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LORENZO PICCO

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Structure

Dipartimento di Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali - TESAF

Address

VIALE DELL'UNIVERSITA', 16 - LEGNARO PD

Telephone

0498272695

E-mail

lorenzo.picco@unipd.it

Associate Professor at the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry; University of Padova;

AFFILIATIONS:
1. Dipartimento TESAF, Università degli Studi di Padova;
2. Institute of Civil Works, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Universidad Austral de Chile General Lagos 2060, Bld. 11.000 Valdivia, Chile;
3. RiNA Natural and Anthropogenic Risks Research Center, Universidad Austral de Chile General Lagos 2060, Bld. 5000, 2nd Floor Valdivia, Chile.

TEACHING

Course in "Mountain river morphology and restoration", M.Sc. Forest Science (in English) - 7CFU;
Course in " Channel Morphology, large wood and sediment fluxes in mountain rivers" B.Sc., Land and Landscape restoration and enhancement" (in English) - 4CFU;
Course in "Basic Statistics", PhD School LERH (in English) - 1 CFU;
Course in "GIS Application in Agriculture", M.Sc. Agricultural science and Technology (in Italian) - 4CFU.

SCIENTIFIC HABILITATIONS:

• Italian habilitation for Full Professor positions ASN (Scientific National Habilitation) Academic Field: 07/C1 - Agricultural, forest and biosystems engineering.
Academic Discipline: AGR/08 - Agricultural hydraulics and watershed protection. Expiring date: 15/10/2027;

• Italian habilitation for Associate Professor positions ASN (Scientific National Habilitation).
Academic Field: 07/C1 - Agricultural, forest and biosystems engineering.
Academic Discipline: AGR/08 - Agricultural hydraulics and watershed protection. Expiring date: 03/04/2027;

RECENT PUBBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEW)
1. Tarolli P., Zuecco G., Picco L., 2023. Watershed resilience to climate change: from hillslopes to rivers and coasts. Evolving Earth. Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.eve.2023.100010.
2. Picco L., Rainato R., Pellegrini G., Iroumé A., Lenzi M.A., 2023. The role of in-channel vegetation in driving and controlling the morphological changes along a gravel bed river. Geomorphology 437, 108803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108803
3. Paredes A., Martini L., Iroumé A., Picco L., 2023. Modeling of landslide susceptibility and degree of connectivity as sediment sources in a basin affected by volcanic eruptions. Science of the Total environment, 883,163745. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163745.
4. Romagnoli F., Cadei A., Costa M., Marangon D., Pellegrini G., Nardi D., Masiero M., Secco L., Grigolato S., Lingua E., Picco L., Pirotti F., Battisti A., Locatelli T., Kristina Blennow K., Gardiner B., Cavalli R, 2023. Analysis of windstorm impacts on European forest-related systems: an interdisciplinary perspective. Forest Ecology and Management 541, 121048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121048.
5. Sitzia T., Iacopino S., Alterio E., Comiti F., Surian N., Mao L., Lenzi M.A., Picco L., 2023. Revisiting vegetation gradient analysis and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis for the interpretation of riverine geomorphic patterns. Land 12, 378. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020378.
6. Iroumé A., Sanchèz K., Mazzorana B., Martini L., Picco L., 2023. Large wood dynamics in a mountain river disturbed by a volcanic eruption. Geomorphology 422, 108551, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108551.
7. Pellegrini G., Mao L., Rainato R., Picco L., 2023. Surprising suspended sediment dynamics of an alpine basin affected by a Large Infrequent Disturbance. Journal oh Hydrology 617 (A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128933.

