Marco Lazzarotti is a PhD student in Geosciences and Environment at the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Pisa. His research project aims to study historical and current flood events and their effect in coastal plain regions. Past flood events are reconstructed using historical records and subsurface data, while contemporary events are monitored by acquiring measured data on rainfall, hydrometric and solid load. The role of these events in the evolution of the coastal plain areas will be evaluated through stratigraphic data, historical reconstructions, aerial and satellite images, and new surveys.
He graduated in Environmental Sciences at the University of Pisa in 2022 with a thesis focused on the geological-stratigraphic evolution of the last 7000 years of a coastal wetland area in Northern Tuscany (Lake and basin of Massaciuccoli). In the study area, also in response to a formal request from the local community, he investigated some environmental processes resulting from the reclamation of organic soils. Finally, during his master's thesis, he had the opportunity to assess air quality in an urban area by assembling and installing low-cost monitoring stations for atmospheric PM.
He participated as a convener, organizer, and member of the scientific committee in conferences organized by the PhD students of the University of Pisa, such as Water in Geoscience and GeothermiX.
He do support shared decision-making processes that aim to create sustainable, aware, and resilient communities. He is taking part in participatory governance projects that involve the stakeholders, to share needs, experiences and scientific knowledge, in order to define specific objectives, strategies and funding opportunities to achieve them. For example he is a member of a permanent assembly which deals with the protection, management and enhancement of the wetland of Lago di Porta in Tuscany. He is also member of a national environmental organization.
His main interests include academic research, sports and technology. He also loves history, nature and being with friends.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Fluvial dynamics
- Floods and paleo-floods
- Paleo-environment and paleo-climate
- Wetlands
- Environmental matrices monitoring and analysis
- Geochemistry
- Geographic Information System analysis
Research project: Characteristics and effects of the river floods in the Tuscany region in the last 3000 years.
Supervisors:
Professor Monica Bini
Marco Lazzarotti
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia