Giulio CASTELLI

Ruolo attuale:: Ricercatore Legge 240/10 a tempo determinato
SSD:: AGRI-04/A - Idraulica agraria e sistemazioni idraulico-forestali
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI)

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A thesis is available on the modelling of the Marab Water Harvesting technology (desk study), in collaboration with ICARDA - Amman office. For information: giulio.castelli@unifi.it

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Giulio CASTELLI

Orario di ricevimento (aggiornato al 09/09/2020)

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Giulio CASTELLI

Biografia

Nato a Firenze il 06/05/1988.

Esperienza di ricerca e lavoro in: Italia, Etiopia, Burundi, Sudan, Bolivia, Ruanda, Guatemala, Emirati Arabi Uniti, Mozambico, Paesi Bassi, Svezia, Myanmar.

Volontario Ingegneria Senza Frontiere - Firenze

Giulio CASTELLI

Curriculum

Progetti di ricerca:

Convenzione di ricerca in contro terzi: Desk study on Best Siting of Water Harvesting Structures in Somalia with a focus on its arid parts. Finanziamento FAO Somalia. Apr - Nov 2024
ERASMUS+ KA171 bando 2022 – Finanziamento per accordo bilaterale fra la Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (Malawi) e l'Università degli Sudi di Firenze. 2022-2026
Convenzione di ricerca in contro terzi: Watershed characterisation and identification of best siting for water harvesting (WH) structures to restore ecosystems. Finanziamento International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA). Feb - Set 2021

Ruoli attualmente ricoperti:

Dal 08.03.2024 - Co-supervisore, Corso di Dottorato in Water Resources Development and Management, Mekelle University, Etiopia
Dal 12.01.2024 - Associate Editor, Frontiers in Water - Water and Human Systems
Dal 01.01.2023 - Working group coordinator, IAHS Science for water solutions decade: HELPING – Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world, working group su Co-Creating Water Knowledge
Dal 04.08.2023 - Associate Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Science - Drylands
Dal 27.04.2023 - Ricercatore associato, Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Hub (GEDT) – UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics, University of Geneva.
Dal 01.01.2023 - Co-supervisore, Corso di Dottorato in Gestione Sostenibile delle Risorse Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Dal 06.12.2021 - Membro dell'Editorial Board, All Earth
Dal 19.04.2021 - Membro del Committee, International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance
Dal 03.02.2021 - Membro del Working Group on Non-conventional Water Resources and Environment Protection (WG-NWREP), International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
Dal 01.09.2020 - Ricercatore Legge 240/10 a tempo determinato (RTDa) in Idraulica Agraria e Sistemazioni Idraulico-Forestali, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI), Università degli Studi di Firenze
Dal 14.12.2020 - Editor, Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development (JAEID)
Dal 01.09.2017 - Membro e co-fondatore, Water Harvesting Lab

Ruoli precedentemente ricoperti (principali):

01.04.2024 - 15.05.2024 - Visiting Researcher, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie (INAT)
01.10.2022 - 31.03.2023 - Invited Researcher, Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Hub (GEDT), Institute for Environmental Sciences (ISE) – UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics, University of Geneva.
14.04.2020 - 31.12.2021 - Co-Supervisore, Corso di Dottorato in Engineering (Infrastructure Development), Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
2020-2020 - Assegnista di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI), Università degli Studi di Firenze
2018-2020 - Borsista di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI), Università degli Studi di Firenze
2019-2020 - Corso di formazione per il Department of Rural Development of Myanmar: Water Management in arid and semi-arid areas (60 h, prima edizione 2019, seconda edizione 2020), nell'ambito del progetto GREAT (Economic, Environmental and Territory Resources Management AID no. 10942) – Finanziamento Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo. Terres des Hommes Italia, Myanmar. Attività didattica in Inglese
2019 - Attività di Supporto alla Didattica. Corso in Appropriate Environmental Technologies for Resources-limited Countries (3 CFU, 33 h). Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia. Attività didattica in Inglese
2017-2019 - Consulente, ARS Progetti SPA. Master Planning Consultant Mezyad Desert Park, Al Ain - Jebel Hafit UNESCO Heritage Site
2017-2019 - Consulente. World Bank, Italia – Burundi – Ruanda
2015-2016 - Coordinatore Settore Idrico. Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, Sede di Khartoum, Sudan

Titoli di studio:

2018, Dottorato di Ricerca in Gestione Sostenibile delle Risorse Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, con Lode. Università degli Studi di Firenze
2014, Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell'Ambiente e del Territorio, con Lode. Università degli Studi di Firenze

Premi e riconoscimenti:

2024. Roland Schlich Travel Support award for EGU 2024. European Geosciences Union (EGU), contributo “Modelling the effect of land use and crop changes on water harvesting agricultural reservoirs”
2022. Vincitore di una borsa della Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) come Visiting Scientist con il progetto "Beyond Water: the role of food security on hydropolitical disputes and water conflict and cooperation" presso l’Università di Ginevra. 12,500 CHF
2021. Premio 2020 del Tavolo Nazionale dei Contratti di Fiume
2019. Roland Schlich Travel Support award for EGU 2019. European Geosciences Union (EGU), contributo “Mesoclimate regulation induced by landscape restoration and water harvesting in agroecosystems of the horn of Africa”
2018. Menzione d'Onore - Premio Evaristo “Ivo” Ricchetti 2018 per giovani ricercatori - sezioni "GIT-Sezione di Geoscienze e Tecnologie Informatiche" e "SI-Sezione di Idrogeologia" della Società Geologica Italiana
2017. Premio “Adriano Guarnieri” per il migliore elaborato di Ingegneria Agraria del dottorato XXX ciclo - Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Agraria (AIIA)
2014. Premio di Laurea “CeTAmb LAB” 2014, Sezione Speciale “Acqua Bene Comune: Soluzioni e tecnologie appropriate per il territorio bresciano e per la cooperazione internazionale” - Università degli Studi di Brescia

