Phd in EARTH SCIENCES

email: francesca.vergari@uniroma1.it
phone: 06/8181206

In 2012 PhD in Earth Sciences and later post-doc positions at the same university. Since 2017 high school teacher and since 2020 fixed-term research assistant in Physical Geography and Geomorphology (ssd GEO/04).

Research topics:
Soil erosion monitoring
Geomorphological survey and mapping
GIS-supported geomorphometry
Urban and Anthropocene geomorphology
Geomorphological hazards

Study areas:
Mediterranean badland areas, Rome and other italian urban areas, central Apennines


Training:
2005 Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences
2008 Master’s Degree in Environmental Monitoring and Recovery
2012 PhD in Earth Sciences

Professional experience:
2006-2008 consultant at COMIECO (Consorzio Nazionale Recupero e Riciclo degli Imballaggi a base Cellulosica) and AISA (Associazione Italiana Scienze Ambientali) for environmental education activities.
2008 consultant at AGROS Realizzazioni S.r.l., for the realization of the Land Use map of Puglia Region through aerial photo interpretation and GIS.
2011-2012 collaboration agreements at Sapienza University of Rome (Earth Science Department) aimed at: i) supporting and tutoring activities for the course of Climatology and Climatic Geomorphology and ii) geomorphological survey and monitoring with DGPS along the Lunghezza-Guidonia railway section.
2013-2018 Research fellow – Sapienza University of Rome
2017-ongoing Natural Sciences teacher at high school
2020 – ongoing fixed-term research assistant in Physical Geography and Geomorphology (ssd GEO/04) at Sapienza University of Rome.

Awards, grants and other assignments

Chair of the BADLANDS Working Group of the International Association of Geomorphology and member of the DENUCHANGE WG
Coordinator of the Commission for Quality Assessment of the Master’s Degree in “Environmental Monitoring and Recovery” within the Sciences and Technologies for Nature, Environment and Territory Council (CAD).
PhD award 2014 of Sapienza Università Editrice
Several grants sponsored by AIGEO and H2CU for the attendance at courses and geomorphological field survey stages in Italy and abroad.
2008-2014: vice-president of AISA (Italian Association of Environmental professionals)
2014-2018: coordinator of Italian Young Geomorphologists of AIGEO
2020-ongoing: member of “Denuchange” and “Badland” working groups of IAG (International Association of Geomorphologists)

Memberships:
AIGeo, Italian Association of Physical Geography and Geomorphology
IAG, International Association of Geomorphologists

Editorial Activities:
Reviewer for the following journals: Catena (Elsevier), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (Wiley), Engineering Geolgy (Elsevier), Land Degradation and Development (Wiley), Natural Hazards (Springer), Rendiconti Online della Società Geologia Italiana.

Courses:
Geomorfologia Applicata (dal 2022, I anno I semestre Lauree Magistrali in Monitoraggio e Riqualificazione Ambientale e Scienze della Natura, 6CFU)
Geografia Fisica con Elementi di Geomorfologia (Dal 2023, III anno II semestre Lauree Triennale in Scienze Naturali, 3CFU)
Geomorfologia e Geologia Ambientale (Dal 2023, III anno II semestre Lauree Triennale in Scienze Ambientali, 3CFU)
Monitoraggio e rilevamento geomorfologico (Dal 2020 al 2022, I anno I semestre Lauree Magistrali in Monitoraggio e Riqualificazione Ambientale e Scienze della Natura)
RIlevamento Geomorfologico e Applicazioni GIS (Dal 2020 al 2022, I anno I semestre Lauree Magistrali in Monitoraggio e Riqualificazione Ambientale e Scienze della Natura)


Papers:
List of papers in Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.it/citations?hl=it&user=mrgQ9xYAAAAJ
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5552-0797
SCOPUS: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=37862097000