{"id":5432,"date":"2026-02-24T09:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcobittelli.it\/?page_id=5432"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:35:31","slug":"copy-journal-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcobittelli.it\/?page_id=5432","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Marco Bittelli (born 16 February 1967, Bologna) \u2013 Email: marco.bittelli@unibo.it<\/a> \u2013 Website: www.marcobittelli.it<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Academic and Professional Experience<\/h5>
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\u2022 2016\u2013present: Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna<\/p>

\u2022 2011\u20132018: Research Associate, Institute of Applied Physics (IFAC), National Research Council (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino<\/p>

\u2022 2006\u20132016: Researcher, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna<\/p>

\u2022 2009\u20132012: Adjunct Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA<\/p>

\u2022 2003\u20132006: Winner of the \u201cRientro dei Cervelli\u201d (MIUR) competition<\/p>

\u2022 2002\u20132003: Post-doctoral researcher, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA<\/p>

\u2022 2001\u20132002: Visiting Scientist, Department of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany<\/p>

\u2022 1998\u20132001: PhD in Soil Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA<\/p>

\u2022 1996\u20131998: Master\u2019s degree in Soil Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA<\/p>

\u2022 1989\u20131994: Laurea (undergraduate equivalent) in Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2022 Earth and Planetary Sciences: 31
\u2022 Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 27
\u2022 Environmental Science: 25
\u2022 Engineering: 8
\u2022 Physics and Astronomy: 6
\u2022 Mathematics: 5
\u2022 Energy: 4
\u2022 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2
\u2022 Multidisciplinary: 1
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\u2022 2022. Bittelli M., R. Olmi and R. Rosa. Random Processes Analysis with R<\/a>. Oxford University
Press.
\u2022 2017. Huffaker R., M. Bittelli and R. Rosa. Non Linear Time Series Analysis with R<\/a>. Oxford
University Press.
\u2022 2015. Bittelli M., G. S. Campbell and F. Tomei. Soil Physics with Python<\/a>, Transport in the<\/p>

Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System. Oxford University Press.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Book chapters<\/h5>
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\u2022 2020. Layered Nature. Assessing and Monitoring the Environment for the Development of an
Archaeological Park Paola Rossi Pisa, Luca Berichillo, Marco Bittelli, Vincenzo Fortunati, Marco
Vignudelli. In: An \u201cIntegrated Approach for an Archaeological and Environmental Park in South Eastern Turkey\u201d.<\/p>

Ed.: N. Marchetti, G. Franco, S. F. Musso, and M.B. Spadolini. Springer Nature,
Switzerland.
\u2022 2017. Ruairuen W., G. J. Fochesatto, M. Bittelli , E. B. Sparrow, M. Zhang and W. Schnabel.
Evapotranspiration in Northern Agro-Ecosystems: Numerical Simulation and Experimental
Comparison. In: \u201cCurrent Perspective to Predict Actual Evapotranspiration\u201c, Ed. Daniel Bucur,
Chapter 4, pp.65-84. ISBN 978-953-51-3174-8, doi: 10.5772\/intechopen.68347 .
\u2022 2016. Bordoni, M., C. Meisina, S. Chersich,, M. Persichillo, R. Valentino, and M. Bittelli.
Monitoring of hydrological parameters for the identification of shallow landslides triggering: A
case study from Northern Italy, DOI: 10.1201\/b21520-49 In book: Landslides and Engineered
Slopes. Experience, Theory and Practice, pp.475-482
\u2022 2015. Meisina, C. , M. Bordoni, M. Persichillo, A. Vercesi, G. Bischetti, E. Chiaradia, C. Bassanelli,
C. Vergani, R. Valentino, M. Bittelli and S. Chersich. Analisi del ruolo dei vigneti sulla stabilit\u00e0 di versante<\/p>