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Giulio CASTELLI

Interessi

Characterization, modelling, implementation, and transferability of water harvesting techniques, including fog collection
Hydrological and agro-hydrological modelling of water resources systems in water-scarce and/or drought conditions
Remote sensing for the analysis of soil-water-vegetation-atmosphere interactions
Socio-hydrological and hydro-social analyses related to food security and land management
Water-related ecosystem services

Giulio CASTELLI

Pubblicazioni

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Tesi di Dottorato

Hadded, Rym; Ben Zaied, Mongi; Elkmali, Fatma; Castelli, Giulio; Abdelli, Fethi; Khabir, Zouhaier; Ben Zaied, Khaled; Bresci, Elena; Ouessar, Mohamed (2025). A Decision Support System for Managed Aquifer Recharge Through Non-Conventional Waters in the South of the Mediterranean. RESOURCES, vol. 14, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2079-9276 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Preti F.; Crocetti C.; Nijimbere S.; Nsabiyumva J.M.V.; Hicintuka C.; Castelli G. (2025). Soil and Water Bioengineering (SWBE) in Africa: First experience and lessons-learned in Burundi. ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 212, pp. 1-24, ISSN:0925-8574 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Forzini, Eleonora; Villani, Lorenzo; Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena (2025). Participatory Modeling of Small Agricultural Reservoirs in the Orcia Watershed, Italy. In: Biosystems Engineering Promoting Resilience to Climate Change - AIIA 2024 - Mid-Term Conference, Sartori, L., Tarolli, P., Guerrini, L., Zuecco, G., Pezzuolo, A., vol. 586, pp. 107-114, ISBN:9783031842115 DOI

Renzi, Niccolò; Niccolucci, Valentina; Montefrancesco, Cosimo; Castelli, Giulio; Rugani, Benedetto; Pacetti, Tommaso; Bresci, Elena; Penna, Daniele; Caporali, Enrica; De Micco, Patrice; Cupertino, Sebastiano; Bastianoni, Simone; Riccaboni, Angelo (2025). Water Footprint and Ecosystem Services Integration in the Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA) Framework. In: Biosystems Engineering Promoting Resilience to Climate Change - AIIA 2024 - Mid-Term Conference, Sartori, L., Tarolli, P., Guerrini, L., Zuecco, G., Pezzuolo, A., vol. 586, pp. 159-165, ISBN:9783031842115 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Lucca, Enrico; Kofinas, Dimitris; Avellán, Tamara; Kleemann, Janina; Mooren, Caro E.; Blicharska, Malgorzata; Teutschbein, Claudia; Sperotto, Anna; Sušnik, Janez; Milliken, Sarah; Fader, Marianela; Đorđević, Dejana; Dašić, Tina; Vasilić, Violeta; Taiwo, Bamgboye; Baubekova, Aziza; Pineda-Martos, Rocío; Spyropoulou, Alexandra; Baganz, Gösta F.M.; el Jeitany, Jerome; Oral, Hasan Volkan; Merheb, Mohammad; Castelli, Giulio; Pagano, Alessandro; Sambo, Beatrice; Suškevičs, Monika; Arnold, Mona; Rađenović, Tamara; Psomas, Alexander; Masia, Sara; La Jeunesse, Isabelle; Amorocho-Daza, Henry; Das, Sherin S; Bresci, Elena; Munaretto, Stefania; Brouwer, Floor; Laspidou, Chrysi (2025). Integrating “nature” in the water-energy-food Nexus: Current perspectives and future directions. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 966, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI

Villani, Lorenzo; Castelli, Giulio; Yimer, Estifanos Addisu; Nkwasa, Albert; Penna, Daniele; van Griensven, Ann; Bresci, Elena (2024). Exploring adaptive capacities in Mediterranean agriculture: Insights from Central Italy's Ombrone catchment. AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, vol. 216, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0308-521X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Nigro M.; Penna D.; Baneschi I.; Castelli G.; Dani A.; Menichini M.; Piemontese L.; Trucchi P.; Preti F.; Doveri M.; Giannecchini R. (2024). The selection of paired watersheds affects the assessment of wildfire hydrological impacts. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 941, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Villani L.; Castelli G.; Yimer E.A.; Chawanda C.J.; Nkwasa A.; Van Schaeybroeck B.; Penna D.; van Griensven A.; Bresci E. (2024). Impacts of climate change and vegetation response on future aridity in a Mediterranean catchment. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT, vol. 299, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0378-3774 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Arheimer, Berit; Cudennec, Christophe; Castellarin, Attilio; Grimaldi, Salvatore; Heal, Kate V.; Lupton, Claire; Sarkar, Archana; Tian, Fuqiang; Kileshye Onema, Jean-Marie; Archfield, Stacey; Blöschl, Günter; Chaffe, Pedro L. Borges; Croke, Barry F.W.; Dembélé, Moctar; Leong, Chris; Mijic, Ana; Mosquera, Giovanny M.; Nlend, Bertil; Olusola, Adeyemi O.; Polo, María J.; Sandells, Melody; Sheffield, Justin; van Hateren, Theresa C.; Shafiei, Mojtaba; Adla, Soham; Agarwal, Ankit; Aguilar, Cristina; Andersson, Jafet C.M.; Andraos, Cynthia; Andreu, Ana; Avanzi, Francesco; Bart, Ryan R.; Bartosova, Alena; Batelaan, Okke; Bennett, James C.; Bertola, Miriam; Bezak, Nejc; Boekee, Judith; Bogaard, Thom; Booij, Martijn J.; Brigode, Pierre; Buytaert, Wouter; Bziava, Konstantine; Castelli, Giulio; Castro, Cyndi V.; Ceperley, Natalie C.; Chidepudi, Sivarama K. R.; Chiew, Francis H. S.; Chun, Kwok P.; Dagnew, Addisu G.; Dekongmen, B.W.; Del Jesus, Manuel; Dezetter, Alain; Do Nascimento Batista, José A.; Doble, Rebecca C.; Dogulu, Nilay; Eekhout, Joris P.C.; Elçi, Alper; Elenius, Maria; Finger, David C.; Fiori, Aldo; Fischer, Svenja; Förster, Kristian; Ganora, Daniele; Gargouri Ellouze, Emna; Ghoreishi, Mohammad; Harvey, Natasha; Hrachowitz, Markus; Jampani, Mahesh; Jaramillo, Fernando; Jongen, Harro J.; Kareem, Kola Y.; Khan, Usman T.; Khatami, Sina; Kingston, Daniel G.; Koren, Gerbrand; Krause, Stefan; Kreibich, Heidi; Lerat, Julien; Liu, Junguo; Liu, Suxia; Madruga de Brito, Mariana; Mahé, Gil; Makurira, Hodson; Mazzoglio, Paola; Merheb, Mohammad; Mishra, Ashish; Mohammad, Hiba; Montanari, Alberto; Mujere, Never; Nabavi, Ehsan; Nkwasa, Albert; Orduna Alegria, Maria E.; Orieschnig, Christina; Ovcharuk, Valeriya; Palmate, Santosh S.; Pande, Saket; Pandey, Shachi; Papacharalampous, Georgia; Pechlivanidis, Ilias; Penny, Gopal; Pimentel, Rafael; Post, David A.; Prieto, Cristina; Razavi, Saman; Salazar-Galán, Sergio; Sankaran Namboothiri, Adarsh; Santos, Pedro P.; Savenije, Hubert; Shanono, Nura J.; Sharma, Ashutosh; Sivapalan, Murugesu; Smagulov, Zhanibek; Szolgay, Jan; Teng, Jin; Teuling, Adriaan J.; Teutschbein, Claudia; Tyralis, Hristos; Griensven, Ann van; van Schalkwyk, Andries J.; van Tiel, Marit; Viglione, Alberto; Volpi, Elena; Wagener, Thorsten; Wang, Xiaojun; Wang-Erlandsson, Lan; Wens, Marthe; Xia, Jun (2024). The IAHS Science for Solutions decade, with Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world (HELPING). HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, vol. 69, pp. 1417-1435, ISSN:0262-6667 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Ait el kadi, Moussa; Bouchaou, Lhoussaine; Castelli, Giulio; Re, Viviana; Çakmakçı, Yusuf; Bresci, Elena; Hssaissone, Mohammed (2024). Multi-aspect assessment of operational fog collection systems: A rural development perspective, insights from the Sidi Ifni project in Morocco. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, vol. 222, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0140-1963 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

van der Laan M.; Virtanen S.; Matsuno Y.; Castelli G.; Fayrap A.; Cresswell R.; Hsieh M.K. (2024). Ecosystem services of irrigated and controlled drainage agricultural systems: A contemporary global perspective. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE, vol. 73, pp. 1823-1837, ISSN:1531-0353 DOI

Luigi Piemontese, Giulio Castelli, Elena Bresci (2024). Il ruolo delle infrastrutture idriche nella resilienza dei pastori alla siccità estrema in zone semi aride. In: Quaderni di Idronomia Montana, Palermo, EdiBios, vol. Quaderni di Idronomia Montana N. 37/2, pp. 147-154, ISBN:978-88-97181-89-7

T. Papini, L. Piemontese, G. Castelli, Y. Giambastiani, F. Preti (2024). Migliore localizzazione (best siting) di piccoli invasi collinari in Toscana. In: La ricerca nel settore dell’idraulica agraria, dell’irrigazione e delle sistemazioni idraulico-forestali - Giornate di studio in onore del prof. Giuseppe Provenzano, Palermo, 4-5/12/2023, EdiBios, vol. 37, pp. 117-124, ISBN:978-88-97181-89-7

G. Castelli, E. Bresci, J.M.V. Nsabiyumva, F. Preti (2024). Remote sensing analysis of water harvesting through contour trenches and terraces in Burundi. In: La ricerca nel settore dell’idraulica agraria, dell’irrigazione e delle sistemazioni idraulico-forestali - Giornate di studio in onore del prof. Giuseppe Provenzano, Palermo, 4-5/12/2023, EdiBios, vol. 37, pp. 141-146, ISBN:978-88-97181-89-7

N. Renzi, L. Villani, M. Haddad, S. Strohmeier, M. el Din, J. Al Widyan, E. Bresci, G. Castelli (2024). Modeling‐based performance assessment of an indigenous macro‐catchment water harvesting technique (Marab) in the Jordanian Badia. In: La ricerca nel settore dell’idraulica agraria, dell’irrigazione e delle sistemazioni idraulico-forestali - Giornate di studio in onore del prof. Giuseppe Provenzano, Palermo, 4-5/12/2023, EdiBios, vol. 37, pp. 133-140, ISBN:978-88-97181-89-7

Piemontese, Luigi; Terzi, Stefano; Di Baldassarre, Giuliano; Menestrey Schwieger, Diego A.; Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena (2024). Over-reliance on water infrastructure can hinder climate resilience in pastoral drylands. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, vol. 14, pp. 267-274, ISSN:1758-678X DOI

F. Preti, C. Crocetti, G. Castelli, C. Hicintuka, S. Nijimbere, J.M.V. Nsabyumva, F. Uwimana (2024). Soil and Water Bioengineering in Burundi: first experiences, lessons-learnt and short-term monitoring. In: La ricerca nel settore dell’idraulica agraria, dell’irrigazione e delle sistemazioni idraulico-forestali - Giornate di studio in onore del prof. Giuseppe Provenzano, Palermo, 4-5/12/2023, EdiBios, vol. 37/2, pp. 503-510, ISBN:978-88-97181-89-7

