlorinated ethenes in a fractured, karstic limestone aquifer. DOI:10.1007/s10040-020-02248-1. pp.667-686. In HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL - ISSN:1431-2174 vol. 29 (2)
  8. 2021. Sadhasivam, Sathish; Cherubini, Claudia; Nicola, Pastore; Giasi, Concetta I.; Dimitra, Rapti Impacts of Desalinated and Recycled Water in the Abu Dhabi Surficial Aquifer. DOI:10.3390/w13202853. pp.2853-1-2853-23. In WATER - ISSN:2073-4441 vol. 13 (20)
  9. 2020 J. Li, W. Yuan, Y. Zhang, C. Cherubini, A. Scheuermann, S.A. Galindo Torres, L. Li, Numerical investigations of CO2 and N2 miscible flow as the working fluid in enhanced geothermal systems, Energy 206 (2020) 118062, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118062
  10. 2020 Nicola Pastore, Concetta Giasi, Cherubini Claudia Cherubini Numerical model assessment of chlorinated solvents behavior in fractured and karstic limestone aquifer. Submitted to Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Elsevier, Impact Factor 2.680
  11. 2020 Ali Ranjbar, Claudia Cherubini, Development of a robust ensemble meta-model for prediction of salinity time series under uncertainty (case study: Talar aquifer) ,Heliyon,Volume 6, Issue 12,2020, e05758,ISSN 2405-8440, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05758.
  12. 2020 Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Angelo Doglioni, Concetta I. Giasi, Vincenzo Simeone. Analysis of hydrodynamic behavior of the Ionian coastal plain multilayered aquifer during episodic rainfall events. Submitted to Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier, Impact Factor 4.938
  13. 2020. Ranjbar, Ali; Mahjouri, Najmeh; Cherubini, Claudia Development of an efficient conjunctive meta-model-based decision-making framework for saltwater intrusion management in coastal aquifers. DOI:10.1016/j.jher.2019.11.005. pp.45-58. In JOURNAL OF HYDRO-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH - ISSN:1570-6443 vol. 29
  14. 2020 Ranjbar, A., Cherubini, C. & Saber, A. Investigation of transient sea level rise impacts on water quality of unconfined shallow coastal aquifers. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 17, 2607–2622 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-020-02684-2
  15. 2019. Li, Jiawei; Li, Zi; Yuan, Wanju; Lei, Ximing; Andres Galindo Torres, Sergio; Cherubini, Claudia; Scheuermann, Alexander, Li, Ling Numerical investigation of liquid and supercritical CO2 flow behaviors through 3D self-affine rough fractures. DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.04.012. pp.669-682. In FUEL - ISSN:0016-2361 vol. 251
  16. 2019. Jiawei Li, Zhixue Sun, Yin Zhang, Chuanyin Jiang, Claudia Cherubini, Alexander Scheuermann, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Ling Li Investigations of heat extraction for water and CO2 flow based on the rough-walled discrete fracture network. pp.1-15. In ENERGY - ISSN:0360-5442 vol. 189
  17. 2018 Claudia Cherubini, Nicola Pastore, Dimitra Rapti, and Concetta I. Giasi. Numerical modeling of flow and transport in the Bari industrial area by means of rough walled parallel plate and random walk models Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 5211–5225, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5211-2018 10.5194/hess-22-5211-2018
  18. 2018 Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Dimitra Rapti, and Concetta I. Giasi Experimental study of forced convection heat transport in porous media Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 25, 279–290, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-279-2018
  19. Jiawei Li, Claudia Cherubini, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Nicola Pastore and Ling Li Laboratory Investigation of Flow Paths in 3D Self-Affine Fractures with Lattice Boltzmann Simulations, Energies 2018, 11, 168; doi:10.3390/en11010168
  20. Pastore Nicola, Cherubini Claudia and Giasi Concetta I. (2017) Kinematic diffusion approach to describe recharge phenomena in unsaturated fractured chalk. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 65 3: 287-296. doi:10.1515/johh-2017-0033
  21. Cherubini Claudia, Pastore Nicola, Giasi Concetta I. and Maria Allegretti, Nicoletta (2017) Laboratory experimental investigation of heat transport in fractured media. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 24 1: 23-42. doi:10.5194/npg-24-23-2017
  22. N. Pastore, C. Cherubini , C. I. Giasi , J. M. Redondo, Experimental investigation of heat transport through single synthetic fractures, Energy Procedia 125 (2017) 327–334
  23. Nicola Pastore, Claudia Cherubini, Concetta I Giasi, Nicoletta Maria Allegretti Experimental investigations of heat transport dynamics in a 1D porous medium column, Energy Procedia, Volume 97, November 2016, Pages 233-239
  1. R. Armand, C. Cherubini, J. Tuduri, N. Pastore, O. Pourret . Rare earth elements in French stream waters – revisiting the geochemical continental cycle using FOREGS dataset. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration Volume 157, October 2015, Pages 132–142
  2. Experimental Study of Heat Transport in Fractured Network N. Pastore, Cherubini, C.I. Giasi, N.M. Allegretti, J.M. Redondo, M. Tarquis, Energy Procedia Volume 76, August 2015, Pages 273–281 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.860
  3. C. Cherubini, C. I. Giasi, N. Pastore (2014). On the reliability of analytical models to predict solute transport in a fracture network. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 2359-2374, 2014
    www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/18/2359/2014/ doi:10.5194/hess-18-2359-2014 Impact factor 3.587
  4. C. Cherubini, C. I. Giasi, N. Pastore (2013). Evidence of non-darcy flow and non-fickian transport in fractured media at laboratory scale. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 2599–2611. Impact factor 3.587.
  5. Cherubini, C., Giasi, C., Pastore, N., (2013). Fluid flow modeling of a coastal fractured karstic aquifer by means of a lumped parameter approach. Environmental Earth Sciences, 70 (5), 2055-2060. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0851-5.
  6. Cherubini C. Giasi, C. Pastore N. (2013) A laboratory physical model to analyse flow and transport processes in a fractured rock sample at bench scale level. Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment, 2013 (1), 19-32. DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2013-01-02
  7. C. Cherubini, N. Pastore (2011) Critical stress scenarios for a coastal aquifer in southeastern Italy. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1381-1393, 2011
    doi:10.5194/nhess-11-1381-2011
  8. Costantino Masciopinto, Angela Volpe, Domenico Palmiotta, Claudia Cherubini (2010): A combined PHREEQC-2/parallel fracture model for the simulation of laminar/non-laminar flow and contaminant transport with reactions. In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology Volume 117, Issues 1-4, 20 September 2010, Pages 94-108 ISSN 0169-7722. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.07.003
  9. Claudia Cherubini, Nicola Pastore (2010): Modeling contaminant propagation in a fractured and karstic aquifer. In: Fresenius Environmental Bulletin ISSN 1018-4619 PSP Vol 19 n.9-2010.
  10. Claudia Cherubini, Fausta Musci, Nicola Pastore (2009): Checking Simulations Of A Geolithological Model Obtained By Means Of Nested Truncated Bigaussian Method. In: International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences ISSN: 1998-0140 Issue 1, Volume 3, 2009 Pp. 152-161
  11. Claudia Cherubini, Fausta Musci, Nicola Pastore (2009): Stochastic Geolithological Reconstruction Coupled With Artificial Neural Networks Approach For Hydrogeological Modeling. In: International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences ISSN: 1998-0140 (Issue 1, Volume 3, 2009 Pp 105-114
  12. Cherubini Claudia, Nicola Pastore, Vincenzo Francani (2008): Different Approaches For The Characterization Of A Fractured Karst Aquifer. In: WSEAS Transactions On Fluid Mechanics. (Vol. Issue 1, Volume 3, Pp. 29-35). ISSN: 1790-5087. Wisconsin-Usa.
  13. Castrignanò Annamaria, Cherubini Claudia, Giasi Concetta I, Musci Fausta, Pastore Nicola (2007): Multivariate Geostatistical And Natural Attenuation Model Approach For Remediation Of Chlorinated Compounds. In: WSEAS Transactions On Environment And Development. (Issue 5, Vol.3, Pp. 90-98). ISSN: 1790-5079. : (United States).
  14. Cherubini Claudia, Concetta I. Giasi. (2005): The Evaluation Of Deformability Modulus By Rock Mass Classification Systems: A Comparative Study. In: Journal Of Civil Engineering Research And Practice. Vol. 2 N. 1, Pp. 67-75 ISSN: 1729-5769.
  1. C. Cherubini, C. I. Giasi, and N. Pastore (2012) Bench scale laboratory tests to analyze non-linear flow in fractured media Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 2511-2522, 2012 www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2511/2012/doi:10.5194/hess-16-2511-2012
  1. Claudia Cherubini, Costantino Masciopinto (2009): Modeling Efficacy Of Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) In Waste Sites Polluted by Hydrocarbons: A Case Study. In: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution. Vol. 6.1 ISSN: 0972-9860. IOS Press. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  1. Cherubini Claudia (2008): A Modeling Approach For The Study of Contamination in a Fractured Aquifer. In:Geotechnical And Geological Engineering. Vol. 26 N.5, Pp. 519-533 ISSN: 0960-3182. Springer Netherlands.
LANGUAGE SKILLS

