Pierluigi Viaroli, Professor
Teaching experience and related duties Courses taught at University of Parma: Fundamental ecology (9 credits) and Wastewater processing (3 credits) in the first degree in Natural and Environmental Sciences; Applied Ecology (6 credits) in the Second degree in Environmental Sciences and Technology. Thesis directed: About 200 in the first and second degree of Environmental Sciences, Biology, Natural Sciences, Chemistry and 20 in the PhD program in Ecology. Service on committees and other institutions Chair of the second degree programme in Environmental Sciences and Technology. Member of the Board of the Doctoral Programme in Ecology, University of Parma. Member of the Committee for PhD students evaluation of Italian and international Universities. Member of national committees for the recruitment of scientist and professor in Italian Universities. Referee for appointment of PhD students, post-doc, scientist, lecturer and associate professor of Universities in Australia, Denmark, Germany, France, Netherlands, England, Sweden. Research Topic 1 -Primary production, decomposition and biogeochemistry in shallow water ecosystems (coastal lagoons, shallow lakes and wetlands). Topic 2 - Origin, pathways and fate of nutrient loadings at different spatial scales. Topic 3 - Ecology and biogeochemistry of lakes in relation to eutrophication, meromixis and oxygen depletion. Current research interests: assessment of buffer capacity and resilience in coastal lagoons, shallow lakes and wetlands with different trophic status; sustainability and impacts of shellfish farming in coastal lagoons; ecology of restoration and management of shallow quarry lake and man-managed lakes, ecology and biogeochemistry of the meromictic lake Idro; origin, transport and fate of N, P and Si and nitrate contamination in the Po river watershed in relation to the anthropogenic pressures. European projects (responsible of the local unit)
National and regional projects
Other projects Projects funded by: Ministry of Agriculture and Fishery, Regione Emilia Romagna, Provinces of Ferrara and Vicenza, ARPA Parma, ARPA Reggio-Emilia, and private companies. Publications about 250 papers, of which about 100 in journals with IF Editorial duties Editor/co-editor of conference proceedings (4) and special issues of scientific journals: Hydrobiologia (5), Chemistry and Ecology (2), Transitional Water Bulletin (1), Biologia Ambientale (2) Associate editor of Hydrobiologia, topic: lagoon and estuaries. Member of the Editorial Board of: Hydrobiologia (2005-present), Journal of Limnology (2011-present); Advances in Oceanography and Limnology (AIOL, 2010-present) and Biologia Ambientale (Environmental Biology, in Italian, 2001-present) Reviewer for about 30 journals in the categories aquatic sciences, environmental sciences, ecology. Other services Co-founder (2002) and board member (2002-2006) of the Environmental Data Centre of the University of Parma (CIDAM). Co-founder (2002) and board member (2006-2007) of the Italian Long Term Ecological Research Program (ILTER-ITALY). Member of the Scientific Board of the Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities concerning the Venice Lagoon System - CORILA (2004-2008). Member of the Panel for the Coastal Module of the Global Terrestrial Observing System - CGTOS (2002-2004). International Commission on Water Quality (IAWQ) of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences – IAHS (2010-present) Member of the board of the Consortium among Italian Universities for Marine Sciences – CONISMA (2010-2012). Co-Founder and member of the Center for Water Sciences of the University of Parma (2013). Member of the coordination panel of the Italian Strategy for the Adaptation to the Climate Change, coordinator for the topic: Biodiversity and Processes in inland and transitional water ecosystems (2013-14) Member of the Emilia-Romagna Observatory for Biodiversity (2013-2018) Member of the Panel for Bilogical Sciences of Parma University (2013-2016) Membership and services in scientific societies and professional associations Italian Society of Ecology (1981-present). Board Member (2001-2004), Vice-President (2005-06) and President (2007-2010) Italian Association of Oceanology and Limnology (1992-present) Italian Association for Natural and Environmental Sciences. Co-founder, Vice-President (2009-10) and President (2011-12) LaguNet: Italian Network for Lagoon Research (2002-present). Co-founder and Chair (2002-2007) Italian Association of Oceanology and Limnology (1992-present) Italian Society for Marine Biology (1993-present) International Society of Limnology – SIL (1989-present) Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation – CERF, USA (2003-present) Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography – ASLO, USA (2010-present) Italian Center for Studies on Environmental Biology – CISBA (2001-present) Italian Association of Professional Biologists – special list (1986-present) Italian Association of Environmental Experts (board member, 2014-present) |