Curriculum Vitae
30.09.2014
Name Giovanni Quattrocchi
Palermo, 05.04.1982
e.mail giovanniquattrocchi.phd@gmail.com
Phone 0039 0783 229015
Work Experiences
Date 2013 – Ongoing
Organization Italian National Research Council – CNR
Address c/o
International Marine Centre, Loc. Sa Mardini, 09170
Oristano, Italy
Position held and Post-Doctoral Researcher
responsibilities Coastal Ocean Modeling:(i) Applications of Finite Element
Models in different coastal regions of the Mediterranean
Sea. (ii) Eulerian and lagrangian observations. (iii)
Scientific conference attendance. (iv) Production of
scientific research papers.
Project Manager Dr. Andrea Cucco
Date
Organization
Address
Position held and
responsibilities
2013
So.Gest Ambiente Consulting
Via Puglisi Bertolino 21, 90139 Palermo
Consultant
Consulting activities on QHSE management systems
implementation.
Project Manager Dr. C. Giambelluca
Date 2012
Organization Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Address (CMCC)
c/o
CIRA – Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali
Via Maiorise, 81043 Capua, Italia
Position held and Post-Doctoral Researcher
responsibilities Ocean and Atmosphere Modeling:(i) Working on the
development of a coupled atmospheric-ocean model for
climate numerical simulations. (ii) Scientific conference
attendance. (iii) Production of scientific research papers.
Project Manager Dr. P. Mercogliano, Dr. E. Bucchignani (CIRA), Dr. S.
Gualdi (INGV)
Date 2011
Organization Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Address c/o
Mercator Océan
8-10 rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville St Agne, France
Position held and Post-Doctoral Researcher
responsibilities Ocean Modeling and Data Assimilation: (i) Working on the
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development of an ensemble ocean model experiment with
the aim of improve existing data assimilation schemes for
coastal ocean applications. (ii) Scientific conference
attendance. (iii) Production of scientific research papers.
Project Manager Prof. P. De Mey (CNRS) and Dr. C. E. Testut (MercatorOcéan)
Languages
Italian Native speaker
English Proficient User (European Level: C2)
French Independent User (European Level: B1)
Computer Skills
Operating systems Unix, Mac, Windows
Programming &
data processing Fortran, Matlab, Ferret, NetCDF Operators, Grapher,
Surfer
Office suite Microsoft Office, LaTeX
GIS ArcGIS, QGIS
Education
Date 2012
Organization UNINFORM Group & ANGQ
Main activities Master Quality
Consultant and systems analyst of Quality Management
Systems, Safety, Environment and Social Accountability.
Date 2008-2011
Organization University of Naples “Federico II”
Title awarded Dottorato di Ricerca (Ph.D.)
Doctorate School Scienze ed Ingegneria del Mare
(Ocean Sciences and Engineering)
Main Subjects Maritime Engineering (ICAR /02), Physical Oceanography
(GEO/12), Marine Geology (GEO/02), Geophysics (GEO/11)
Tutor Prof. Stefano Pierini (University of Naples “Parthenope”)
Co-tutor Prof. Henk A. Dijkstra (Utrecht University)
Date 2000 - 2006
Organization University of Naples “Parthenope”
Title awarded Master Degree in “Scienze Nautiche” (Maritime Science)
Doctorate School Score: 108/110
The Master Degree in Maritime Sciences is equivalent to a
master degree in Mathematics, Physics or Engineering
(Decreto
interministeriale,
del
21.12.1998
(G.U.
30.01.1999, n. 24).
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Main Subjects Maths, Physics, Physical Oceanography, Meteorology,
Geophysics.
Training Courses
Dates July 29th, 2012 - August 10 th, 2012 (11 days)
Main activities European Space Agency – ESA
Earth Observation Summer School: Earth System
Monitoring & Modelling, 2012. Frascati, Italy
Dates June 21st 2010 – June 30th 2012 (10 days)
Main activities Alpine Summer School, 2010: Course XVIII, Buoyancy
Driven Flow, Valsaverenche, Italy.
