PhD Student
Politecnico di Torino
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente,
del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture
C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 – 10129, Torino, Italy
Tel.: +39-011-090-5606
giulia.evangelista@polito.it
CURRICULUM
Born in Atri (TE), 1st February 1994
- From November 2023: Research fellow.
- February 2023 – May 2023: Visiting Ph.D. Student at the University of Bristol. Supervisor: Prof. Ross Woods. Research topic: Identification of dominant controls on basin response times in UK.
- July 2021: Professional qualification as Civil Engineer.
- From November 2020: Ph.D. Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. Supervisors: Prof. Pierluigi Claps and Prof. Daniele Ganora. Research interests: Characterisation of the hydrological response of high elevation watersheds; Large scale assessment of flood peaks mitigation exerted by artificial reservoirs.
- October 2020: Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Hydraulics specialization, achieved at Politecnico di Torino. Thesis: “Methodological and numerical analysis of groundwater flows effects on shallow landslides, in the presence of topographical discontinuities”. Supervisors: Prof Pierluigi Claps, Prof. Ilaria Butera, Prof. Stefania Tamea, Prof. Marta Castelli and Prof. Monica Barbero.
- July 2017: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering achieved at Università Politecnica delle Marche. Thesis: “Development of a water distribution networks control system based on the reduction of hydraulic unavailability and leakages.”. Supervisor: Prof. Giovanna Darvini.
WORK EXPERIENCES
- June 2022 – September 2022: Update and revision of the hydraulic risk scenarios of the Mazzeno river (Noli, SV). External consultancy, CINID (Consorzio Interuniversitario per l’Idrologia).
- April 2021: Hydrological and hydraulic assessment and review of the Civil Protection planning tools for the town of Noli (SV).
- June 2017: Six months internship at Università Politecnica delle Marche: use of a pressure-driven hydraulic solver which employed the Monte Carlo simulation technique to menage the maintenance of a water distribution network.
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
- From September 2023: PRIN project “Flood pRediction In Small ungauged Basins of Italy through Enhanced runoff coefficient assEssment” (FRISBEE) – Runoff coefficient estimation through historical data and regionalization methods.
- From April 2023: PNRR project “Multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate (RETURN)”- Hydrological hazard assessment over critical infrastructures.
- November 2020: RESBA (REsilienza agli SBArramenti) project.
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
- A.Y. 2023/2024: Teaching assistant of the “Climatology and Hydrology” MSc course in “Environmental Engineering”. Politecnico di Torino.
- A.Y. 2022/2023: Teaching assistant of the “Operative hydrology” MSc course in “Environmental Engineering”. Politecnico di Torino.
- A.Y. 2021/2022: Tutor within the Transversal Skills and Orientation Project “Digital Tech for Natural Hazards“. Politecnico di Torino.
- A.Y. 2021/2022: Tutor of the “Civil protection” MSc course in “Environmental Engineering”. Politecnico di Torino.
- A.Y. 2021/2022: Tutor of the “Operative hydrology” MSc course in “Environmental Engineering”. Politecnico di Torino.
MASTER THESES CO-SUPERVISOR
- Chiaro M. – Characterization of flood discharges in high-elevations basins in the Italian Alps. Master Thesis in Civil Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
- Ruggeri C. – Empirical estimates of rational method annual runoff coefficients. Master Thesis in Civil Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
- Bogoni P. – Direct estimation of characteristic response times of Piedmont basins using event analysis. Master Thesis in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
- Mcdowell M. – The influence of wildfires on the occurrence of shallow landslides and related triggering mechanisms. Master Thesis in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
- Demateis Raveri M. – Calibration of the FloodAlp model on basins in the north-western Alps. Master Thesis in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Awarded with the “Premio di Laurea Magistrale Andrea Gambi” on water resources management.
PUBLICATIONS
IN PREPARATION ARTICLES
- Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P., Ganora, D., Pianigiani, F., Claps, P. Features of the large Italian dams and their upstream catchments. 2023.
UNDER REVIEW ARTICLES
- Claps, P., Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Mazzoglio, P., Monforte, I. FOCA: A new quality-controlled database of floods and catchment descriptors in Italy. 2023. Submitted to Earth System Science Data.
