Postdoctoral Researcher · C3A, University of Trento
I quantify and predict how snow and permafrost respond to climate change, and what that means for water resources and natural hazards.
My research
I am an early-career researcher focused on the cryosphere, particularly snow and permafrost processes.
Quantifying and predicting the response of the cryosphere (permafrost and snow) to climate change, and its impact on water resources and natural hazards.
Applying and developing physically based models, GEOtop and GEOframe, to bridge the gap between field observations and theoretical understanding.
Reducing uncertainty in water-resource predictions for high-altitude regions.
Field evidence and modelling of permafrost, from the cold-arid Ladakh Range to Svalbard: the energy balance that sustains it, how deep it thaws each summer, and its role in mountain hazards such as the 2021 Chamoli disaster.
A 30-year, daily, 500 m snow water equivalent record for the Po River District, and what three decades of it reveal about snow loss below 2,000 m and snow drought.
Developing and applying GEOtop and GEOframe, from a thermodynamic framework for freezing soil to automated calibration of coupled heat-and-water permafrost models.
A single thermodynamic starting point for capillarity, solutes and adsorption in freezing ground
3 Aug 2026Reflections from a three-day hands-on workshop on energy balance modelling of permafrost environments, held at ICIMOD in Kathmandu. All course material is open-access.
6 May 2026We are offering a hands-on short course on GEOtop and GEOframe at EGU 2026 in Vienna. Here’s what to expect and how to prepare.
Supervision & opportunities
I am looking for motivated Master’s students and potential PhD candidates interested in modelling snow and permafrost and in physically based hydrological modelling. Open now: a Master’s thesis on snow dynamics in the Nordic region.