Mastrolonardo G.; Castelli G.; Certini G.; Maxwald M.; Trucchi P.; Foderi C.; Errico A.; Marra E.; Preti F. (2024). Post-fire erosion and sediment yield in a Mediterranean forest catchment in Italy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEDIMENT RESEARCH, vol. 39, pp. 464-477, ISSN:1001-6279 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castelli, Giulio; Cuni Sanchez, Aida; Mestrallet, Aixa; Montaño, Limber Cruz; López de Armentia, Teresa; Salbitano, Fabio; Bresci, Elena (2023). Fog as unconventional water resource: Mapping fog occurrence and fog collection potential for food security in Southern Bolivia. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, vol. 208, pp. 1-9, ISSN:0140-1963 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Renzi, N; Villani, L; Haddad, M; Strohmeier, S; el Din, M; Al Widyan, J; Bresci, E; Castelli, G (2023). Modeling-based performance assessment of an indigenous macro-catchment water harvesting technique (Marab) in the Jordanian Badia. LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT, vol. 34, pp. 5191-5206, ISSN:1085-3278 DOI

Biazin, B; Castelli, G; Bresci, E; Keesstra, S (2023). Editorial: Advances in soil and water management for dryland areas. FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, vol. 11, pp. 1-3, ISSN:2296-665X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Setti, Andrea; Castelli, Giulio; Villani, Lorenzo; Ferrise, Roberto; Bresci, Elena (2023). Modelling the impacts of water harvesting and climate change on rainfed maize yields in Senegal. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING, vol. 54, pp. 291-302, ISSN:2239-6268 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Piemontese L.; Castelli G.; Limones N.; Grazio A.; Bresci E. (2023). Large-scale siting of sand dams: A participatory approach and application in Angolan drylands. LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT, vol. 34, pp. 844-858, ISSN:1099-145X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Vianney Nsabiyumva, Jean Marie; Apollonio, Ciro; Castelli, Giulio; Petroselli, Andrea; Sabir, Mohamed; Preti, Federico (2023). Agricultural Practices for Hillslope Erosion Mitigation: A Case Study in Morocco. WATER, vol. 15, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2073-4441 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Lucca, Enrico; El Jeitany, Jerome; Castelli, Giulio; Pacetti, Tommaso; Bresci, Elena; Nardi, Fernando; Caporali, Enrica (2023). A review of water-energy-food-ecosystems Nexus research in the Mediterranean: evolution, gaps and applications. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 18, pp. 0-24, ISSN:1748-9326 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Elia Degli Innocenti, Giulio Castelli, Simone Pozzolini, Enrica Caporali (2023). Modeling the effect of land cover change on sediment accumulation in small agricultural reservoirs in Tuscany region. In: 15th International Symposium on River Sedimentation - ISRS 2023: Sustainable Sediment Management in a Changing Environment, Firenze, 5-8 September 2023, University of Florence, University of Padua, pp. 235-236. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Forzini, Eleonora; Piemontese, Luigi; Bresci, Elena; Barthod, Blandine; Bielser, Florian; Sylvestre, Marc; Adhikari, Nirmal; Pun, Sony; Castelli, Giulio (2022). Identification of suitable sites for traditional pokhari water harvesting in mountain rural communities of the Himalaya. HYDROLOGY RESEARCH, vol. 53, pp. 1340-1356, ISSN:1998-9563 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Laurin, GV; Francini, S; Penna, D; Zuecco, G; Chirici, G; Berman, E; Coops, NC; Castelli, G; Bresci, E; Preti, F; Valentini, R (2022). SnowWarp: An open science and open data tool for daily monitoring of snow dynamics. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE, vol. 156, pp. 105477-105487, ISSN:1364-8152 DOI

Tommaso Pacetti, Simona Cioli, Giulio Castelli, Elena Bresci, Matteo Pampaloni, Tiziana Pileggi, Enrica Caporali (2022). Planning Nature Based Solutions against urban pluvial flooding in heritage cities: A spatial multi criteria approach for the city of Florence (Italy). JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. REGIONAL STUDIES, vol. 41, pp. 1-15, ISSN:2214-5818 DOI

Villani, Lorenzo; Castelli, Giulio; Piemontese, Luigi; Penna, Daniele; Bresci, Elena (2022). Drought risk assessment in Mediterranean agricultural watersheds: A case study in Central Italy. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT, vol. 271, pp. 1-18, ISSN:0378-3774 DOI

Castelli, Giulio; Piemontese, Luigi; Quinn, Ruth; Aerts, Jeroen; Elsner, Paul; Ertsen, Maurits; Hussey, Stephen; Filho, Walter Leal; Limones, Natalia; Mpofu, Bongani; Neufeld, Doug Graber; Ngugi, Keziah; Ngwenya, Nobubelo; Parker, Alison; Ryan, Cate; de Trincheria, Josep; Villani, Lorenzo; Eisma, Jessica; Bresci, Elena (2022). Sand dams for sustainable water management: Challenges and future opportunities. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 838, pp. 1-10, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI

Msume, Arab P.; Mwale, Faidess D.; Castelli, Giulio (2022). Inventory and drivers of the adoption of flood‐based farming systems in South‐Eastern Africa: Insights from Malawi. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE, pp. 521-533, ISSN:1531-0353 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Elena Bresci; Giulio Castelli (2022). Il sistema idraulico come fattore fondativo: criticità e possibilità di recupero. In: David Fanfani, Giuseppe Alberto Centauro. La Fattoria Medicea di Cascine di Tavola Un: Progetto Integrato di Territorio per la rigenerazione patrimoniale di un paesaggio vivente, pp. 155-159, Firenze: Firenze University Press, ISBN:978-88-5518-600-1. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castelli Giulio (2022). Optimal design of terraced landscapes: sensitivity analysis of geomechanical and bio-mechanical parameters. In: LASOSU2022, Dalian University, pp. 1-12. DOI

