I have been full Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at Politecnico di Milano since 2003 and Director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano from 2017 to 2022. I am adjunct Professor at the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Arizona (USA).
My main research activity is related to qualitative and quantitative aspects of groundwater systems and underground energy resources (more than 190 ISI publications; h-index (SCOPUS) = 39). I had key roles in EU framework projects (FP5-FP7, H2020: Coordinator, Deputy Coordinator, Project leader, Supervisory Board member, and PI of numerous research projects funded by the industrial sector). I am chair of the Communication Committee of the International Society for Porous Media (Interpore), chair of the Committee on Groundwater Hydraulics and Management of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), chief Executive Editor of the Journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (EGU) and Associate Editor of the Journals Water Resources Research (AGU) and Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment.
I received the Chaire Gutenberg and Prix Gutenberg 2018 (Award by Cercle Gutenberg and Région Grand-Est, France, for research on Climate change and water cycle in Upper Rhine Basin). I was elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2021).