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Fronzi Davide

Ufficio/ Room:
Q155_ 150/a, building 2

Telefono/ Phone:
4400

Email:
d.fronzi@univpm.it

Tutor:
Alberto Tazioli

TEMATICHE DI RICERCA (ITA) Principali attività di ricerca connesse allo studio dei meccanismi di ricarica di acquiferi montani tramite l’applicazione di tecniche di idrologia isotopica e caratterizzazione idrodinamica di acquiferi fratturati e porosi mediante l’utilizzo di traccianti artificiali. Studi di carattere interdisciplinare con una spiccata prevalenza di metodi data-driven e modelli informatizzati per il supporto alla definizione di modelli idrogeologici concettuali.

RESEARCH AREAS (ENG) Main research activities related to the assessment of mountain aquifer recharge mechanisms through the application of isotope hydrology techniques and hydrodynamic characterization of fractured and porous media using artificial tracers. Interdisciplinary studies with a marked incidence of data-driven methods to support the definition of hydrogeological conceptual models.

Short Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum

ESPERIENZE PROFESSIONALI

  • Luglio 2023 – Oggi: Collaboratore esterno presso Università degli Studi di Perugia per progetto inerente “L’ aggiornamento e/o completamento, attraverso lo sviluppo di studi e ricerche scientifiche, della modellazione idrologica/idrogeologica e della valutazione dei relativi bilanci idrici di corpi idrici superficiali e sotterranei ricadenti nel territorio della Regione Umbria ed afferenti al Distretto Idrografico dell’Appennino Centrale”
  • Marzo 2022 – Oggi: Assegnista di Ricerca (4 annualità) presso Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’Ambiente ed Urbanistica (SIMAU) Università Politecnica delle Marche – Facoltà di Ingegneria- SSD/ GEO-05.
  • Novembre 2018 – Febbraio 2022: Dottorando di ricerca, curriculum “Civil, Environmental and Building Engineering and Architecture” presso Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’Ambiente ed Urbanistica (SIMAU) Università Politecnica delle Marche – Facoltà di Ingegneria SSD/ GEO-05.
  • Dal 2023 Review Editor per la rivista scientifica internazionale Frontiers in Water – sezione Water Resource Management.
  • Nel 2023 Guest Editor per lo Special Issue “Tracers and Isotopes Hydrology Innovative Techniques and Significant Challenges” Water, MDPI.
  • Oggi: Referee per riviste scientifiche internazionali e nazionali tra le quali: Journal of Hydrology, ELSEVIER; Water, MDPI; Geosciences, MDPI; Water and Environmental Journal, WILEY; Italian Journal of Groundwater Acque Sotterranee, PAGEPress.
  • 2019: Lavoratore autonomo per supporto GIS finalizzato alla progettazione di opere di sistemazione idrauliche e forestali nell’ambito del PSR Comune di Corinaldo.
  • 2018: Collaboratore di ricerca in qualità di lavoratore autonomo presso Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari e Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche-Facoltà di Agraria.

ISTRUZIONE

  • 21 giugno 2022: Conseguimento del titolo di Dottore di ricerca in INGEGNERIA CIVILE, AMBIENTALE, EDILE E ARCHITETTURA- SSD GEO/05 – Geologia applicata. Tesi di Dottorato in materia di idrogeologia: “Definizione di un modello concettuale idrogeologico mediante un approccio integrato, in un contesto di cambiamento dovuto a modificazioni sismiche”. Valutazione del suddetto lavoro da parte dei membri di commissione: Ottimo.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

  • July 2023 – Today: External collaborator at the University of Perugia for a project concerning “The updating and/or completion, through the development of scientific studies and researches, of the hydrological/hydrogeological modelling and of the evaluation of the relative water balances of surface and underground water bodies falling within the territory of the Umbria Region and pertaining to the Central Apennine Hydrographic District”.
  • March 2022 – Today: Post-doc Research Fellow (4 years) at the Department of Sciences and Matter Engineering, Environment and Urban Planning (SIMAU) Polytechnic University of Marche – Faculty of Engineering- SSD/ GEO-05.
  • November 2018 – February 2022: PhD candidate, curriculum “Civil, Environmental and Building Engineering and Architecture” at Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell’Ambiente ed Urbanistica (SIMAU) Università Politecnica delle Marche – Faculty of Engineering SSD/ GEO-05.
  • Since 2023 Review Editor for the international scientific journal Frontiers in Water – Water Resource Management section.
  • In 2023 Guest Editor for the Special Issue “Tracers and Isotopes Hydrology Innovative Techniques and Significant Challenges” Water, MDPI.
  • Today: Referee for international and national scientific journals including: Journal of Hydrology, ELSEVIER; Water, MDPI; Geosciences, MDPI; Water and Environmental Journal, WILEY; Italian Journal of Groundwater, PAGEPress.
  • 2019: Self-employed worker for GIS support for the design of hydraulic and forestry works within the PSR Municipality of Corinaldo (Italy).
  • 2018: Self-employed collaborator at the Department of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche – Faculty of Forestry and Agronomy.

