Guglielmina Adele Diolaiuti, full professor of Physical geography and Geomorphology, is at Milan University since 2002. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field of cryosphere sciences and glaciology, area of expertise in which she has published more than 100 papers on international peer-reviewed journals. Her research activities are mainly focused on: i) describing, evaluating and quantifying climate change impacts on glaciers; ii) surveying and describing glacier micro meteorology; iii) projecting glacier evolution and meltwater discharge under different climate change scenarios.
Maurizio Maugeri, full professor of atmospheric physics, is at Milan University – Department of Environmental Science and Policy - since autumn 1991. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of atmospheric physics and climate change, areas of expertise in which he has published more than 120 papers listed by Scopus or Web of Science. He has about 12000 citations, with an H-index of 46. His researches are mainly focused on the reconstruction of the evolution of the climate of the last two centuries for Italy, the Alpine Region and the Mediterranean area and on the study of the current climate of these areas.
Antonella Senese, Associate Professor of Physical geography and Geomorphology and PhD in Natural and Environmental Sciences, is at Milan University since 2010. She has more than 10 years of experience in the field of cryosphere sciences, glaciology and alpine climatology, area of expertise in which she has published about 50 papers on international peer-reviewed journals. Her research activities are mainly focused on: i) describing, evaluating and quantifying climate change impacts on glaciers; ii) surveying and describing glacier micro meteorology; iii) projecting glacier evolution and meltwater discharge under different climate change scenarios; iv) evaluating environmental sustainability of techniques for mitigating climate change effects.
Researcher at Environmental Science and Policy of the University of Milan. Climatologist. My research activity is focused on the study of how and why the climate is changing and is changed during the last two centuries in Italy. My analysis are focused on variables like temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, visibility and cloudiness. Try to understand the underlying causes to the observed variations is important not only under the scientific point of view but also for the impact that they have in a high number of sectors (agriculture, energy production). The results of my research activity have been published in more than 20 international papers.
Researcher at the department of environmental science and policy, University of Milan. My main research interests concern the applications of remote sensing for cryospheric monitoring, using data from satellites and UAVs. I have taken part in the creation of glacier inventories (e.g. in the Alps, Turkey and Pakistan), studied the evolution of glacier albedo, glacier volume variations and the spatio-temporal distribution of snow cover at the basin scale. My interests extend to non-glacial areas, such as proglacial areas and those environments which are influenced by the availability of ice- and snow-related meltwater (e.g. agricultural areas). I have published more than 50 scientific papers on international journals.
PhD student at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy (39th cycle). Her research project focuses on the health and evolution of the high-altitude cryosphere in the Third Pole regions through the application of innovative remote sensing methods. In particular, she concentrates on the multitemporal variation of albedo on Pakistani glaciers in order to distribute the driving factors of snow and ice melting.
PhD student in Polar Sciences at Ca' Foscari University of Venice (39th cycle), based at the University of Milan. Her research focuses on the impacts of climate change on the cryosphere of the Third Pole, analyzing climatic variables and estimating the impact on the glaciers of the Karakoram-Himalaya region through the application of melting models.
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Milan's Department of Environmental Science and Policy, specializing in remote sensing for environmental and cryospheric research. His work integrates optical and SAR satellite data to monitor glacier dynamics. He has contributed to the creation of comprehensive glacier inventories for Pakistan, estimation of glacier volume variations, and analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution of snow cover—key insights critical for understanding water resources and climate change impacts in high-altitude regions. Additionally, he focuses on land use and classification, land subsidence, biomass estimation, and GIS applications in disaster management. By combining advanced remote sensing and GIS, his research addresses global challenges like sustainable resource management and mitigating climate change impacts on vulnerable ecosystems."
Conservation scientist with a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences specialized in microclimate studies for cultural heritage. His research has included material characterization, risk assessment of climate-induced degradation processes, and the development of preventive conservation strategies. He is currently collaborating on the DECC Project (Debris Flow Hazard and Climate Change in the Northern Apennines), analyzing climate variables, particularly precipitation, to support multi-temporal hazard analysis of debris flow events and their triggering factors.
PhD student in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy (38th cycle) in collaboration with R.S.E. (Research on Electric System). His research focuses on validating reanalysis products—datasets that integrate observations with numerical atmospheric models to provide comprehensive weather records for past decades—with a particular emphasis on extreme weather events. He has published in international journals works about temperature and precipitation variables. He spent six months in Oslo at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, working within the Division of Climate Services.
PhD student in Intersectoral innovation. Her research focuses on the economic valuation of ecosystem services in high-elevation remote areas, a field that explores how to quantify and analyze the economic benefits derived from the conservation and management of mountain ecosystems.
PhD student in Physics at the University of Milan (40th cycle), based at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy of UNIMI. Her research explores climate change’s impacts on the cryosphere and climatic variables of the Third Pole, using remote sensing, reanalysis data, and future scenario models. She focuses on the spatial and temporal variations of snow cover in the Karakoram-Himalaya region and its relationship with meteorological variables.
I am a PhD student in Polar Sciences (XL cycle) - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Milan University. My PhD project is related to the study of the glaciers in the Himalaya-Karakoram region, more precisely to the assessment of supraglacial debris extension and thickness with remote sensing methodologies, in order to quantify the impact of supraglacial debris over melting in the contest of climate change. I graduated in Geographical Sciences at Milan University with a thesis related to the evolution of the glacial and paraglacial environment in the Venosta Valley (Italy).
Research fellow contributing to the DEEP CHANGE PRIN 2022 project. He specializes in studying and monitoring climatic dynamics and temperature variations in subterranean environments, focusing on how these changes affect cave biodiversity. His research highlights the role of subterranean ecosystems as sensitive indicators of climate change. He develops conservation prioritization algorithms that integrate environmental, biodiversity, and threat data, using spiders as model organisms. With interests in ecological niche modeling, biodiversity patterns, multivariate GLM techniques, and functional ecology.
Research fellow at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Milan. His research focuses on atmospheric and climatic variables as well as climate change in the Italian territory. He works on updating and analyzing temperature and precipitation datasets, making them as comprehensive as possible in terms of geographic coverage and temporal resolution by cross-referencing existing sources and identifying new ones, with the goal of understanding how changes have occurred and assessing their impacts on different regions of Italy