Printed, ISI Journals

  1. Sanchez-Vila X., D. Fernàndez-Garcia (2016). Debates: Stochastic subsurface hydrology from theory to practice—Why stochastic modeling has not yet permeated into practitioners?, Water Resour. Res. 52, 9246-9258 doi: 10.1002/2016WR019302
  2. Bianchi Janetti E., M. Riva, A. Guadagnini (2017). Effects of pore-scale geometry and wettability on Two-Phase Relative Permeabilities within Elementary Cells, Water, 9(4), 252, doi: 10.3390/w9040252 (Open Access)
  3. Dell’Oca A., M. Riva, A. Guadagnini (2017). Moment-based Metrics for Global Sensitivity Analysis of Hydrological Systems, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 6219-6234, doi:10.5194/hess-21-6219-2017 (Open Access)
  4. Ding D., D.A. Benson, D. Fernàndez-Garcia, C.V. Henri, D.W. Hyndman, M.S. Phanikumar, D. Bolster (2017). Elimination of the reaction rate ‘‘scale effect’’: Application of the Lagrangian reactive particle-tracking method to simulate mixing-limited, ?eld-scale biodegradation at the Schoolcraft (MI, USA) site. Water Resour. Res., 53, 10411-10432, doi: 10.1002/2017WR021103
  5. Libera A., F.P.J. de Barros, M. Riva, A. Guadagnini (2017). Solute concentration at a well in a non-Gaussian aquifer under constant and time-varying pumping schedule, J. Contam. Hydrol., 205, 37-46, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.08.006 (Open Access)
  6. Mara T.A., N. Farajraoui, A. Guadagnini, A. Younes (2017). Dimensionality reduction for efficient Bayesian estimation of groundwater flow in strongly heterogeneous aquifers, Stoch. Environ. Res. Risk Assess., 31, 2313-2326, doi:10.1007/s00477-016-1344-1 (Open Access)
  7. Riva M., A. Guadagnini, S.P. Neuman (2017). Theoretical analysis of non-Gaussian heterogeneity effects on subsurface flow and transport, Water Resour. Res., 53(4), 2298-3012, doi:10.1002/ 2016WR019353 (Open Access)
  8. Rodríguez-Escales P., D. Fernàndez-Garcia, J. Drechsel, A. Folch, X. Sanchez-Vila (2017). Improving degradation of emerging organic compounds by applying chaotic advection in Managed Aquifer Recharge in randomly heterogeneous porous media, Water Resour. Res., 53, 4376-4392, doi:10.1002/2016WR020333
  9. Sole-Mari G., D. Fernàndez-Garcia, P. Rodríguez-Escales, X. Sanchez-vila (2017). A KDE-based random walk method for modeling complex kinetic reactions in porous media, Water Resour. Res., 53, 9019-9039, doi: 10.1002/ 2017WR021064
  10. Sund N., G.M. Porta, D. Bolster, R. Parashar (2017). A Lagrangian Transport Eulerian Reaction Spatial (LATERS) Markov model for prediction of effective bimolecular reactive transport, Water Resour. Res., 53 (11), 9040-9058, doi: 10.1002/2017WR020821
  11. Ceriotti G., L. Guadagnini, G. Porta, A. Guadagnini (2018). Local and global sensitivity analysis of Cr(VI)  geogenic leakage under uncertain environmental conditions, Water Resour. Res., 54(8), 5785-5802, doi: 10.1029/2018WR022857 (Open Access)
  12. Dell’Oca A., M. Riva, J. Carrera, A. Guadagnini (2018). Solute dispersion for stable density-driven flow in randomly heterogeneous porous media, Adv. Water Res., 111, 329-345, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.040 (Open Access)
  13. Goykhman N., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2018). Transport of oxaliplatin species in water-saturated natural soil, Chemosphere, 208, 829-837, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.015
  14. Guadagnini A., M. Riva, S.P. Neuman (2018). Recent Advances in Scalable Non-Gaussian Geostatistics: The Generalized Sub-Gaussian Model, J. of Hydrology, 562, 685-691, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.05.001 (Open Access)
  15. Hassane Maina F., P. Ackerer, A. Younes, A. Guadagnini, B. Berkowitz (2018). Benchmarking numerical codes for tracer transport with the aid of laboratory-scale experiments in 2D heterogeneous porous media, J. Contam. Hydrol., 212, 55-64, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.06.001 (Open Access)