in un’area soggetta a frane superficiali. In book: Recuperiamo Terreno, Chapter:
1, Publisher: Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), pp.232-239.
\u2022 2014. Valentino, R., M. Bordoni, C. Meisina, D. Zizioli, M. Bittelli and S. Chersich. Monitoring
and Modelling of Soil\u2013Atmosphere Interaction on a Slope Affected by Shallow Landslides
Chapter \u00b7 DOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-09057-3_277 In book: Engineering Geology for Society and
Territory, Chapter: Monitoring and Modelling of Soil\u2013Atmosphere Interaction on a Slope
Affected by Shallow Landslides, Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Switzerland,
Editors: G. Lollino et al. (eds, pp.1563-1566).
\u2022 2014 Bordoni M., D. Zizioli, C. Meisina, R. Valentino, M. Bittelli and S. Chersich. Rainfall-Induced
Landslides: Slope Stability Analysis Through Field Monitoring. In: Landslide Science for a Safer
Geoenvironment. Eds. K. Sassa, P. Canuti and Y. Yin, pp. 273-279, Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-
04995-3 (Print), 978-3-319-04996-0 (Online).
\u2022 2011 Bittelli, M., A. Pistocchi, F. Tomei, P. P. Roggero, R. Orsini, M. Toderi, G. Antolini and M.
Flury, CRITERIA-3D: A Mechanistic Model for Surface and Subsurface Hydrology for Small
Catchments, In: Land Use and Agriculture Measurement and Modelling. Ed. M. K. Shukla, CABI
Publishing. ISBN: 184593797X.
\u2022 2010 Notarnicola, C., B. Ventura, L. Pasolli, F. Di Giuseppe, M. Petitta, G. Bonafe, L. Caporaso,
A. Spisni, M. Bittelli. Exploitation of C and X band SAR images for soil moisture change detection
estimation in agricultural areas (Po valley-Italy). Book Series: The International Society for
Optical Engineering, 7829, 78290G, 10.1117\/12.87049
\u2022 2009 Bittelli M., Georadar, In: Groma 2. In profondit\u00e0 senza scavare, Ed. E. Giorgi, Casa Editrice
BraDypUS, Bologna, pp. 251-272.
\u2022 2008 Paola Rossi Pisa, G. Bitelli, M. Bittelli, M. Speranza, L. Ferroni, P. Catizone and M.
Vignudelli. Environmental Assessment of an Archaeological Site for the Development of an
Archaeological Park. ARCHAIA. Case studies on Research Planning, Characterisation,
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites. Edited by N. Marchetti and I. Thuesen.
Archaeopress, Oxford, England.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Scopus (80 pubblicazioni, H-index= 34,\u00a0 4373 citazioni)
Google Scholar (158 pubblicazioni, H-index= 34, 5914 citazioni)
Web of science (104 pubblicazioni, H-index= 32, 3178 citazioni)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Research projects<\/h4>

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\u2022 2023-2026. Wish-roots, Making soil health a breeding target. Towards Healthy, Resilient and
Sustainable Agricultural Soils. EJP Soil (EU) (partner).
\u2022 2017-2023. Progetti Nazionali di Ricerca in Antartide PNRA16_00212. Dielectric
Characterization of the Polar Cap, by perforations at Dome-C (partner).
\u2022 2018-2021 Progetto SWAMP \u201cSmart Water Management Platform\u201d (EU H2020-EUB-02-2017)
(Project Role and responsability: Research collaboration).
\u2022 2019-2021. Prediction of soil hydro-agricultural properties using Ground Penetrating Radar
for improving Agricultural practices (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research
Collaboration, India). Collaboration between Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India and
University of Bologna. (Project Role and responsability: International PI).
\u2022 2016-2018. Monitoraggio intelligente per infrastrutture sicure (INFRASAFE). POR-FESR,
European Regional Development Fund, 2014-2020. (Project Role and responsability: partner).
\u2022 2016-2018. Dielectric spectroscopy of soils (SOILSPECTRA). Institute of Applied Physics (IFAC),
National Research Council, Italy. (Project Role and responsability: partner).
\u2022 2012-2015. Measurement of soil salinity: comparison of methods. Financing company:
Decagon Devices Inc., Pullman, WA, USA. (Project Role and responsability: PI).
\u2022 2011-2015. An intelligent system to detect forest fires. European Commission. EUROSTAR
Projects, 5717 EFIRE EUROSTARS. (Project Role and responsability: partner)
\u2022 2008-2014. Agroscenari: Scenari di Adattamento dell’agricoltura Italiana ai cambiamenti
climatici. (Mipaaf, Decreto Ministeriale n. 325\/7303\/2007 del 28 dicembre 2007). (Project
Role and responsability: partner)
\u2022 2007-2010. Case Studies on Research Planning (ARCHAIA): , Characterisation, Conservation
and Management of Archaeological Sites. http:\/\/www.archaia.unibo.it\/ European
Commission. (Project Role and responsability: partner)
\u2022 2005-2008. Nuove Metodologie relative a progetti integrati di parchi archeologici dell’area
mediterranea. Elaborazione, sperimentazione, verifica di tecnolgie avanzate e trasferibilita’
dei risultati nella valorizzazione di aree a rilevante interesse culturale, ambientale e artistico.<\/p>

