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Giulia Evangelista

 

 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

CV on PoliTO personal page

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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
  1. Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P., Ganora, D., Pianigiani, F., Claps, P. Features of the large Italian dams and their upstream catchments. 2023.
UNDER REVIEW ARTICLES
  1. 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
  1. 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].
  2. 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].
  3. 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).
  4. 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

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. 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]
  5. 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

  1. 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].
  2. 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).
  3. 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].
  4. 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].
  5. 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]
  6. 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]
  7. 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]
  8. 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]
  9. 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]
  10. 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]
  11. 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]
  12. 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]
  13. 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.
  14. 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

  1. 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].
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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].
  5. 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].
  6. 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.
  7. 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].