  16. Porta G.M., D. la Cecilia, A. Guadagnini, F. Maggi (2018). Implications of uncertain bioreactive parameters on a complex reaction network of atrazine biodegradation in soil, Adv. Water Res.,121, 263-276, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.08.002 (Open Access)
  17. Rizzo C.B., F.P.J. de Barros, S. Perotto, L. Oldani, A. Guadagnini (2018). Adaptive POD model reduction for solute transport in heterogeneous porous media, Computat. Geosci., 22, 297-308, doi: 10.1007/s10596-017-9693-5 (Open Access)
  18. Siena M., M. Riva (2018). Groundwater withdrawals in randomly heterogeneous coastal aquifers, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 1-15, doi: 10.5194/hess-22-1-2971-2018 (Open Access)
  19. Sole-Mari G., D. Fernàndez-Garcia (2018). Lagrangian modeling of reactive transport in heterogeneous porous media with an automatic locally adaptive particle support volume, Water Resour. Res., 54(10), 8309-8331, doi:10.1029/2018WR023033
  20. Stepka Z., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2018). The effect of nanoparticles and humic acid on technology critical element concentrations in aqueous solutions with soil and sand, Sci. Total Environ., 610-611, 1083-1091, doi: 10.1016/ j.scitotenv.2017.08.170
  21. Xia, C.A., J. Tong, B.X. Hu, X. Wu, A. Guadagnini (2018). Assessment of alternative adsorption models and global sensitivity analysis to characterize Hexavalent chromium loss from soil to surface runoff, Hydrol. Process., 32, 3140-3157, doi: 10.1002/hyp.13233 (Open Access)
  22. Yecheskel Y., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2018). Silver nanoparticle (Ag-NP) retention and release in partially saturated soil: Column experiments and modelling, Environ. Sci. Nano, 5, 422-435, doi:10.1039/C7EN00990A
  23. Dell'Oca, A.; Porta, G.M.; Guadagnini, A.; Riva, M. (2018) Space-time mesh adaptation for solute transport in randomly heterogeneous porous media, J. Contam. Hydrol., 212, 28-40, doi: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.07.001
  24. Bianchi Janetti E., L. Guadagnini, M. Riva, A. Guadagnini (2019). Global sensitivity analyses of multiple conceptual models with uncertain parameters driving groundwater flow in a regional-scale sedimentary aquifer, J. Hydrol., 574, 544-556, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.04.035 (Open Access)
  25. Ceriotti G., A. Russian, D. Bolster, G. Porta (2019a). A double-continuum transport model for segregated porous media: derivation and sensitivity analysis-driven calibration, Adv. Water Res., 128, 206-217, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.04.003 (Open Access)
  26. Goykhman N., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2019). Transport of platinum-based pharmaceuticals in water-saturated sand and natural soil: Carboplatin and cisplatin species. Chemosphere, 219, 390-399, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.005
  27. Siena M., O. Iliev, T. Prill, M. Riva, A. Guadagnini (2019). Identification of channeling in pore-scale flows. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 3270-3278, doi: 10.1029/2018GL081697 (Open Access)
  28. Sole-Mari G., M.J. Schmidt, S.D. Pankavich, D.A. Benson (2019) Numerical equivalence between SPH and probabilistic mass transfer methods for Lagrangian simulation of dispersion, Adv. Water Res., 126, 108-115, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.02.009
  29. Dell’Oca A., A. Guadagnini, M. Riva, P. Ackerer, (2019) Solute transport in random composite media with uncertain dispersivity, Adv. Water Res, 128, 48-58 doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.04.005 (Open Access)