Notices

Available every day from 9:00 to 18:00, after email agreement in the TESAF Dept. Office

Office hours

  • at Floor 3, TESAF Department.
    Everyday available after email agreement

Teachings

Publications

Last 13 ISI publications:
1. Tarolli P., Zuecco G., Picco L., 2023. Watershed resilience to climate change: from hillslopes to rivers and coasts. Evolving Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.eve.2023.100010.
2. Picco L., Rainato R., Pellegrini G., Iroumé A., Lenzi M.A., 2023. The role of in-channel vegetation in driving and controlling the morphological changes along a gravel bed river. Geomorphology 437, 108803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108803
3. Paredes A., Martini L., Iroumé A., Picco L., 2023. Modeling of landslide susceptibility and degree of connectivity as sediment sources in a basin affected by volcanic eruptions. Science of the Total environment, 883,163745. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163745.
4. Romagnoli F., Cadei A., Costa M., Marangon D., Pellegrini G., Nardi D., Masiero M., Secco L., Grigolato S., Lingua E., Picco L., Pirotti F., Battisti A., Locatelli T., Kristina Blennow K., Gardiner B., Cavalli R, 2023. Analysis of windstorm impacts on European forest-related systems: an interdisciplinary perspective. Forest Ecology and Management 541,121048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121048
5. Sitzia T., Iacopino S., Alterio E., Comiti F., Surian N., Mao L., Lenzi M.A., Picco L., 2023. Revisiting vegetation gradient analysis and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis for the interpretation of riverine geomorphic patterns. Land 12, 378. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020378.
6. Pellegrini G., Mao L., Rainato R., Picco L., 2023. Surprising suspended sediment dynamics of an alpine basin affected by a Large Infrequent Disturbance. Journal oh Hydrology 617(A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128933.
7. Iroumé A., Sanchèz K., Mazzorana B., Martini L., Picco L., 2023. Large wood dynamics in a mountain river disturbed by a volcanic eruption. Geomorphology 422, 108551, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108551.
8. Sanhueza D., Picco L., Paredes A., Iroumé A., in 2022. A faster approach to quantify large wood using UAVs. Drones 6, 218, https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6080218.
9. Guzman E., Fernandez P.M., Alcade J.A., Contreras S., Raumonen P., Picco L., Montalba C., Tejos C., 2022. Phyllotaxis transition over the lifespan of a palm tree using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS): the case of Jubaea chilensis. Plant Methods. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-022-00920-z.
10. Pellegrini G., Martini L., Rainato R., Picco L., 2022. Large wood mobilization and morphological changes in an Alpine river following the release of an ordinary experimental flood from an upstream dam. Catena 2016, 106398 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106398.
11. Martini L., Cavalli M., Picco L., 2022. Predicting sediment connectivity in a mountain basin: A quantitative analysis of the index of connectivity. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 47, 1500-1513. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5331.
12. Pellegrini G., Rainato R., Martini L., Picco L., 2021. The morphological evolution of a step-pool stream after an exceptional flood and subsequent ordinary flow conditions. Water, 13(24), 3630; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13243630.
13. Rainato R., Martini L., Pellegrini G., Picco L., 2021. Hydrological, geomorphic and sedimentological responses of an alpine basin to a severe weather event (Vaia storm). Catena 207, 105600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105600

Research Area

- Geomorphology;
- Morphological change;
- High resolution topography;
- Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS);
- Airborne LiDAR technology;
- Aerial photogrammetry;
- Index of Connectivity (IC);
- High resolution digital models (DEM, DTM, DSM, CHM, DoD);
- GIS analysis;
- Fluvial geomorphology;
- Sediment Transport;
- Sediment Management;
- Large Wood dynamics and characteristics;
- Fluvial Island dynamics and characteristics;
- Riparian vegetation;
- Gravel bed rivers;
- River restoration;
- Mountain and piedmont streams and basins;
- Human impact;
- Channel control works.

Thesis proposals

Different topics, to be defined with candidates, for MSc and BSc thesis:

- In channel wood: LW transport, remote measurement, WJ dynamic, interaction LW-morphology
- Riverine morphodynamics: morphodynamic along the active channel, remote sensing data (LiDAR), DoD technique, UAV
- Channel control works: functioning, interaction structures-fluxes, efficacy/efficiency
- riparian vegetation: vegetation characteristics, interaction vegetation-fluxes