-       English :

  • IELTS 08/10/15 with the overall band score 8
  • certification of “FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH” conferred by “University of Cambridge” in 1997.

-       German :

  • certification  “ZENTRALE MITTENSTUFENPRÜFUNG” conferred by Goethe - Institut of Bonn;
  • certification “ZERTIFIKAT DEUTSCH” conferred by Goethe – Institut of Bonn;
  • attestation of frequency to the “Intensiv Kurs Deutsch für Junge Erwachsene - Mittelstufe ” conferred by Goethe Institut Berlin;
  • attestation of frequency to “ Intensiv 4 Kurs - Mittelstufe 3 ” conferred by Goethe Institut Bonn.

-       French:

  • Certification “DELF”  (DIPLÔME D’ ETUDES EN LANGUE FRANÇAISE) Unitè A1, A2, A3 conferred by “ Ministère de l’ éducation Nationale ” ;
  • certification “DIPLÔME UNIVERSITAIRE LANGUE ET CULTURE FRANÇAISES” conferred by ’ Université de Perpignan ;
  • Attestation of “ Certificat de Stage de langue et de civilisation françaises ” conferred by  Université de Perpignan.

-       Spanish:

·   Certification “DELE SUPERIOR” (DIPLOMA DE ESPAÑOL COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA) confered by Instituto Cervantes ;

·   Attestation of “Curso intensivo de Español, nivel Avanzado” conferred by the school Don Quijote;

·   Attestation of “Curso intensivo preparatorio de Español, nivel Avanzado” conferred by the school DILE in Salamanca.

-       Portuguese

·   Not certified knowledge of the Portuguese language, written and oral.

-       Japanese

  1. Japanese basic language course at the Momiji school in Bari