Elena Bresci; Giulio Castelli (2022). La rigenerazione idraulica ed ambientale dell’ambito della Fattoria Medicea. In: David Fanfani, Giuseppe Alberto Centauro. La Fattoria Medicea di Cascine di Tavola Un: Progetto Integrato di Territorio per la rigenerazione patrimoniale di un paesaggio vivente, pp. 223-236, Firenze: Firenze University Press, ISBN:978-88-5518-600-1. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Villani L.; Castelli G.; Sambalino F.; Almeida Oliveira L.A.; Bresci E. (2022). Reprint of: Influence of trees on landscape temperature in semi-arid agro-ecosystems of East Africa. BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING, vol. 223, pp. 209-223, ISSN:1537-5110 DOI

Pacetti, Tommaso; Castelli, Giulio; Schroeder, Boris; Bresci, Elena; Caporali, Enrica (2022). Evaluating the Water Ecosystem Services Footprint to support agricultural water management in Central Italy: a watershed scale approach. In: EGU general Assembly 2023, Vienna (Austria), 23-27 May 2022, Copernicus, pp. 12434-12434. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Pacetti, Tommaso; Castelli, Giulio; Schroeder, Boris; Bresci, Elena; Caporali, Enrica (2022). Evaluating the Water Ecosystem Services Footprint to support agricultural water management in Central Italy: a watershed scale approach. In: EGUGeneral Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 23-27 May 2022, Copernicus, vol. 2022, pp. 12434-12434. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Villani, Lorenzo; Castelli, Giulio; Sambalino, Francesco; Almeida Oliveira, Lucas A.; Bresci, Elena (2021). Influence of trees on landscape temperature in semi-arid agro-ecosystems of East Africa. BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING, vol. 212, pp. 185-199, ISSN:1537-5110 DOI

Msume, Arab; Castelli, Giulio; Mwale, Faidess (2021). Flood Based Farming Systems in South-Eastern Africa: Smallholder Farmers’ Choice. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, European Geoscience Union, pp. 1-1. DOI

Laurita, Beatrice; Castelli, Giulio; Resta, Carlo; Bresci, Elena (2021). Stakeholder-based water allocation modelling and ecosystem services trade-off analysis: the case of El Carracillo region (Spain). HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, vol. 66, pp. 777-794, ISSN:0262-6667 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Pacetti, Tommaso; Castelli, Giulio; Schröder, Boris; Bresci, Elena; Caporali, Enrica (2021). Water Ecosystem Services Footprint of agricultural production in Central Italy. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. ., pp. 149095-149095, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI

Elena Bresci; Giulio Castelli (2021). Water Harvesting in Farmlands. In: Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian. Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals, pp. 87-100 Wiley, ISBN:978-1-119-47894-2. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Giulio Castelli, Shimbahri Mesfin, Lucas Allan Almeida Oliveira, Elena Bresci, Eyasu Yazew (2021). Soil Moisture Variability in Newly Implemented Agricultural Bench Terraces in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. In: International Forum on Land Degradation, Soil Conservation and Sustainable Development, 2021, Dalian, China, 21-23 August 2021, LASOSU 2021, pp. 103-103.

Giulio Castelli, Viviana Re, Win Min Oo, Andrea di Maggio, Lorenzo Fellin, Elena Bresci (2021). A participatory-based methodology for the selection of sustainable land and water management practices in rural Myanmar. In: International Forum on Land Degradation, Soil Conservation and Sustainable Development, 2021, Dalian, China, 21-23 August 2021, LASOSU 2021, pp. 62-62.

Castelli, Giulio; Oo, Win Min; Maggio, Andrea di; Fellin, Lorenzo; Re, Viviana; Bresci, Elena (2021). Participatory analysis of sustainable land and water management practices for integrated rural development in Myanmar. JOURNAL OF WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE FOR DEVELOPMENT, vol. 11, pp. 26-36, ISSN:2043-9083 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Preti, Federico; Errico, Alessandro; Castelli, Giulio (2021). Terraced Landscapes and Hydrological-Geological Hazards: Innovative Approaches and Future Perspectives. WATER, vol. 13, pp. 1728-1728, ISSN:2073-4441 DOI

Pacetti T., Castelli G., Bresci E., Caporali E. (2020). Water Values: Participatory Water Ecosystem Services Assessment in the Arno River Basin, Italy. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, vol. 34, pp. 4527-4544, ISSN:1573-1650 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Pacetti T., Cioli S., Castelli G., Pampaloni M., Bresci E., & Caporali E. (2020). Planning Nature-Based-Solutions through geographic information tools to manage flood risk on Florence city environment. In: International Conference Daylighting Rivers: Inquiry Based Learning for Civic Ecology, Cnr Edizioni, pp. 202-207, ISBN:978 88 8080 424 6 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Piemontese, Luigi; Castelli, Giulio; Fetzer, Ingo; Barron, Jennie; Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; Bresci, Elena; Jaramillo, Fernando (2020). Estimating the global potential of water harvesting from successful case studies. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS, vol. 63, pp. 1-13, ISSN:0959-3780 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Villani, Lorenzo; Castelli, Giulio; Sambalino, Francesco; Oliveira Almeida, Allan Lucas; Bresci, Elena (2020). Integrating UAV and satellite data to assess the effects of agroforestry on microclimate in Dodoma region, Tanzania. In: International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor), Trento, 2020, IEEE, pp. 338-342, ISBN:978-1-7281-8783-9 DOI