EDUCATION

  • 21 June 2022: Awarded a PhD in CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL, BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING – SSD GEO/05 – Applied Geology. Doctoral thesis on hydrogeology: ” Definition of the hydrogeological conceptual model with an integrated approach in earthquakes-induced changing contexts”. Evaluation of the above work by committee members: Excellent.

Social Networks
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-GZ0smIAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao
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CONGRESSI

  • Characterization of aquifer recharge processes in the Laga Geological Formation of Marche Region through the permanent monitoring of the vadose zone (Oral session, Congresso congiunto SIMP, SGI, SOGEI, AIV – Potenza, 19-21 Settembre, 2023)
  • Monitoring the vadose zone to obtain information about groundwater resources depletion. Analysis of the wet front propagation during extreme rainfall events in a climate changing context (Oral Session, XII Congresso Nazionale Giovani Ricercatori di Geologia Applicata – 2023- Urbino, 22-24 Giugno, 2023)
  • Towards groundwater-level prediction using Prophet forecasting method by exploiting a high-resolution hydrogeological monitoring system (Oral Session, Flowpath Congress – 2023- Saint Julian, MT 14-16 Giugno, 2023)
  • An innovative method to determine springs recharge areas by using water isotopes: intuitions from mountain hydrogeological studies in central Italy – (Poster Session, European Geosceinces Union General Assembly – EGU 2023- Vienna, AT, 24-28 Aprile, 2023)
  •  Defining the rock fall mechanism through an integrated approach in the Conero Mt. costal cliff area – (Poster Session, Il ruolo del monitoraggio nello studio e nella gestione del rischio idrogeologico per la tutela del territorio montano – Badia – 28-30 settembre 2022)
  •  A permanent field laboratory to monitor water quality and fluxes in the vadose zone (Oral Session- GIT 2022 – Fondi) Hydrodynamic behaviour in carbonate aquifers: insights from time-series analysis and artificial tracer tests (Oral Session- GIT 2021 – Ripatransone)
  •  Groundwater-surface water interactions revealed by meteorological trends and groundwater fluctuations on streams discharge- (Poster Session, Flowpath Congress 2021 – National Meeting on Hydrogeology (Napoli)
  • Hydrogeological map of the Southern mountainous portion of the Marche Region (Central Italy) – (Oral Session SGI 2021 – Trieste)
  • Earthquake-induced groundwater flow modification revealed by a hydrostructural study in the Sibillini Mts. (Central Italy) (Oral Session-48° IAH Congress, Bruxelles)
  •  Hydrogeological study of the effects of 2016-2017 seismic sequence on the Pescara d’Arquata spring (Central Italy) (Poster Session-46° IAH Congress, Malaga)
  • Response of the main springs of the Sibillini Mountains area to the 2016-2017 seismic sequence. (Poster Session- Flowpath, Milano)
  • Setting up a physically-based procedure for modeling flood hydrographs (Fronzi D. -Tazioli A.) – 6° Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Geologia Ambientale e Applicata (AIGA) Courmayeur. (Oral session)