Selezione di casi studio in Siria settentrionale e Turchia Orientale. Ministry of Education,
Universities and Research, (Rome,Italy). FIRB. (Project Role and responsability: partner).
\u2022 2003-2006. Shallow Landslides Investigation Device (SLID): a tool to assess land susceptibility
to shallow landslides. European Commission. LIFE environment. (Project Role and
responsability: partner).
\u2022 2003-2006. Water Quality Protection, Measuring Hydraulic Conductivity and Solute Diffusion
Coefficients to Assess Water Flow and Pollutants Transport in Soils and Rocks”. Ministry of
Education, Universities and Research, (Rome,Italy). Grant “Rientro dei Cervelli” (Brain Drain
Project)(Project Role and responsability: partner).
\u2022 1999-2001. A low cost scanning thermodieletric analyzer to obtain freezing characteristics of
foods, soils, and other materials. Financing agency: Washington Technology Center, Seattle,
WA, USA. (Project Role and responsability: leader).
\u2022 1997-1999. Effect of foliar application of Chitosan on water use in field crops. Financing
agency: Washington Technology Center, Seattle, WA, USA. (Project Role and responsability:
leader).
\u2022 1995-1996. Linking Geographical Information Systems (ArcView) and Computer Models
(CropSyst), for the assessment of water and solutes transport on large scale. (Project Role
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Awards and Recognition<\/h5>

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\u2022 2021. Dalla base Concordia, nuove misure per monitorare i cambiamenti dei ghiacci in
Antartide.\u00a0UniBo Magazine<\/a>.
\u2022 2008 Associate Fellow dell’Istituto di Studi Avanzati<\/a> dell’Universit\u00e0 di Bologna.
http:\/\/www.isa.unibo.it\/ISAIT\/default.htm
\u2022 2007. Gli scavi di Tilmen H\u00f6y\u00fck in Turchia, tra archeologia e ambiente. UniBo Magazine.<\/a><\/p>

\u20221999 Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). Editors Citation for Excellence in Manuscript
Review.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2022 2016. Review of Soil Physics with Python: Transport in the Soil\u2013Plant\u2013Atmosphere
Philippe C. Baveye, Vadose Zone Journal,
https:\/\/acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.2136\/vzj2015.12.0162br
\u2022 2021 Review of Soil Physics with Python: Transport in the Soil\u2013Plant\u2013Atmosphere
Teruhito Miyamoto, Japanese Soil Science Society, https:\/\/js-soilphysics.com\/downloads\/pdf\/148051.pdf<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2022 2023 Sannino, G., Anello, M., Riani, M., Laurini, F., Bittelli, M.,<\/div>
Bordoni, M., Meisina, C., and Valentino, R.: Assessment of\u00a0 long-time series of soil water content<\/div>
through an innovative robust statistical model, EGU General Assembly, 2023, Vienna, Austria,<\/div>
24\u201328 Apr 2023, EGU23-7099, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194 egusphere-egu23-7099, 2023.<\/div>

\u2022 2022 Anello M., Riani M., Laurini F.,Bittelli M., Bordoni M., Meisina C., Valentino
R.,Robust statistical processing of long-time data series on soil-atmosphere interaction:
preliminary results. 14th International Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental
Applications, Parma, 2022.
\u2022 2020 Martini, E., Wollschl\u00e4ger U., Bittelli M., Tomei F., Werban U., Zacharias S., and
Roth K. Process-based hydrological modeling: accounting for subsurface heterogeneity
by integrating pedology, geophysics and soil hydrology. European Geosciences Union,
2020-9894.
\u2022 2016 Olmi R and M. Bittelli, Identification of hidden relaxations by even-order
derivative, Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances (ISEMA
2016, Firenze).
\u2022 2014 Bittelli M. Tecniche ed approcci per la ricerca agronomica sul suolo 29 Gennaio
\u20222014 \u2013 Bologna Workshop Tecniche di laboratorio per l\u2019analisi della porosit\u00e0 del suolo.
Societ\u00e0 Italiana di Agronomia.
\u2022 2014 Meisina C., Bordoni M., Zizioli D., Chersich S., Valentino R., Bittelli M. (2014).<\/p>

Soil atmosphere interaction in a slope affected by shallow landslides: an example in
Northern Italy. In: Khalili N., Russell A., Khoshgalb A. (Eds.), Unsaturated Soils: Research
& Applications, Vol. 2, 1409-1416.
\u2022 2011 Antolini G., Tomei F. and Bittelli M. Testing of a coupled soil water and heat model
under a vegetated surface in Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Geophysical Research Abstracts
(EGU, Vienna).
\u2022 2004 Bittelli M., M. Flury, Measuring liquid water content in frozen porous media, in
Proc. Soil Science Society of America, Seattle, WA, 2004, Seattle, USA.<\/p>

\u20222003 Bittelli M., M. Flury and K. Roth , Determination of Ice Content in FrozenPorous
Media by Dielectric Spectrocopy, in Proc. European Geophysical Society, Nice, France.
\u2022 2001 Bittelli M., M. Flury and G.S. Campbell , A Thermo-Dielectric Analyzer to Measure
the Moisture Characteristic in Porous Media, in Proc. European Society of Agronomy,
Simp. Modeling Cropping System, Florence, Italy.
\u2022 2001 Bittelli M., M. Flury and G.S. Campbell , A Thermo-Dielectric Analyzer to Measure
the Moisture Characteristic in Porous Media, in Proc. European Geophysical Society, Nice,
France.
\u2022 1999 Bittelli M., M. Flury and G.S. Campbell , Determination of Soil Moisture
Characteristic from Soil Freezing Experiments, in Proc. Soil Science Society of America,
Salt Lake City, UT, 92.
\u2022 1999 Mathison J.B., M. Bittelli, O. Badini, M. Flury, G.S. Campbell and E.J. Nichols,
Reduction of Evapotranspiration by Foliar Application of Chitosan, in Proc. Crop Science
Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT, 223.
\u2022 1998 Campbell, G.S., M. Bittelli and J.B.Mathison, Soil Moisture Characteristic Estimated
from TDR-measured Soil Freezing Characteristics, in Proc. Soil Science Society of America,
Baltimore, MA, 179.
\u2022 1998 Bittelli M., G.S. Campbell, M. Flury and C.O. Stockle, Fractal Characterization of
Particle Size Distribution in Soils, in Proc. Soil Science Society of America, Baltimore, MA,
189.
\u2022 1997 Donatelli M., C. Stockle, R. Nelson, C. Gardi, M. Bittelli, G. Campbell, 1997, Uso dei
software CropSyst e ArcInfo per la valutazione degli effetti della gestione di sistemi
colturali attuati in due aree dell\u2019Emilia-Romagna, Atti XXXI Convegno della Societ\u00e0 Italiana
di Agronomia, Milano.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Results achieved in technology transfer in terms of participation in the creation of new companies (spin-offs),<\/p>

development, application, and commercialization of patents<\/p>

\u2022 2021 \u2013 Collaborator of the Spin-Off Vaimee<\/em> (https:\/\/vaimee.com\/<\/a>), a company specializing in data management and<\/p>

software development, within a project focused on water resource management in agriculture.<\/p>

\u2022 2010 \u2013 Scientific Coordinator for the University of Bologna of the spin-off GAIAG Srl<\/em>, funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region:<\/p>

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University of Bologna (2006\u2013present)<\/p>

Courses taught (BSc, MSc, PhD):<\/p>

\u2022Agrometeorology, Soil Physics and Agricultural Ecology (6 ECTS) \u2013 BSc in Technologies for Land and Agro-Forestry Environment<\/p>

\u2022Soil Physics (6 ECTS) \u2013 MSc in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies; MSc in Agro-Territorial, Forest and Landscape Ecosystems<\/p>

\u2022Data Analysis Methods (5 ECTS) \u2013 MSc in Forest, Landscape and Environmental Planning<\/p>

\u2022Experimental Methodology and Data Analysis (5 ECTS) \u2013 MSc in Agro-Territorial Ecosystem Management<\/p>

\u2022General Agronomy (6 ECTS) \u2013 BSc in Agro-Forestry Land and Environmental Sciences<\/p>

\u2022Philosophy of Science and Scientific Methods \u2013 PhD in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences (2014\u20132022, in English)<\/p>

Teaching activities include lectures, seminars, laboratory instruction (physical and computational), and supervision of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.<\/p>

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International Teaching<\/h5>

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\u2022Soil Physics (in English), International Master\u2019s Program in Land and Water Conservation (2006\u20132013);\u00a0<\/p>

supervision of MSc theses and internships in the USA<\/p>

\u2022Adjunct Faculty, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA<\/p>

\u2022Summer School Lecturer, Adriatic School of Archaeology, University of Bologna \u2013<\/p>

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\u2022 2022. Can we measure soil density with electromagnetic methods<\/a>?Department of Civil
Engineering, Indian Institute of Science<\/a>, Bangaluru, India.<\/p>