In press

  1. Sole-Mari G., D. Bolster, D. Fernàndez-Garcia, X. Sanchez-Vila (2019b) Particle Density Estimation with Grid-Projected Adaptive Kernels, Adv. Water Res., arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.04754, 2019. 

Under review

  1. Ceriotti G., F.H.M. Tang, F. Maggi (2019b) Similarities and differences in the sensitivity of Soil Organic Matter (SOM) dynamics to biogeochemical parameters with different vegetation inputs and climates. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry.
  2. Sole-Mari, G., M. Riva, D. Fernàndez-Garcia, X. Sanchez-Vila, A. Guadagnini (2019c) Solute transport in bounded porous media with Generalized Sub-Gaussian log hydraulic conductivity distributions, Water Resour. Res.

In preparation

  1. Bianchi Janetti, E., M. Riva, A. Guadagnini (2019) Natural springs’ protection and groundwater management under uncertain conditions, Groundwater
  2. Dell’Oca, A., A. Adar, B. Berkowitz, A. Guadagnini (2019) Identification of key controlling parameters to transport in heterogeneous porous media through a Global Sensitivity Analysis approach, Water Resour. Res.
  3. Dell’Oca, A., A. Guadagnini, M. Riva (2019) Interpretation of Multi-scale Permeability Data through an Information Theory Perspective, Water Resour. Res.
  4. Gonçalves S.F., A.R.R. Silva, M.D. Pavlaki, R.G. Morgado, S. Loureiro (2019) Effects of contaminants encountered in the Cremona and Bologna groundwater aquifers in Italy
  5. La Cecilia D., G. Porta, F. Tang, M. Riva, F. Maggi (2019)Probabilistic indicators for soil contamination risk assessment, Ecological Indicators.
  6. Mousinho J.B.F.C., A.R.R. Silva, S.F. Gonçalves, R.G. Morgado, S. Loureiro, M.D. Pavlaki (2019) Toxicity of binary and ternary mixtures of PPCP and PFAS compounds in groundwater aquifers
  7. Siena, M., M. Riva (2019), Effect of the geostatistical reconstruction method on groundwater-flow model calibration in a highly heterogeneous aquifer. Stoch. Environ. Res. Risk Assess.
  8. Silva A.R.R., S.F. Gonçalves, M.D. Pavlaki, R.G. Morgado, S. Loureiro (2019) Mixture toxicity effects of groundwater contaminants in Daphnia magna
  9. Zauna Maina F., M. Riva (2019) An adaptive downscaling parameterization embedded with geological information for the estimation of groundwater flow and recharge parameter, J. Hydrol. 

Communications (presentations, posters)

