Independent experts nominated by country party

Donatella Spano

Title
Prof.
First name
Donatella
Last name
Spano
Gender
F
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Agricultural Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
Biodiversity
Ecology/Ecosystems
UN languages spoken

English

Geographical Focus
Italy
Job function
Full Prof. Biometeorologist
Division
Department of science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNET)
Email
spano@uniss.it
Telephone number
0039 07 9229336
Work experience
I have participated in both planning and implementation of various national and international projects. My experience includes the scientific leadership of several projects related to: analysis of climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation strategies in agricultural sector; improvement of agricultural water availability, security and management, including promotion of women cooperatives; set up of methodologies and support systems for the evaluation of forest fire risk in extreme meteorological conditions; methods for accounting the exchanges and absorption of CO2 in Mediterranean ecosystems; evaluation of mitigation strategies at urban and regional levels; climate risk assessment in agriculture and coastal development; climate change research on shrub-land ecosystems. In all these projects, my responsibilities include monitoring project schedule and performance, as well as coordinating scientific activities with international partners
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Degree in Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, 1982; Three-year Post Doctoral specialization program in grometeorology and Micrometeorology
Number of Publications
142
Publication titles
1. NOLÈ A., COLLALTI A., MAGNANI F., DUCE P., FERRARA A., MANCINO G., MARRAS S., SIRCA C., SPANO D., BORGHETTI M., (2013) Assessing temporal variation in primary and ecosystem production in two Mediterranean forest types using a modified 3-PG model. Annals of Forest Science: vol.70, Issue 7(2013), pp. 729-741, doi:10.1007/s13595-013-0315-7_x000D_
2. MONTEIRO A.T., FAVA F., GONÇALVES J., HUETE A., GUSMEROLI F., PAROLO G., SPANO D., BOCCHI S. (2013). Landscape context determinants to plant diversity in the permanent meadows of Southern European Alps. Biodiversity and Conservation Journal, vol. 22 (4), pp. 937 -958, doi: 10.1007/s10531-013-0460-1_x000D_
3. SALIS, M., AGER, A. A., FINNEY, M. A., ARCA, B., SPANO, D. 2013 Analyzing spatiotemporal changes in wildfire regime and exposure across a Mediterranean fire-prone area. Natural Hazards. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0951-0_x000D_
4. MARRAS, S., PYLES, R.D, SIRCA, C., PAW U, K.T., SNYDER, R.L., DUCE, P., SPANO, D., 2011. Evaluation of the Advanced Canopy-Atmosphere-Soil Algorithm (ACASA) model performance over Mediterranean maquis ecosystem. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol. 151 (6): pp. 730-745, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.02.004_x000D_
. STOY P, MAUDER M, FOKEN T, MARCOLLA B, BOEGH E, IBROM A, ALTAF ARAIN M, ARNETH A, AURELA M, BERNHOFER C, CESCATTI A, DELLWIK E, DUCE P, GIANELLE D , VANGORSEL E, KIELY G, KNOHL A, MARGOLIS H, MCCAUGHEY H, MERBOLD L, MONTAGNANI L, PAPALE D, REICHSTEIN M, SAUNDERS M, SERRANO-ORTIZ P, SOTTOCORNOLA M, SPANO D, VACCARI F, VARLAGINV (2013)
Other activities
1. Rectoral Delegate for Research and Technologic Transfer – University of Sassari _x000D_
2. Founding Member and President Elect of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (SISC)_x000D_
3. Deputy Director of the Impacts on Agriculture, Forest and Natural Ecosystems (IAFENT) Division at the Euro Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC)_x000D_
4. Scientific Coordinator of the Agrometeorology and Ecophysiology Laboratory with the Department of Economics and Woody Plant Ecosystems – University of Sassari_x000D_
5. Member of the Research Commission of CRUI – Conference of Italian Universities Rectors
Awards
1. 2012 – Best research achievement medal of the University of Sassari_x000D_
2. 2012 – Member of the Scientific Committee of the ItaliaCamp _x000D_
3. 2001 – Co-recipient of the “Best Practice Paper” in the Journal of irrigation and Drainage Engineering – American Society of Civil Engineers
Organisation name
University of Sassari
Organisation street address
Via De Nicola, 9, 07100
Organisation city
Sassari
Organisation country
Italy