\u2022 2020. Workshop on In-situ Testing and Geophysical Characterization, Department of Civil
Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
\u2022 2019. Invited speaker at the G.S. Campbell lecture<\/a>: \u201cDielectric spectroscopy to investigate ice and
frozen porous media: a journey between spatial and time scales\u201d
https:\/\/css.wsu.edu\/seminars\/the-campbell-lecture\/, , Washington State University, USA.
\u2022 2018. Short Course: Soil Physics with Python<\/a>. Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India
\u2022 2018. Short Course: Non Linear Time Series Analysis. Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru,
India.
\u2022 2018. Short Course: Soil Physics with Python. University of Suratthani Rajabhat, Suratthani,
Thailand.
\u2022 2018. Short Course: Soil Physics with Python. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
\u2022 2017. Short course: Soil Physics with Python. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
\u2022 2016. Short course: Soil Physics with Python. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
\u2022 2014. Invited Series of Lectures: Theory of Heat and Mass Transfer in Soil. Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland.<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0<\/span>2014\u00a0\u00a0Organizer and Lecturer, Italian Society of Agronomy (SIA) \u2013 Techniques and Approaches for\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Agronomic Soil Research (Bologna, 2014), including X-ray tomography for soil porosity analysis<\/span><\/p>

\u2022 2012. Invited Lecture: The Ground Penetrating Radar. Decagon Devices Inc., Pullman, WA,
USA.
\u2022 2009. Invited Lecture: Research at the Soil and Environmental Physics group at the University
of Bologna, Italy, an overview. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. August, 2009.
\u2022 2009. Invited Lecture: L\u2019utilizzo di metodi a pressione di vapore per la determinazione della
curva di ritenzione idrica. Nell’ambito del corso di aggiornamento tecnico-scientifico in fisica
e idrologia del suolo. Associazione Italiana Pedologi, CNR-ISAFOM, Napoli, 4-5 Giugno, 2009.
\u2022 2009. Invited Lecture: Microwave Remote Sensing. Measuring soil water content: methods,
limitations and future challenges. CNR-IFAC, Florence, May 20, 2009.
\u2022 2009. Graduate Seminar: A 3-D Model of Surface and Subsurface Hydrology. Department of
Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, USA. January, 2009.
\u2022 2008. Lecture: The physics of Ground Penetrating Radar. Seeing beneath the soil – not
intrusive investigation methodologies and diagnostics for archaeology. International Summer
School, Ravenna-Marzabotto.
\u2022 2006. Invited Lecture: Water balance at the field and watershed scale. WUEMED: Improving
water use efficiency in Mediterranean Agriculture.
http:\/\/www.distagenomics.unibo.it\/wuemed\/index.html<\/p>

\u2022\u00a02006. Invited Lecture: Innovative methods for measuring soil water content. WUEMED:
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\u2022\u00a02006 \u2013 Organizer and coordinator of the exchange agreement between\u00a0<\/p>

the University of Bologna and Washington State University (Pullman, WA, USA)\u00a0<\/p>

for undergraduate, graduate, and PhD student mobility.<\/p>

\u2022\u00a02006\u20132013 \u2013 Coordinator of the International Master\u2019s Program in Land and Water Conservation, jointly established between<\/p>

the University of Bologna and Washington State University.<\/p>

\u2022\u00a02014 \u2013 Organizer and coordinator of the exchange agreement between the University of Bologna and the<\/p>

University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA) for undergraduate, graduate, and PhD student mobility.<\/p>

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Editorial and Scientific Activities<\/h5>

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2020\u20132022 \u2013 Associate Editor, Vadose Zone Journal.<\/p>

2020\u20132021 \u2013 Associate Editor, Geophysics.<\/p>

2019\u20132020 \u2013 Guest Editor, Water.<\/p>

2016\u20132018 \u2013 Associate Editor, Measurement Science and Technology.<\/p>

2008 \u2013 Member of the Organizing Committee, 10th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy (ESA), Bologna, Italy.<\/p>

2016 \u2013 Organizer and Member of the Scientific Committee, International Conference<\/p>

on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances (ISEMA 2016), Florence, Italy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marco Bittelli (born 16 February 1967, Bologna) \u2013 Email: marco.bittelli@unibo.it \u2013 Website: www.marcobittelli.it Academic and Professional Experience \u00a0 \u2022 2016\u2013present: Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna \u2022 2011\u20132018: Research Associate, Institute of Applied Physics (IFAC), National Research Council (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino \u2022 2006\u20132016: Researcher, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of …<\/p>\n

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