Elena Bresci, Giulio Castelli, Luca Ongaro (2020). Announcing Changes in the JAEID property and Editorial Board. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, vol. 114, pp. 5-6, ISSN:2240-2802 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castelli, G., Pacetti, T., Bresci, E., & Caporali, E. (2020). Water Values: participatory assessment of riverine ecosystem services for sustainable water management in the Arno basin. In: International Conference Daylighting Rivers: Inquiry Based Learning for Civic Ecology, Cnr Edizioni, pp. 81-85, ISBN:978 88 8080 424 6 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Pacetti, Tommaso; Pampaloni, Matteo; Castelli, Giulio; Caporali, Enrica; Bresci, Elena; Isola, Matteo; Lompi, Marco (2020). Flood risk and water resources management with nature-based solutions on Florence city environment. In: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2020, On line, 4–8 May 2020, Copernicus Publications, pp. 18833-18833. DOI

Castelli, G.; Oliveira, L.A.A.; Abdelli, F.; Dhaou, H.; Bresci, E.; Ouessar, M. (2019). Effect of traditional check dams (jessour) on soil and olive trees water status in Tunisia. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 690, pp. 226-236, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI

Tommaso Pacetti, Giulio Castelli, Lapo Cecconi , Bianca Cinelli, Marco Dugini, Lorenzo Tilli, Enrica Caporali , Elena Bresci (2019). WaterValues: il valore dell’Acqua. In: Alessandro Vitale, Bianca Dendena. 10 idee per comunità sostenibili. Buone pratiche per una gestione intelligente della risorsa acqua, pp. 68-74, Milano: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, ISBN:9788868353513. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Cantini, Francesco; Castelli, Giulio; Foderi, Cristiano; Salazar Garcia, Adalid; López de Armentia, Teresa; Bresci, Elena; Salbitano, Fabio (2019). Evidence-Based Integrated Analysis of Environmental Hazards in Southern Bolivia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 16, pp. 2107-2107, ISSN:1660-4601 DOI

Socci, Paolo; Errico, Alessandro; Castelli, Giulio; Penna, Daniele; Preti, Federico (2019). Terracing: From Agriculture to Multiple Ecosystem Services. In: AAVV. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science, pp. 1-33 Oxford University Press USA, ISBN:9780199389414. DOI

Giulio Castelli; Enrico Guastini; Alessandro Errico; Elena Bresci; Daniele Penna; Federico Preti (2019). Come cambia la risposta idrologica di bacino con l'aumento della scala spaziale? Un esempio in ambito alpino./How does catchment hydrological response change at increasing spatial scale? An Alpine example. In: AAVV. Quaderni di Idronomia Montana 36, pp. 191-200 Edbios, ISBN:978-88-97181-68-2.

Castelli, Giulio; Castelli, Fabio; Bresci, Elena (2019). Mesoclimate regulation induced by landscape restoration and water harvesting in agroecosystems of the horn of Africa. AGRICULTURE, ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, vol. 275, pp. 54-64, ISSN:0167-8809 DOI

Shimbahri Mesfin , Lucas Allan Almeida Oliveira, Eyasu Yazew , Elena Bresci, Giulio Castelli (2019). Spatial Variability of Soil Moisture in Newly Implemented Agricultural Bench Terraces in the Ethiopian Plateau. WATER, vol. 11, pp. 2134-2134, ISSN:2073-4441 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Tommaso Pacetti; Giulio Castelli; Enrica Caporali; Elena Bresci; Lapo Cecconi; Bianca Cinelli; Marco Dugini; Lorenzo Tilli (2019). Water values: participatory water ecosystem services assessment for watershed management. In: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019, Vienna (Austria), 7-12 April 2019, Copernicus Publications, vol. 21, pp. 16023-16023. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Tucci, Grazia; Parisi, Erica; Castelli, Giulio; Errico, Alessandro; Corongiu, Manuela; Sona, Giovanna; Viviani, Enea; Bresci, Elena; Preti, Federico (2019). Multi-Sensor UAV Application for Thermal Analysis on a Dry-Stone Terraced Vineyard in Rural Tuscany Landscape. ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION, vol. 8, pp. 87-108, ISSN:2220-9964 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Eleonora Forzini, Giulio Castelli, Fabio Salbitano, Elena Bresci (2019). Using Google Earth Engine for the analysis of fog and forest landscape interactions in hyper-arid areas of southern Peru. In: Eleonora Forzini,Giulio Catelli, Fabio Salbitano, Elene Bresci. Earth observation advancements in a changing world, pp. 53-56, firenze: Chirici G., Gianinetto M., ISBN:978-88-944687-1-7. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Errico, A., Guastini, E., Fabiani, G., Trucchi, P., Zuecco, G., Castelli, G., Bresci, E., Preti F., Borga M., Penna, D. (2019). Un nuovo bacino sperimentale nell’Appennino toscano per l’analisi di processi idrologici ed ecoidrologici. In: Processi Idrologici ed Erosivi nei Sistemi Agrari ed Ambientali. Giornata di studi in ricordo del Prof. Ing. Marcello Niedda, Sassari, Italia, 6 - 7 Giugno 2019, PAGEPress Publications., pp. 56-59, ISBN:978-88-909262-4-2 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Tommaso Pacetti, Giulio Castelli, Lapo Cecconi, Lorenzo Tilli, Enrica Caporali, Elena Bresci (2019). Water values: Participatory water ecosystem services assessment in the Arno River basin. In: 11th, EWRA 2019 - 11th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment, 25-29 June 2019, EWRA Editorial Office: Iroon Polytechniou 9, 157 80, Athens, Greece, pp. 503-504, ISBN:978-618-84419-0-3

Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena (2019). Assessment of Water Harvesting impacts on water conservation by integrating Landsat 7 and CHIRPS datasets in Google Earth Engine platform. RENDICONTI ONLINE DELLA SOCIETÀ GEOLOGICA ITALIANA, vol. 48/2019, pp. 47-53, ISSN:2035-8008 DOI