Directors 2010 C. Cenedese (USA), E. Chassignet (USA), J. Verron
(Francia)
Dates September 01st 2009 – 01st March 2010 (6 months)
Main activities Visiting Ph.D. Student at the Institute for Marine and
Atmospheric Research (IMAU), Utrecht University (The
Netherland).
Tutor Prof. Henk A. Dijkstra (Utrecht University)
Dates November 09th 2007 – December 14th 2007 (40 hours)
Main activities Advanced Course on “Surveys & design for maritime
works”
University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy
Director Prof. Ing. Guido Benassai
Conferences
2014 EGU General Assembly, Vienna 27 April – 02 May 2014
Cucco A., Quattrocchi, G., Antognarelli F., Satta A.,
Maiucu F., Ferrarin C., Umgiesser G.
“Optimal design of a lagrangian observing system for
hydrodynamic survey in coastal regions.”
2014 Ocean Science Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 23-28
February 2014
contribution Quattrocchi, G., Marras S., Cucco, A., Antognarelli F.,
Azzurro E., Bariche M., Butenschön, M., Milazzo M., Kay,
S., Sinerchia, M., Domenici, P.
“A modeling approach to evaluate the habitat suitability of
Sarpa salpa and Siganus rivulatus in the south western
Mediterranean Sea.”
2012 EGU General Assembly, Vienna 21-27 April 2012
contribution Quattrocchi, G., Marras S., Cucco, A., Antognarelli F.,
Azzurro E., G. Quattrocchi, C-E. Testut, N. Ayoub, P. De
Mey, G. Reffray, J. Chanut, and Y. Drillet
“Error Dynamics in a Coastal Configuration of NEMO,
stochastic modeling as first step towards data assimilation
in the Bay of Biscay”.
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2010 EGU General Assembly, Vienna 02-09 May 2010
contribution G. Quattrocchi, S. Pierini and Henk A. Dijkstra
“A model study of the Gulf Stream Extension intrinsic low
frequency variability”
2009 GEOITALIA, Rimini, 9-11 Settembre 2009
contribution G. Quattrocchi, S. Pierini
“A model study of the tropical Atlantic Ocean Wind-Driven
variabilità”
2009 Environment including global change, Palermo
contribution G. Quattrocchi, S. Pierini
“Analisi Modellistica di aspetti della Variabilità indotta
dal vento nell’Oceano Atlantico”
2009 EGU General Assembly, Vienna 19-24 April 2009
contribution G. Quattrocchi, S. Pierini
“A model study of the tropical Atlantic variability, with a
focus on upwelling events along the African coasts”
List of Publications
2014 Simeone, S., De Falco G., Quattrocchi G., Cucco A.:
Morphological changes of a Mediterranean beach over one
year (San Giovanni Sinis, western Mediterranean). Journal
of Coastal Research, Vol. 70, 217-222
2014 Quattrocchi G., De Mey P., Testut C.H., Ayoub N., Reffray
G., Chanut J., Drillet Y., Vervatis V.D.
Characterisation of errors of a regional model of the Bay of
Biscay in response to wind uncertainties: a first step
toward the choice of a data assimilation system for coastal
seas. Journal of Operational Oceanography. In press.
2014 Marras S., Cucco A., Antognarelli F., Azzurro E., Milazzo
M., Bariche M., Butenschön M., Kay S., Di Bitetto M.,
Quattrocchi G., Sinerchia M., and Domenici P.
Predicting future thermal habitat suitability of competing
native and invasive fish species: from metabolic scope to
oceanographic modelling. Conservation Physiology. In
press.
2012 Quattrocchi, G., Pierini, S., and Dijkstra, H. A.: Intrinsic
low-frequency variability of the Gulf Stream, Nonlinear
Processes in Geophysics, 19, 155-164, doi:10.5194/npg-19155-2012, 2012.
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Oceanographic Surveys
2014 06 June 2014 – 12 June 2014
Research Vessel Alliace - CMRE-NATO.
2013 15 Oct 2013 – 28 Oct 2013
Research Vessel Urania - CNR.
2007 20 May 2007 – 10 June 2007
Research Vessel Thesis - CNR.
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