Dr. Francesco Giardina
Dr. Francesco Giardina
Staff of Professorship for Forest Ecology
- Tel: +41 44 633 60 76
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Curriculum Vitae
Research Areas
- Land-climate dynamics
- Global biogeochemical cycles
- Applied data science
Education and Research Experience
- 07/2020 - now | Doctoral Student in Computational Ecosystem Science, ETH Zurich (Dep. of Environmental Systems Science) & WSL (Unit Forest Dynamics), Zurich, Switzerland
- 02/2017 - 07/2017 | Visiting Research Scholar, Columbia University, New York City, United States
- 2015 - 2017 | Master of Science in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2012 -2015 | Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Exchange year at Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
Professional Experience
- 2019 | Sustainable Agriculture Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Burkina Faso
- 2018 | Environmental Consultant, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Barcelona, Spain
- 07/2015 - 09/2015 | Environmental Intern, Italian Environmental Protection Agency, Aosta, Italy
Publications
- Zhan W, Han J, Giardina F, Li X, Gentine P (2021) Investigation on the biophysical and biogeochemical responses of ecosystem conductance to water stress using eddy-covariance data. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, volume 2021, B13B-06
- Giardina F, Gentine P, Konings AG, Stocker BD (2021) Estimating root zone storage capacity from flux measurements. In EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-9248
- Giardina F, Konings AG, Kennedy D, Alemohammad SH, Oliveira RS, Uriarte M, Gentine P (2018). Tall Amazonian forests are less sensitive to precipitation variability. Nature Geoscience 11: 405-409
- Gentine P, Giardina F, Zhang Y, Konings AG, Uriarte M (2018). Heat vs. dryness influence on photosynthesis assessed using solar-induced fluorescence. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, volume 2018, pages B34C–03