Giulio DOLCETTI

Position
Researcher
Telephone
041 234 8652
E-mail
giulio.dolcetti@unive.it
Academic discipline
Hydrology and Hydraulic and Maritime Structures [CEAR-01/B]
Website
https://www.unive.it/people/giulio.dolcetti (personal record)
Office
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dais
Where: Campus scientifico via Torino

Office hours

Scientific Campus
Wednesdays from 12:00 to 13:00 in the office (Building Alfa, third floor, office 314A)

Teaching activity current year

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FOR THE GREEN TRANSITION [CMR15]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

INGEGNERIA AMBIENTALE PER LA TRANSIZIONE ECOLOGICA [CTR10]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

Teaching activity previous years

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Costruzioni idrauliche e marittime e idrologia [CEAR-01/B]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Europa, America Settentrionale
Known languages
English (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
2022 - Guest Editor, Acta Geophysica. Special Issue "Experimental Methods and Instrumentation in Hydraulics"
Participation as referees of national and international research projects
Referee for research funding programmes: US National Science Foundation (NSF); German Research Foundation (DFG).
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Ambiente
Sviluppo di sistemi video e acustici per monitoraggio da remoto in contesti fluviali e costieri
Description:
Development of video and acoustic systems for remote monitoring of fluvial and coastal environments
Keywords:
Water science, Hydrology, Remote sensing
ATECO code:
[72.1] - ricerca e sviluppo sperimentale nel campo delle scienze naturali e dell’ingegneria
Misure idrauliche in laboratorio e sul campo
Description:
Hydraulic measurements in the laboratory and in the field
Keywords:
Applied physics, Water resources engineering, Hydrology (Water science)
ATECO code:
[72.1] - ricerca e sviluppo sperimentale nel campo delle scienze naturali e dell’ingegneria
Fisica delle onde, oceanografia fisica, e acustica
Description:
Wave physics, physical oceanography, and acoustics
Keywords:
Remote sensing: satelliteborne sensors, airborne platforms, radar and lidar systems, Physical oceanography, Acoustics
ATECO code:
[72.1] - ricerca e sviluppo sperimentale nel campo delle scienze naturali e dell’ingegneria
Modellazione inversa per la caratterizzazione di processi fisici e biogeochimici in sistemi fluviali
Description:
Inverse modelling for the characterisation of physical and biogeochemical processes in river systems
Keywords:
Hydrology (Water science), Water system modelling, Biogeochemistry
ATECO code:
[72.1] - ricerca e sviluppo sperimentale nel campo delle scienze naturali e dell’ingegneria
Characterisation of gas transfer fluxes across the air-water interface of heterogeneous and dynamic rivers
SSD:
CEAR-01/B
Video-based monitoring of water systems: from streams to oceans.
SSD:
CEAR-01/B
Fluvial Gas Exchange Observatory (FluXObs)
Funding body:
MSCA-PF
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
NS
Starting date:
Year: 2026 Length in months: 0
Quantificazione delle Emissioni di Gas Serra in Corsi d’Acqua Alpini Soggetti a Hydropeaking (Measuring Interfacial Gas evasion flUxes from regulated mountain riverS)
Funding body:
Fondazione Caritro
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
https://sites.google.com/unitn.it/mingus-project/
Starting date:
Year: 2021 Length in months: 24

Publication highlights

Dolcetti G.; Bahmanpouri F.; Pilbala A. Fully non-contact discharge measurement in shallow streams via physics-based water-surface image analysis in HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, vol. 71, pp. 693-706 (ISSN 0262-6667)
DOI 2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5122992


Dolcetti G.; Brocchini M.; Siviglia A. On the Biases of Empirical Riverine Gas Transfer Velocity Models at High Submergence in GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 53 (ISSN 0094-8276)
DOI 2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5123014


Dolcetti G.; Piccolroaz S.; Bruno M.C.; Calamita E.; Larsen S.; Zolezzi G.; Siviglia A. Quantification of Carbopeaking and CO2 Fluxes in a Regulated Alpine River in WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, vol. 61, pp. 1-25 (ISSN 0043-1397)
DOI 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5123019


Johnson M.-D.; Muraro F.; Tait S.J.; Dolcetti G.; Krynkin A. Recovering the free-surface dynamics of shallow turbulent flows using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) in JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH, vol. 63, pp. 578-593 (ISSN 0022-1686)
DOI 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5123007


Peña-Haro, Salvador; Dolcetti, Giulio; Winsemius, Hessel Performance of the Image Wave Velocimetry Estimation for physics-based non-contact discharge measurement in rivers , EGU General Assembly 2025, Copernicus Publications, Convegno: EGU 2025, 27th April - 2nd May 2025
DOI 2025, Abstract in Atti di convegno - ARCA card: 10278/5122990


List of publications

Curriculum vitae

Work Experience:

Since 2026: Researcher (RTDb). Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica. Università Ca' Foscari Venezia.

2021 - 2026: Postdoctoral Fellow. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica. Università di Trento.

2018 - 2020: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Civil and Structural Engineering. University of Sheffield (UK).

2018: Research Engineer in Fibre Optic Flow Sensing (KTP Associate). nuron Limited. London (UK). University of Sheffield (UK).

2016 - 2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Mechanical Engineering. University of Sheffield (UK).

2008 - 2009: Wind tunnel technician. FondTech Srl. Casumaro (Ferrara).

 

Education:

2017: PhD. Department of Mechanical Engineering. University of Sheffield (UK). Thesis: Remote monitoring of shallow turbulent flows based on the Doppler spectra of airborne ultrasound.

2012: MSc Mechanical Engineering. Università di Ferrara. Thesis: Experiments on water surface roughness in open-channel flows.

2008: BSc Aerospace Engineering. Università di Padova. Thesis: Analisi CFD di flusso supersonico attorno ad un’ala a delta (CFD Analysis of supersonic flow around a delta wing).

 

Qualifications:

2024: Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore universitario di Seconda Fascia nel Settore Concorsuale 08/A1 - Idraulica, Idrologia e Costruzioni Idrauliche e Marittime (CEAR/01).

2017: Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.

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