Dr Paolo Mazzanti
Chief Executive Officer
NHAZCA
On February 2005 he received the degree in Earth Sciences at University of Florence in with the maximum vote cum laude, discussing a thesis on “Radar technique for the monitoring of slope deformations”. On March 2009 he received the PhD in Earth Sciences at the “Sapienza University of Rome”, discussing a thesis on “Analysis and modelling of coastal landslides and induced tsunamis”.
Between April and August 2008 he was visiting researcher at ICG (International Centre for Geohazards) and NGI (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute) in Oslo (Norway). Between 2005 and 2008 he has been involved in several projects concerning landslides and tsunamis and he participated to several courses on innovative techniques for geological risks analysis such as: Summer School 2006 “Monitoring of Natural Hazards from Space” and LARAM School 2007 “Landslide Risk assessment and mitigation”. Since May 2006 he is technical consultant of CERI (Research Centre on Prediction, Prevention and Mitigation of Geological Risks), “Sapienza University of Rome” for the development and application of innovative techniques for landslides modelling and monitoring. Since 2006 he is technical consultant of IMG S.r.l. in the application of ground based radar techniques for monitoring of landslide deformations. Since February 2009 he is post-doc researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences, “Sapienza University of Rome”. Since November 2009 he is promoting partner and CEO of NHAZCA S.r.l., spin-off company of “Sapienza University of Rome”. Since January 2010 he is responsible of the EBI project MODE-TInSAR with the European Space Agency. He is the organizing person, scientific responsible and teacher of the course entitled “Theoretical and practical course: Monitoring of unstable slopes” held at CERI Research Centre of “Sapienza” Università di Roma. In September 2011 he is awarded with the First Prize of the FMGM (Field Measurement in GeoMechanics) association.
His main fields of research are: a) landslide monitoring and modelling; b) underwater landslide mapping and analysis; c) rock cliff investigation by remote sensing techniques; d) ground based radar techniques for monitoring deformations; e) tsunami modelling; f) snow avalanche modelling; g) monitoring of historical buildings stability in urban areas. He is author or co-author of about 40 scientific papers and conference proceedings. He is invited lecturer at several national and international conferences and research institutes.
His main fields of research are: a) landslide monitoring and modelling; b) underwater landslide mapping and analysis; c) rock cliff investigation by remote sensing techniques; d) ground based radar techniques for monitoring deformations; e) tsunami modelling; f) snow avalanche modelling; g) monitoring of historical buildings stability in urban areas. He is author or co-author of about 40 scientific papers and conference proceedings. He is invited lecturer at several national and international conferences and research institutes.