PUBLISHED / ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION ARTICLES
- Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Mazzoglio, P., Pianigiani, F., Claps, P. Flood attenuation potential of Italian dams: sensitivity on geomorphic and climatological factors. Water Resources Management, 2023 [Article].
- Evangelista, G., Woods, R.A., Claps, P. Dimensional analysis of literature formulas to estimate the characteristic flood response time in ungauged basins: a velocity-based approach. Journal of Hydrology, 627, 130409, 2023 [Article].
- Demateis Raveri, M., Evangelista, G., Monforte, I. Taratura del modello FloodAlp su bacini dell’arco alpino nord-occidentale. L’Acqua, 4, 2023, 99-108 (in italian).
- Ganora, D., Evangelista, G., Cordero, S., Claps P. Design flood hydrographs: a regional analysis based on flood reduction functions. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 68(2), 2023, 325-340 [Article] – Selected as HSJ Featured Article 2023.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- Monforte, I., Evangelista, G., Claps, P.: Flooding Risk from Global Warming in Alpine Basins: An Estimate along a Stream Network. Presented at the International Conference EWaS5, Naples (Italy), 12th-15th July 2022. In: Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2022; 21(1):22. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022021022 [Proceeding]
- Monforte, I., Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Mazzoglio, P., Claps, P.: Nuovi open-data per nuove stime idrologiche alla scala di distretto. Il caso del Po. Presented at the XXXVIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Reggio Calabria (Italy), 4th-7th September 2022. In: Atti del XXXVIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche. 2022. [Proceeding]
- Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Cordero, S., Claps, P.: Stime regionali di idrogrammi di piena da una nuova banca dati nel nord ovest italiano. Presented at the XXXVIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Reggio Calabria (Italy), 4th-7th September 2022. In: Atti del XXXVIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche. 2022. [Proceeding]
- Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P., Pianigiani, F. and Claps, P.: Towards the assessment of the flood attenuation potential of Italian dams: first steps and sensitivity to basic model features. Presented at the 39th IAHR World Congress, Granada (Spain), 19th-24th June 2022.In: Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress. 2022. [Proceeding]
- Evangelista, G., Barbero, M., Butera, I., Castelli, M., Claps, P., and Tamea, S.: Calibrating soil cohesion and saturated conductivity in rainfall induced landslides in the Langhe area (1994). Presented at the 2nd IAHR Young Professionals Congress, Online, 30th November-2nd December 2021. In: Proceedings of the 2nd IAHR Young Professionals Congress. 2021. [Proceeding]
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
- Claps, P., Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Mazzoglio, P., Monforte I. FOCA: FlOod and Catchment Atlas for 631 gauged watersheds in Italy. AGU Annual Meeting 2023, 11th-15thDecember 2023, San Francisco (US) [poster presentation].
- Evangelista, G., Demateis Raveri, M., Monforte, I., Claps, P. How global warming can modify hydrological extremes in the Italian Alps. AGU Annual Meeting 2023, 11th-15thDecember 2023, San Francisco (US).
- Evangelista, G., Demateis Raveri, M., Monforte, I., Claps, P. Flood risk in the Alps: implications of rainfall and temperature variations on hydrological extremes. SISC (Società Italiana per le Scienze del Clima) 11th Annual Conference, 22nd-24th November 2023, Milan (Italy) [poster presentation].
- Evangelista, G., Claps, P., Barbero, M., Castelli, M. A simple procedure to calibrate soil parameters for slope stability modelling: the Langhe (1994) case study. 6th World Landslide Forum, Florence (Italy), 14th-17th November, 2023 [Abstract].
