I'm a freelance engineer, hydrologist, Open Source GIS specialist.
My research interests lie in hydrologic models and ecohydrology, coupled with Geographic Information Science.
I'm mainly interested in scale effects on the simulation of hydrological processes, flooding areas prediction, water management and advanced geospatial modeling with open source GIS.
My methods include Geographic Information Systems (GIS), fuzzy logic, geostatistics and numerical modeling.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Nov 2008 - Feb 2012 - Ph.D. in Method and Technologies for Environmental Monitoring at the Department of Environmental Engineering and Physics (DIFA), University of Basilicata, with a concentration in Hydrology.
Title of the thesis: Scale effects on the simulation of hydrological processes.
Advisors: Fiorentino M., Manfreda S.
July 2011 - GEOSTAT Summer School.
Topics: Statistical analysis of spatial and spatio-temporal data using open source / free GIS tools: R, SAGA GIS, GRASS GIS, FWTools, Google Earth and similar.
Educational organization: University of Landau-Koblentz, Germany.
June 2011 - Summer School Surface Hydrological Processes.
Topics: Coupled ecological and hydrological processes; landscape patterns and ecological processes; new techniques for streamflow and evapotranspiration measurements; distributed hydrological modeling and scale dependence of hydrological applications.
Educational organization: University of Basilicata.
May - Nov 2010 - Abroad Experience - Visiting scholar at Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University (USA), in the Research Group of Prof. Helena Mitasova.
Oct 2007 - MSc Degree in Environmental Engineering - specialized in Natural Risks Management (rate: 110/110). University of Basilicata.
Title of graduation thesis: Optimization techniques for improving strategies for flood control in artificial dams.
Field: Hydrology.
Advisors: Fiorentino M., Manfreda S. (University of Basilicata), Garcia Bartual R. (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia).
Oct 2006 - Apr 2007 - Abroad Experience (6 months) - Visiting scholar at Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain), in the research group of Prof. Rafael Garcia Bartual.
July 2004 - BSc Degree in Environmental Engineering - specialized in Seismic Risk. University of Basilicata.
Title of graduation thesis: Assessment of seismic vulnerability of scholar buildings in r.c.: comparison of different methods applied at a real sample.
Field: Technics of Construction.
Advisors: Masi A., Samela C.
Download my full resume: CV.pdf
CONTACTS:
Ing. Margherita Di Leo, PhD
GEOFEMengineering
Via Mondine del Sud, 23
84020 Campagna (SA)
Italy
e-mail: madi@geofemengineering.it
Twitter: @madi468
Skype: dileomargherita
Office: +39 0828 45768