  1. Dror I., Z. Stepka, B. Berkowitz (2016) The effect of nanoparticles on sorption and suspension stability of technology critical elements in soil/sand solutions, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 12-16, San Francisco, Abstract B51A-0377, Poster presentation. download
  2. Guadagnini A., M. Riva, S. P. Neuman (2016) Analysis of flow and transport in Non-Gaussian heterogeneous formations using a Generalized Sub-Gaussian Model, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 12-16, San Francisco, Abstract H52B-08, Oral presentation.
  3. Libera A., F.P.J de Barros, M. Riva, A. Guadagnini (2016) Solute concentration at pumping well in a non-Gaussian aquifer under time-varying operational schedules, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 12-16, Abstract H31C-1372, Poster presentation. download
  4. Yecheskel Y., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2016) Silver nanoparticle transport and interactions in partially saturated sand and soil, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 12-16, San Francisco, Abstract H33P-07, Oral presentation.
  5. Bianchi Janetti E., M. Riva, L. Guadagnini, A. Guadagnini (2017) Global sensitivity analysis for the geostatistical characterization of a regional-scale sedimentary aquifer, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 23-28, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts 19, 12826, Poster presentation. download
  6. Bianchi Janetti E., M. Riva, L. Guadagnini, A. Guadagnini (2017) The effect of pore-scale geometry and wettability on two-phase relative permeabilities within elementary cells, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 23-28, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts 19, 12658, Oral presentation.
  7. Dror I., K. Ringering, Y. Yecheskel, B. Berkowitz (2017) Mobility of indium and gallium in groundwater systems: constraining the role of sorption in sand column experiments, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 11-15, New Orleans, Abstract B22B-03. Poster presentation.
  8. Goykhman N., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2017) Transport characteristics of the pharmaceutical oxaliplatin in natural soil, Goldschmidt Conference, Aug. 13-18, Paris, Poster presentation.  download 
  9. Guadagnini A., M. Riva, A. Dell’Oca (2017) Global sensitivity analysis of environmental systems via multiple indices based on statistical moments of model outputs, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 11-15, New Orleans, Abstract H21N-03, Oral presentation.
  10. Morgado R.G., M.D. Pavlaki, A.R.R. Silva, S.F. Gonçalves, S. Loureiro (2017) Toxicity of complex mixtures of emerging pollutants in groundwater systems, SETAC 27th Annual Meeting, Environmental Quality through transdisciplinary collaboration. May 7-11, Brussels, Poster presentation. download 
  11. Riva, M., A. Dell’Oca, A. Guadagnini (2017) Mechanism of reduction of dispersion in stable density-driven flows in heterogeneous porous media, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 11-15, New Orleans, Abstract H31M-08, Oral presentation. download
  12. Rodríguez-Escales P., D. Fernandez-Garcia, J. Drechsel, A. Folch, X. Sanchez-Vila (2017) Enhancing emerging organic compound degradation: applying chaotic flow to managed aquifer recharge, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 23-28, Vienna, Abstracts 19, 8427, Poster presentation.
  13. Sole-Mari G., D. Fernàndez-Garcia, P. Rodríguez-Escales, X. Sanchez-Vila. (2017) Modeling reactive transport involving complex kinetics via particle tracking, Interpore Conference, May 8-11, Rotterdam, Poster and short presentation.
  14. Sole-Mari G., D. Fernàndez-Garcia (2017) Locally adaptive methods for KDE-based random walk models of reactive transport in porous media, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 11-15, New Orleans, Abstracts H32D-06, Oral presentation.
  15. Riva M., Dell’Oca A., Guadagnini A. (2018) The Generalized Sub-Gaussian Model: Theory and Applications, FrontUQ2018, Quantification in Subsurface Environments, Pavia. Invited Oral presentation.
  16. Goykhman, N., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2018). Transport of oxaliplatin and carboplatin in natural soil-water environments, IAP (Interfaces Against Pollution) Conference, June 10-13, La Grande Motte, France, Oral presentation.
  17. Gumbau, S., X. Sanchez-Vila, D. Fernàndez Garcia (2018) Interpretation of a transport experiment with bimolecular reaction using a single-rate mass-transfer model with a temporally variable coefficient, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 8-13, Vienna, Abstracts, 20, 14395., Poster Presentation.
