MANCINI Francesco

EDUCATION
January 2000 - PhD in Surveying and Mapping (University of Bologna, Italy)
December 1994 - MSc in Marine Environmental Sciences (University of Bologna, Italy)

RECENT ASSIGNMENTS, MEMBERSHIPS
Head of the Laboratory of Engineering Geomatics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Associate editor of Applied Geomatics Journal (ranked official journal of the Italian Society of Photogrammetry and Topography, Springer.
Board member of the PhD "Enzo Ferrari" in Industrial and Environmental Engineering (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

MAIN SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND SKILLS
Since 1998, he was involved in the application of space geodesy and remote sensing to the environmental monitoring and glaciology in Antarctica. Took part to five Antarctic Expedition, spanning from 1998 to 2005, in the frame of the Italian National Programme for Antarctic Research, in the field of geodesy for crustal deformation, geodynamics and ice sheet monitoring using precise global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and InSAR methodologies.
Since 2002 researcheson application of satellite high resolution imagery and multispectral data for environmental monitoring, land use, landslide risk/susceptibility assessment and integrated use of survey methodologies. Precise GNSS and topographic surveys were also managed during several and repeated archaeological expeditions on archaeological sites (Perù, Sultanate of Oman, India, Turkmenistan; Argentina), including data processing and final maps editing.
Development of methodologies devoted to the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for coastal monitoring and risk assessment. Other researches focused on the topics of use of GIS (Geographical Information System) in urban planning, development of survey technologies for environmental/risks monitoring, hazards monitoring/analysis and risk assessment to ground deformation phenomena and slope failures, geodetic surveying by traditional and novel techniques.