- Claps, P., Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Mazzoglio, P., Monforte, I. FOCA (Italian Flood and Catchment Atlas): L’Atlante italiano delle piene e dei descrittori dei bacini idrografici. Giornate dell’idrologia della Società Idrologica Italiana 2023, Matera (Italy), 13th-15th September, 2023. [Abstract]
- Evangelista, G., Ruggeri, C., Claps, P. Stima dei coefficienti di deflusso in piccoli bacini italiani mediante l’uso di dati storici. Giornate dell’idrologia della Società Idrologica Italiana 2023, Matera (Italy), 13th-15th September, 2023. [Abstract]
- Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Mazzoglio, P., Pianigiani, F., Claps, P. Sensitivity of Italian dams’ flood mitigation capacity to the combined effect of morphological and climatological factors. IAHS-AISH Scientific Assembly 2023, Berlin (Germany), 12th-16th July 2023. [Abstract]
- Evangelista, G., Monforte, I., Demateis Raveri, M., Claps, P. Relationship between rainfall and flood frequency curves in high elevation areas. EGU General Assembly 2023, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna (Austria), 24th-28th April 2023. [Abstract]
- Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P., Pianigiani, F., Claps, P.: Primi passi verso la valutazione del potenziale di laminazione delle grandi dighe italiane. Giornate dell’idrologia della Società Idrologica Italiana 2022, Genova (Italy), 9th-11th November, 2022. [Abstract]
- Claps, P., Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P.: Nubifragi “anomali” da Bitti (2020) a Cantiano (2022) e spunti per un ripensamento delle fasi di prevenzione e protezione. Giornate dell’idrologia della Società Idrologica Italiana 2022, Genova (Italy), 9th-11th November, 2022. [Abstract]
- Evangelista, G., Claps, P.: Dimensional analysis and intercomparison of the basin time of concentration formulas. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna (Austria), 23rd-27th May, 2022. [Abstract]
- Claps, P., Brunetto, M., Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P., Monforte, I.: FaBI: A new collection of flood data and attributes of basins in Italy. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna (Austria), 23rd-27th May, 2022. [Abstract]
- Monforte, I., Evangelista, G., Claps, P. Along-stream assessment of mountain flood dependence on global warming. SnowHydro 2022, 3rd Internation Conference on Snow Hydrology, Online, 31st January-3rd February, 2022.
- Evangelista, G., Barbero, M., Butera, I., Castelli, M., Claps, P., and Tamea, S.: Parameters calibration in rainfall induced landslides in the Langhe area (1994). EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 3rd-8th April 2021. [Abstract] – [Poster]
TALKS & OTHER PRESENTATIONS
- Claps, P., Evangelista, G., Demateis Raveri, M. Alluvioni nelle Alpi in tempi di riscaldamento globale. Le Azioni del Politecnico e del Territorio per la Crisi Climatica, 13th October 2023, Torino, Italy [poster presentation].
- Claps, P., Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P. Caratteristiche statistiche e idrologiche di recenti eventi alluvionali significativi e possibili risposte della Missione 4.2 del PNRR. In: Eventi estremi nell’ambito dei cambiamenti climatici – Le conseguenze idrologiche ed idrauliche, 21st September 2023, Bergamo, Italy.
- Claps P., Evangelista G., Mazzoglio P. Coherence vs. Novelty: which directions towards rainstorm and flood hazard assessment for the Infrastructures in Italy? Insights from the RETURN project. In: International Workshop “Novel concepts for the mitigation of flood and drought risk – Science progress and engineering practice”, 11th September 2023, Bologna, Italy.
- Evangelista, G., Woods, R., Claps, P. Valutazione della robustezza di formule di letteratura per la stima del tempo di risposta caratteristico di bacino: analisi dimensionale basata sulle velocità medie. PhD Days del Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica, 11th-12th September 2023, Matera, Italy [poster presentation].
- Evangelista, G. Which climatic and morphological factors most influence the flood attenuation potential of Italian dams? In: IAHR Italy Young Professional coffee break, 20th June 2023 [online].
- Claps, P., Ganora, D., Evangelista, G. Considerazioni sulla pubblicazione dei dati disponibili. In: Seminario “Linee guida per la ricostruzione degli idrogrammi di piena massimi annui”. ITCOLD, 21st March 2023, Milano, Italy.
- Evangelista, G. (Re)Discovering empirical formulas to estimate the watershed response time. In: second webinar of the “Gotta catch’em all – A catchment by catchment hydrological adventure” serie organized by BHS, YHS, YHS-IT and EGUHS, 21st February 2023 [online].