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Surname(s) / First name(s)
Address(es)
ZAVATTARO Laura
Home: 85, via Sostegno, 10146, Torino, Italy
Work: 44, via Leonardo da Vinci, 10095, Grugliasco (TO), Italy
Telephone(s)
+39 011 670 8786
Fax(es)
+39 011 670 8791
E-mail
Nationality
Date of birth
Gender
Mobile:
+39 3286983756
laura.zavattaro@unito.it
Italian
08.07.1969
Female
Desired employment /
Occupational field Researcher
Work experience
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
December 2006 onwards
Technician
Research activities in the field of environmental agronomy and soil science
Università degli Studi di Torino, Dept. DISAFA (former AgroSelviTer until 2012) (www.disafa.unito.it)
Via Leonardo da Vinci, 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
Research
from 1994 to 2006
Various (including scholarship, research assistant, etc.)
Research activities in several sectors of environmental agronomy research, including manure
management, soil organic matter conservation, protection of groundwater and surface water quality,
soil hydrology, modelling and territorial analyses.
Teaching activity in agronomy, soil science, soil hydrology, irrigation, both at national and international
level.
Organization and management of PhD courses.
Università degli Studi di Torino. Dept. AgroSelviTer
Via Leonardo da Vinci, 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
Research
Education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
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1995 - 1998
PhD
Thesis title: ‘Assessing water and nitrogen leaching from various soils and forage crops.
Measurements and simulations, includes field studies that contributed to improve nitrogen
management at the field scale, in intensive cropping system.
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Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)
Level in national or international
classification
ISCED 6
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
1988 - 1994
Master of Science in Agricultural Sciences
 general basis (e.g. botany, zoology, biology, chemistry, physics, plant pathology, entomology,
agronomy, etc.) of agriculture production systems;
 emphasis on plant-based agriculture production systems.
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy), Facoltà di Agraria.
Level in national or international
classification
ISCED 5
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
European level (*)
Understanding
Listening
Reading
Speaking
Spoken interaction
English
B2 Independent user C2
French
B1 Independent user B1 Independent user A2
Proficient user
Writing
Spoken production
B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user
Basic user
A2
Basic user
A2
Basic user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Social skills and competences
Team work skills: since my graduation in 1994, I have worked in a dynamic research team, often
interacting with other national and international teams. As a senior scientist; I have been in charge of
training and managing young collaborators, and I have been trained on leadership skills.
In my work activities I have to cooperated with researchers, technicians and farmers from all over the
world.
Organisational skills and
competences
I have been involved in several research projects, both at national and international level. In several
cases I have been in charge of planning, organization of field research activities, data processing,
reporting, disseminating and managing administration.
I have been involved in the organization of national and international congresses and in the scientific
review and editing of the related proceedings.
I have reviewed several papers for national and international journals.
I have organized and actively participated to several dissemination events.
Technical skills and competences
Good command of conventional laboratory equipment.
Good command of on-field data acquisition devices.
Computer skills and competences
Good knowledge of the environments Microsoft XP.
Good knowledge of Microsoft OfficeTM tools (WordTM, ExcelTM, PowerPointTM and AccessTM).
Intermediate skills on the use of Adobe Photoshop and GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program).
Basic command of AdobeTM InDesignTM CS3
Additional information SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (ISI OR SCOPUS JOURNALS): 19
Tulliani J.-M., Baroni C., Zavattaro L., Grignani C., 2013. Strontium-doped hematite as a possible
humidity sensing material for soil water content determination. Sensors 13,:12070-12092;
doi:10.3390/s130912070
Alluvione F., Fiorentino N., Bertora C., Zavattaro L., Fagnano M., Quaglietta Chiarandà F., Grignani
C., 2013. Short-term crop and soil response to C-friendly strategies in two contrasting
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environments. European Journal of Agronomy 45: 114-123.
Sacco D. Cremon C., Zavattaro L., Grignani C., 2012. Seasonal variation of soil physical properties
under different water managements in irrigated rice. Soil & Tillage Research 118: 22-31.
Zavattaro L., Monaco, S., Sacco D., Grignani C., 2012. Options to reduce N loss from maize in
intensive cropping systems in Northern Italy. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 147: 24-35.
Zavattaro, L., Grignani, C., Acutis, M., Rochette, P., 2012. Mitigation of environmental impacts of
nitrogen use in agriculture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 147: 1-3.
Borda T., Celi L., Zavattaro L., Sacco D., Barberis E., 2011. Effect of agronomic management on risk
of suspended solids and phosphorus losses from soil to waters. Journal of soils and sediments 11:
440-451.
Bassanino M., Sacco D., Zavattaro L., Grignani C., 2011. Nutrient balance as a sustainability indicator
of different agro-environments in Italy. Ecological Indicators 11: 715-723.
Borda T., Withers P.J.A., Sacco D., Zavattaro L., Barberis E., 2010. Predicting mobilization of
suspended sediments and phosphorus from soil properties: a case study from the north west Po
valley, Piemonte, Italy. Soil Use and Management 26: 310-319.
Bertora C., Alluvione F., Zavattaro L., Grignani C., 2010. Regulations concerning agriculture and air
pollution. Italian Journal of Agronomy 5(1): 79-101.
Alluvione F., Bertora C., Zavattaro L., Grignani C., 2010. Nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions
following green manure and compost fertilization in corn. Soil Science Society of America Journal
74: 384-395.
Bertora C., Zavattaro L., Sacco D., Monaco S., Grignani C., 2009. Soil organic matter dynamics and
losses in manured maize-based forage systems. European Journal of Agronomy 30 (3): 177-186.
Bertora C., Alluvione F., Zavattaro L., van Groenigen J.W., Velthof G., Grignani C., 2008. Pig slurry
treatment modifies slurry composition and N2O and CO2 emissions after soil incorporation. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry, 40, 1999-2006.
Grignani C., Zavattaro L., Sacco D., Monaco S., 2007. Production, Nitrogen and Carbon balance of
maize-based forage systems. The European Journal of Agronomy 26: 442-453.
Zavattaro L., Romani M., Sacco D., Bassanino M., Grignani C., 2006. Fertilization management of
paddy fields in Piedmont (NW Italy) and its effects on the soil and water quality. Paddy and water
environment 4: 61-66.
Lo Russo S., Zavattaro L., Acutis M., Zuppi G.M., 2003. Chloride profile technique to estimate water
movement trough unsatured zone in a cropped area in subhumid climate (Po Valley - NW Italy).
Journal of Hydrology 270 (1-2): 65-74.
Jarvis N.J., Zavattaro L., Rajkai K., Reynolds W.D., Olsen P.-A., McGechan M., Mecke M., Mohanty
B., Leeds-Harrison P.B. and Jacques D., 2002. Indirect estimation of near-saturated hydraulic
conductivity from readily available soil information. Geoderma 108: 1-17.
Zavattaro L., Grignani C., 2001. Deriving hydrological parameters for modelling water flow under field
conditions. The Soil Science Society of America Journal 65: 655-667.
Grignani C., Zavattaro L., 2000. A survey on actual agricultural practices and their effects on the
mineral nitrogen concentration of the soil solution. The European Journal of Agronomy 12: 251-268.
Zavattaro L., Jarvis N.J., Persson L., 1999. Use of similar media scaling to characterize spatial
dependence of near-saturated hydraulic conductivity. The Soil Science Society of America Journal 63:
486-492.
FURTHER PUBLICATIONS:
7 on peer-reviewed scientific but not ISI/Scopus journals, 5 book chapters, 25 international Congress
proceedings, 13 national congress proceedings, 18 popular science papers
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