Guastini, Enrico; Zuecco, Giulia; Errico, Alessandro; Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena; Preti, Federico; Penna, Daniele (2019). How does streamflow response vary with spatial scale? Analysis of controls in three nested Alpine catchments. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, vol. 570, pp. 705-718, ISSN:0022-1694 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Certini, Giacomo; Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena; Calamini, Gianfranco; Pierguidi, Alberto; Villegas Paredes, Luis Norberto; Salbitano, Fabio (2019). Fog collection as a strategy to sequester carbon in drylands. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 657, pp. 391-400, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Lorenzo Villani, Giulio Castelli, Elena Bresci, Eyasu Yazew Hagos (2018). Water productivity analysis of sand dams irrigation farming in northern Ethiopia. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, vol. 112, pp. 139-160, ISSN:2240-2802 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Cristiano Foderi, Giulio Castelli, Elena Bresci, Fabio Salbitano (2018). Back to the future of land cover and sustainability. Historical land cover analysis in remote Bolivian areas with Google Earth Engine. In: AIT2018 ITALIAN SOCIETY OF REMOTE SENSING IX CONFERENCE, ., pp. 36-36.

Castelli, G., Bresci, E., Castelli, F., Hagos, E.Y., Mehari, A. (2018). A participatory design approach for modernization of spate irrigation systems. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT, vol. 210, pp. 286-295, ISSN:0378-3774 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Giulio Castelli (2018). Evidences of climate mitigation from Landscape Restoration and Water Harvesting: A Remote Sensing Approach. (Tutor: Elena Bresci)

Giulio Castelli, Tommaso Pacetti , Cristiano Foderi, Marissa Castro Magnani, Yandery Kempff, Enrica Caporali, Elena Bresci, Fabio Salbitano (2018). Towards Landscape Ecohydrology: linking historical landscape patterns and ecosystem services provision in Bolivian sub-Andean region. In: EGU General Assembly 2018, EGU, vol. 20, pp. 12558-12558.

Giulio Castelli, Federico Preti, Elena Bresci (2018). Remote sensing monitoring of soil water buffering in Agricultural Terraced Landscapes: an application of OPTRAM methodology in Tuscany Region, Italy. In: EGU General Assembly 2018, EGU, vol. 20, pp. 14524-14524.

Beatrice Laurita, Giulio Castelli, Antonio Giacomin, Marlon Salazar, Alonso Torres, Yamuna Giambastiani, Federico Preti, Elena Bresci (2018). Participatory design of rooftop water harvesting systems for smallholder farmers in the corridor Seco region, Guatemala. JUNCO, vol. 1, pp. 456-465, ISSN:2531-8772 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Correggiari, Martino; Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena; Salbitano, Fabio (2017). Fog Collection and Participatory Approach for Water Management and Local Development: Practical Reflections from Case Studies in the Atacama Drylands. In: Mohamed Ouessar, Donald Gabriels, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Steven Evett. Water and Land Security in Drylands, pp. 141-158 Springer, ISBN:978-3-319-54020-7. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Kamar Khazal, Beatrice Laurita, Giulio Castelli, Elena Bresci (2017). Rainwater harvesting monitoring through Remote Sensing in Jordan. In: 11th International AIIA Conference: July 5-8, 2017 Bari – Italy: “Biosystems Engineering addressing the human challenges of the 21st century”, Bari, Italy, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, pp. 547-550, ISBN:978-88-6629-020-9

Beatrice Laurita, Giulio Castelli, Kamar Khazal, Elena bresci (2017). Identifying suitable sites for underground dams using GIS: a case study in North-East Brazil. In: 11th International AIIA Conference: July 5-8, 2017 Bari – Italy: “Biosystems Engineering addressing the human challenges of the 21st century”, Bari, Italy, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, pp. 466-469, ISBN:978-88-6629-020-9

Kamar Khazal, Beatrice Laurita, Giulio Castelli, Elena Bresci (2017). Historical review on Water Harvesting in Jordan. In: 11th International AIIA Conference: July 5-8, 2017 Bari – Italy: “Biosystems Engineering addressing the human challenges of the 21st century”, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, pp. 544-546, ISBN:978-88-6629-020-9

Castelli, Giulio; Minelli, Andrea; Lakew Tefera, Meron; Bresci, Elena; Yazew, Eyasu; Embaye, Tesfa-Alem Gebreegziabher; Sebhatleab, Mulugeta (2017). Impacts of rainwater harvesting and rainwater management on upstream - Downstream agricultural ecosystem services in two catchments of southern tigray, Ethiopia. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS, vol. 58, pp. 685-690, ISSN:2283-9216 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena (2017). Participatory rural appraisal for Diagnostic Analysis of spate irrigation systems in Raya Valley, Ethiopia. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS, vol. 118, pp. 129-139, ISSN:1612-9830 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castelli, Giulio*; Foderi, Cristiano; Guzman, Boris Hinojosa; Ossoli, Lorenzo; Kempff, Yandery; Bresci, Elena; Salbitano, Fabio (2017). Planting waterscapes: Green infrastructures, landscape and hydrological modeling for the future of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. FORESTS, vol. 8, pp. 437-437, ISSN:1999-4907 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Fabio Salbitano, Giulio Castelli, Cristiano Foderi, Elena Bresci (2017). AGUACRUZ: Water, Landscape, and Cities. Hydrological and landscape ecology modelling for the green and blue future of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia). In: IUFRO 8.01.02 Landscape Ecology Conference 2017 - The Green-Blue Nexus: Forests, Landscapes and Services. 24 - 29 September 2017, Martin Luther Universitat, pp. 30-30, ISBN:978-3-86829-915-1

Ismangil, D.; Wiegant, D.; Hagos, E.; van Steenbergen, F.; Kool, M.; Sambalino, F.; Castelli, G.; Bresci, E.; Hagos, F (2016). Managing the microclimate. Practical note spate irrigation n. 27. Spate Irrigation network Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castelli, Giulio; Bresci, Elena (2015). Participatory rural appraisalfor diagnostic analysisof spate irrigation systems. In: AIIA 2015 International Mid-Term Conference "New frontiers of biosystems and agricultural engineering for feeding the planet, Napoli, 22-23 giugno 2015, AIIA, pp. 1-6, ISBN:978-88-89972-13-7

Elena, Bresci; Giulio, Castelli; Fabio, Salbitano (2015). Fog Collection in the Atacama desert, an alternative technology for water management and local development: case studies and translation prospects.. In: ILDAC 2015 - INTEGRATED LAND AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE DRY AREAS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE, Djerba Island, Tunisia, pp. 1-10.