  18. Kouhail, Y., K. Ringering, Y. Yecheskel, I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2018). Mobility of Technology-Critical Elements in groundwater systems: Influence of citrate and humic substances on the transport of Indium and Gallium in saturated sand columns, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 8-13, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, 13299, Poster presentation
  19. Nath J., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2018) Potential uptake of nanoparticles by different plants, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 8-13, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, 10200, Oral presentation.
  20. Pavlaki M.D., J.B.F.C. Mousinho, A.R.R. Silva, S.F. Gonçalves, R.G. Morgado, S. Loureiro (2018) Assessing groundwater toxicity of emerging contaminant mixtures. SETAC 28th Annual Meeting, Responsible and Innovative Research for Environmental Quality. May 13-17, Rome, Italy, Poster presentation.
  21. Porta G., D. la Cecilia, F. Tang, M. Riva, F. Maggi (2018) Impact of mixing on biogeochemical networks of agrochemical biodegradation in variably saturated soils, Interpore 10th Annual meeting, May 14-17, New Orleans, USA, Oral presentation.
  22. Riva M., G Sole-Mari, D. Fernandez-Garcia, X. Sanchez-Vila, A. Guadagnini (2018) Implications of non-Gaussian heterogeneities on solute transport, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 10-14, Washington, Abstracts H22F-06, Oral presentation.
  23. Riva M., M. Siena (2018) Seawater intrusion in a randomly heterogeneous coastal aquifer under multiple pumping scenarios, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, April 8-13, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, 17675, Oral presentation. download
  24. Sole-Mari G., D. Fernàndez-Garcia (2018) Locally optimal computation of complex reactions in RWPT, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 8-13, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, 8806, Poster presentation.
  25. Sole-Mari, G., Fernàndez-Garcia, D. (2018) Adaptive local kernels for lagrangian modeling of reactive transport. Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR) conference, Jun. 3-12, Saint-Malo, France, Oral presentation.
  26. Ceriotti G., A. Russian, D. Bolster, G. Porta (2019) Modeling solute transport in segregated porous media: Sensitivity-driven calibration of a new double continuum model, International Conference on Porous Media (Interpore), May 6-10, Valencia, Spain, Oral presentation. download  
  27. Dror I., J. Nath, P. Landa, T. Vanek, B. Berkowitz (2019). Detection and characterization of nanoparticles in soil-water plant environments, European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Feb. 3-8, Pau, France, Oral presentation.
  28. Gonçalves S.F., M.D. Pavlaki, A.R.R. Silva, R.G. Morgado, S. Loureiro (2019) Toxicity of binary mixtures in Danio Rerio: a groundwater case-study. SETAC Europe 29th Annual meeting, One Environment. One Health. Sustainable Societies. May 26-29, Helsinki, Finland, Poster presentation.
  29. Goykhman N., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2019) Transport of platinum-based pharmaceuticals in soil, Goldschmidt 2019 Conference, Aug. 18-23, Barcelona, Oral presentation.
  30. Sole-Mari G., Bolster, D., Fernàndez-Garcia, D., & Sanchez-Vila (2019) Lagrangian Simulation of Reactive Transport: The Space-Time Adaptive Reaction Supports (STARS) Method, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 7-21, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21, 16876, Oral presentation.
  31. Sole-Mari, G., Solute Transport in Generalized Sub-Gaussian Hydraulic Conductivity distributions (2019) European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Apr. 7-21, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21, 17813, Poster presentation.
  32. Sole-Mari, G., M.J. Schmidt, S.D. Pankavich, D.A. Benson (2019) Lagrangian Mass Transfer/Reaction Models: Is Probabilistic Mass Transfer Numerically Equivalent to SPH? International Conference on Porous Media (Interpore), May 6-10, Valencia, Spain, Poster and short presentation. 
  33. Sole-Mari, G., D. Bolster, D. Fernàndez-Garcia, X. Sanchez-Vila (2019) A Lagrangian Model of Mixing-Limited Reactive Transport. International Conference on Porous Media (Interpore), May 6-10, Valencia, Spain, Oral presentation.
  34. Riva M. (2019) Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification in hydrogeology, Modelling, Workshop: Simulation and Risk Assessment for Fractured Geological Media, March 27- 28. Invited Oral Presentation.
  35. Guadagnini A., Russian A., Riva M., Russo E.R., Chiaramonte M. (2019) Quantification of Uncertainties of fracture permeability via mud loss information and inverse stochastic modeling, 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Session Dynamic Reservoir.