PUBBLICAZIONI

  • Tazioli, A., Fronzi, D., Palpacelli, S. Regional vs local isotopic gradient: insights and modelling from mid-mountain areas in central Italy. In print. Groundwater, 2024.
  • Busico, G., Fronzi, D., Colombani, N., Mastrocicco, M., Tazioli, A. Discrimination of nutrients sources in the Aspio watershed (Italy) via trend analysis and SWAT modelling. Catena, 2024.
  • Azimi, S., Massari, C., Formetta, G., Barbetta, S., Tazioli, A., Fronzi, D., Modanesi, S., Tarpanelli, A., Rigon, R. Resolving the water budget of a complex carbonate basin in Central Italy with parsimonious modelling solutions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS), 2024.
  • Fronzi, D., Naragn G., Galdelli, A., Pepi, A., Mancini, A., Tazioli, A. Towards Groundwater-Level Prediction Using Prophet Forecasting Method by Exploiting a High-Resolution Hydrogeological Monitoring System. Water, 2023.
  •  Mammoliti, E., Fronzi, D.*, Palpacelli, S., Biagiola, N., Tazioli, A. Assessment of urban landslide groundwater characteristics and origin using artificial tracers, hydrochemical and stable isotope approaches. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2023.
  • Mammoliti, E., Pepi, A., Fronzi, D.*, Morelli, S., Volatili, T., Tazioli., A., Francioni, M. 3D Discrete Fracture Network Modelling from UAV Imagery Coupled with Tracer Tests to Assess Fracture Conductivity in an Unstable Rock Slope: Implications for Rockfall Phenomena. Remote Sensing, 2023.
  • Cambi, C., Mirabella, F., Petitta, M., Banzato, F., Beddini, G., Cardellini, C., Fronzi, D., Mastrorillo, L., Tazioli, A., Valigi D. Reaction of the carbonate Sibillini Mountains Basal aquifer (Central Italy) to the extensional 2016-2017 seismic sequence. Scientific Reports, 2022.
  • Fronzi, D.*, Gaiolini, M., Mammoliti, E., Colombani, N., Palpacelli, S., Marcellini M., Tazioli, A. Groundwater-surface water interaction revealed by meteorological trends and groundwater fluctuations on stream water level. Acque Sotterranee- Italian Journal of Groundwater, 2022.
  • Mammoliti, E., Fronzi, D., Cambi, C., Mirabella, F., Cardellini, C., Patacchiola, E., Tazioli, A., Caliro, S., Valigi, D. A Holistic Approach to Study Groundwater-Surface Water Modifications Induced by Strong Earthquakes: The Case of Campiano Catchment (Central Italy). Hydrology, 2022.
  • Mammoliti, E., Di Stefano, F., Fronzi, D.*, Mancini, A., Malinverni, S.E., Tazioli, A. A Machine Learning Approach to Extract Rock Mass Discontinuity Orientation and Spacing, from Laser Scanner Point Clouds. Remote Sensing, 2022.
  • Tazioli, A., Fronzi, D.*, Mammoliti, E. Tritium as a Tracer of Leachate Contamination in Groundwater: A Brief Review of Tritium Anomalies Method. Hydrology, 2022.
  •  Colombani, N., Fronzi, D., Palpacelli, S., Gervasio, M. P., Marcellini, M., Mastrocicco, M., Tazioli, A. Modelling Shallow groundwater evaporation from a large tank experiment: spatial variability and evapoconcentration patterns. Water Resources Management, 2021.
  • Mammoliti, E. Fronzi, D.*, Mancini, A., Valigi, D., Tazioli, A. WaterbalANce, a WebApp for Thornthwaite–Mather Water Balance Computation: Comparison of Applications in Two European Watersheds. Hydrology, 2021.
  • Fronzi, D.*, Mirabella, F., Cardellini, C., Caliro, S., Palpacelli, S., Cambi, C., Valigi, D., Tazioli, A. The Role of Faults in Groundwater Circulation before and after Seismic Events: Insights from Tracers, Water Isotopes and Geochemistry. Water, 2021.
  • Fronzi, D., Di Curzio, D., Rusi, S., Valigi, D., Tazioli, A. Comparison between periodic tracer tests and time-series analysis to assess mid- and long-term recharge model changes due to a seismic sequence in carbonate aquifers. Water, 2020.
  • Busico, G., Colombani, N., Fronzi, D., Tazioli, A., Mastrocicco, M. Evaluating SWAT Performance to Quantify the Streamflow Sediment Yield in a Highly Urbanized Basin. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 2020 2 (1) doi:10.3390/environsciproc2020002005.
  • Busico, G., Colombani, N., Fronzi, D., Pellegrini, M., Tazioli, A., Mastrocicco, M. Evaluating SWAT model performance, considering different soils data input, to quantify actual and future runoff susceptibility in a highly urbanized basin. Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 266, 110625
  • Fronzi, D.*, Banzato, F., Caliro, S., Cambi, C., Cardellini, C., Checcucci, R., … Tazioli, A. Preliminary results on the response of some springs of the Sibillini Mountains area to the 2016-2017 seismic sequence. Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater, 2020.
  • Valigi, D., Fronzi, D., Cambi, C., Beddini, G., Cardellini, C., Checcucci, R., Mastrorillo, L., Mirabella, F., Tazioli, A. Earthquake-Induced Spring Discharge Modifications: The Pescara di Arquata Spring Reaction to the August–October 2016 Central Italy Earthquakes. Water, 2020, 12, 767.
  • Fronzi, D., Tazioli, A. Groundwater and flood events in different hydrogeological periods: the case study of the subcatchment of the Aspio river (Marche Region)- Italian Journal of Engineering Geology (IJEGE), 2019.
  • Le antiche fonti dei corpi arenacei plio-pleistocenici dell’anconetano: valenza di un tempo e stato attuale. (Paola Maria Vivalda- Davide Fronzi-Livia Nanni-Flavio Soriano) – Geologia dell’Ambiente (SIGEA), 2017.

WORKSHOP

  • Novità nelle MSCA e nei grants ERC in Horizon Europe
  • Visual KARSYS: a web-tool for modelling karst aquifers in 3D
  • Gli isotopi come traccianti ambientali – Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca.
  • Design of Research: European Projects – Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • Electron microscopy techniques and microanalysis – Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • Slope dynamics and responses of surface processes to climate change: the case of the Mont Blanc massif. Università di Pavia e CNR-IRPI

PREMI

Giovanni Maria Zuppi Award 2023