Giulio CASTELLI

Biography

Born in Florence on 06/05/1988.

Countries of experience: Italy, Ethiopia, Burundi, Sudan, Bolivia, Rwanda, Guatemala, UAE, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Sweden, Myanmar.

Volunteer Ingegneria Senza Frontiere - Firenze

Giulio CASTELLI

Curriculum

Research projects (as principal investigator):

Agreement for research activities: Desk study on Best Siting of Water Harvesting Structures in Somalia with a focus on its arid parts funded by FAO Somalia. Apr - Nov 2024
ERASMUS+ KA171 call 2022 – funding acquired for bilateral mobility between the University of Florence (Italy) and the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (Malawi). 2022 - 2026
Agreement for research activities Watershed characterisation and identification of best siting for water harvesting (WH) structures to restore ecosystems funded by The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA). Feb - Sep 2021

Positions, current:

From 08.03.2024 - PhD Co-Supervisor, Ph.D. in Water Resources Development and Management, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
From 12.01.2024 - Associate Editor, Frontiers in Water - Water and Human Systems
From 01.01.2023 - Working group coordinator, IAHS Science for water solutions decade: HELPING – Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world, working group on Co-Creating Water Knowledge
From 04.08.2023 - Associate Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Science - Drylands
From 23.04.2023 - Associate Researcher, Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Hub (GEDT) – UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics, University of Geneva.
From 01.01.2023 - PhD Co-supervisor, Phd in Sustainable Management of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Resources, University of Florence
From 06.12.2021 - Editorial Board member, All Earth
From 19.04.2021 - Committee Member, International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance
From 03.02.2021 - Member of the Working Group on Non-conventional Water Resources and Environment Protection (WG-NWREP), International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
From 01.09.2020 - Research Fellow in Agricultural hydraulics and watershed protection, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence
From 14.12.2020 - Editor, Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development (JAEID)
From 01.09.2017 - Member and co-founder, Water Harvesting Lab

Positions, past:

01.04.2024 - 15.05.2024 - Visiting Researcher, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie (INAT)
25.09.2022 - 31.03.2023 - Invited Researcher, Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Hub (GEDT), Institute for Environmental Sciences (ISE) – UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics, University of Geneva.
14.04.2020 - 31.12.2022 - PhD Co-supervisor, Phd in Engineering (Infrastructure Development), Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
2018-2020 - PostDoc. Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence
2019-2020 - Lecturer. Training course for the Department of Rural Development of Myanmar: Water Management in arid and semi-arid areas (60 h, first edition 2019, second edition 2020), in the framework of GREAT (Economic, Environmental and Territory Resources Management) Project (AID no. 10942) – Funding Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, AICS). Terres des Hommes Italia NGO, Myanmar. Teaching activity in English
2019 - Assistant Lecturer (Supporto alla Didattica). Course in Appropriate Environmental Technologies for Resources-limited Countries (3 ECTS, 33 h). University of Brescia, Italy. Teaching activity in English
2017-2019 - Short Term Consultant, ARS Progetti SPA. Master Planning Consultant Mezyad Desert Park, Al Ain - Jebel Hafit UNESCO Heritage Site
2017-2019 - Short Term Consultant. The World Bank, Italy – Burundi – Rwanda
2015-2016 - Water Sector Coordinator. AICS - Italian Development Cooperation Agency, Office of Khartoum, Sudan

Education:

2018, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) with Honors. Sustainable Management of Agricultural Forestry and Food Resources, specialisation Agricultural and Forest Engineering. University of Florence, Italy.
2014, MSc in Environmental Engineering 110/110 cum laude. University of Florence, Italy

Awards:

2024. Roland Schlich Travel Support award for EGU 2024. European Geosciences Union (EGU) - International, for the contribution “Modelling the effect of land use and crop changes on water harvesting agricultural reservoirs”
2022. Visiting Grant: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Visiting Scientist grant at University of Geneva for the project "Beyond Water: the role of food security on hydropolitical disputes and water conflict and cooperation". 12,500 CHF
2021. “Premio 2020 del Tavolo Nazionale dei Contratti di Fiume” – Award of the National Working Table for River Basin Contracts - National
2019. Roland Schlich Travel Support award for EGU 2019. European Geosciences Union (EGU) - International, for the contribution “Mesoclimate regulation induced by landscape restoration and water harvesting in agroecosystems of the horn of Africa”
2018. Honorary Mention – Prize Evaristo “Ivo” Ricchetti 2018 for young researchers - XIII Meeting of the Hydrogeology and IT-Geosciences sections of the Italian Society of Geosciences - National
2017. PhD student award “Adriano Guarnieri” XI International AIIA Conference “Biosystems Engineering addressing the human challenges of the 21st Century” – Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering - National
2014. Thesis Award “CeTAmb LAB” 2014, 1st Prize. Special Section “Water as Common Good: Appropriate Technologies for the province of Brescia and International Cooperation”. Università degli Studi di Brescia – National

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Giulio CASTELLI

Interest

Characterization, modelling, implementation, and transferability of water harvesting techniques, including fog collection
Hydrological and agro-hydrological modelling of water resources systems in water-scarce and/or drought conditions
Remote sensing for the analysis of soil-water-vegetation-atmosphere interactions
Socio-hydrological and hydro-social analyses related to food security and land management
Water-related ecosystem services