 

National Communications (Presentations, posters)

Italy:
  1. Ceriotti G., A. Guadagnini (2019) Geogenic arsenic in groundwaters: key mobilization mechanisms and source identification. Proceedings of the 40th Edition of Italian Conference on Integrated River Basin Management. Guardia Piemontese (Acquappesa, Prov. Cosenza), Italy, Oral Invited Presentation. download (in Italian)
Israel:
  1. Yecheskel, Y., I. Dror, B. Berkowitz (2017) Silver nanoparticle transport and interactions in partially saturated sand and soil, Waterconf, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Oral presentation.
Portugal: 
  1. Pavlaki M.D. (2019) The use of zebrafish to address environmental (health) issues. Animal models of disease, 2nd Edition. 6th of March 2019, Aveiro, Portugal, Oral presentation.

 

MSc Thesis (completed)

  1. Castro Bernardo (July, 2018). Toxicity of complex mixtures of emergent pollutants to groundwater aquifers. Supervisor: Maria Pavlaki; Co-Supervisors: Rui Morgado, Susana Loureiro.
  2. Antonio Vinciguerra (July, 2018). Flow and transport statistical features in non-Gaussian fields. Supervisor: Alberto Guadagnini; Co-Supervisors: Monica Riva.
  3. Martha Cecilia Gomez Delgado (July, 2018).  Geochemical modeling of Arsenic release in groundwater due to mineral dissolution processes. Supervisor: Giovanni Porta; Co-Supervisors Giulia Ceriotti, Alberto Guadagnini.
  4. Calza Riccardo, Pisati Andrea (July, 2017) Impact of geomaterial spatial distribution of the connectivity of natural aquifers (in italian), Supervisor: Monica Riva; Co-Supervisor: Martina Siena.
  5. Grassi Gianluca (April, 2017) Aquifer characterization at field scale under architecture and model uncertainty, Supervisor: Monica Riva; Co-Supervisors: Emanuela Bianchi Janetti.
  6. Garfi’ Gaetano (April, 2017) Generalized sub-Gaussian Model for variables and increments with heavy-tailed distributions: assessment of three different subordinator functions, Supervisor: Alberto Guadagnini; Co-Supervisors: Monica Riva, Martina Siena.
  7. Ahmed Othman Mohamed Khalid (to be finalized in July 2019) Calibration under uncertainty of natural aquifers, Supervisor: Monica Riva; Co-Supervisor: Emanuela Bianchi Janetti.

 

PhD Thesis (on-going)

  1. Bertran Oriol, topic: Improving the degradation of emerging organic compounds with chaotic flows, Supervisor: Daniel Fernandez-Garcia.
  2. Natalia Goykhman, topic: Transport and fate of selected pharmaceuticals in the soil-water environment as a function of redox conditions, Supervisor: Brian Berkowitz.
  3. Patani Selene, topic: Source, behavior and distribution of Arsenic in heterogeneous aquifers. Supervisor: Monica Riva; Co-Supervisors: Giovanni Michele Porta, Alberto Guadagnini.
  4. Sole-Marí Guillem, topic: Modelling non-linear kinetic chemical reactions with the random walk methodology, Supervisor: Daniel Fernandez-Garcia.
  5. Yinon Yecheskel, topic: Fate, transport and weathering of engineered nanoparticles in partially saturated porous media, Supervisor: Brian Berkowitz.

 

Communication/Presentation/Outreach activities to Stakeholders and General public

  • Public presentations: Meetmetonight (Milano, Sept 30th, October 1st 2016), WordWater day (Polimi, Milano, March 22, 2017), Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2017- the national competition. (May 2017, Tel Aviv University, Israel), World Water Week, Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2017- the international competition (August 2017, Stockholm, Sweden), Watec 2017, Water Technology & Environment Control, Exhibition & Conference. (September 2017, Tel Aviv, Israel).
  • Laboratories: "Traveling with water" laboratory activity for primary/middle school students, with small experimental facilities to illustrate subsurface flow and transport processes and groundwater contamination (Polimi, April 3th, 10th, March 8th , 30th 2017, February 27th, April 6th, May 7th 2018). A lecture and laboratory activity for middle school students on transport of pharmaceuticals in the environment (Davidson Institute of Science Education, August 1st-2nd, 2017).
  • Mentor of high school students: Catalytic Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Water by Gold Nanoparticles and Hydrogen Peroxide (Davidson Institute of Science Education, 2016), Catalytic Ozonation of halogenated contaminants in water (Davidson Institute of Science Education, 2017), Gd-DTPA transport in soil (Davidson Institute of Science Education, 2017). Tutoring of High School Student on groundwater contamination and availability, and training to carry out laboratories for primary school students (Polimi, Feb-May 2018). 
  • Periodical meetings with ecological guards (GEV) of the municipality of Milano. The specific goal is not only to disseminate the result of the project to stakeholders but also to train GEVs in their activities aimed to divulgate amongst the population the interest in the protection of the territory and the awareness of the need of rational management and protection tools for water resources.
  • Public release: Platinum n. 60 (Il Sole24Ore) Research&innovation; WJPI Newsletter, May (2018).
  • Some meetings and presentations of WE-NEED are also Twitted by UAVR, tagging @WaterJPI.