Francesco Trotta

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Junior assistant professor

Researcher at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Bologna. He works in the field of oceanography and conducts his research on high-resolution ocean modelling. His main research interests are focused on ocean dynamics and especially the understanding of submesoscale processes (1-10km) in the ocean.

Phone: +39 051 20 9 5007
City: Bologna, Italy

email: francesco.trotta4@unibo.it

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Education

Triennial Degree in Astronomy

2001-2004

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna

Specialistic Degree in Astrophysics

2004-2008

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna

Thesis Title: Magnetohydrodynamic instability in accretion disks

PhD in Astronomy

2009-2012

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence

Thesis Title: Constraing variations of dust properties in circumstellar disks with mm observations

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2012-2017

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Italy

Junior Researcher (RTD-A)

2017-Present

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Italy

Research Period Abroad

Visiting Researcher

15/07/2019 - 15/10/2019

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) mechanical engineering department in Boston

The research activities, carried out in collaboration with the group of Prof. Pierre F.J. Lermusiaux, concerned the analysis of the relocatable HOPS platform developed by the MIT team and its use for the study of circulation in the Bay of Massachusetts and in the Mid-Atlantic Bight region with high spatial resolution.

Visiting PhD Student

10/2009 - 07/2011

European Southern Observatory (ESO) - Garching, Germany

The research activities, concerned the development of a radiative transfer code describing the structure of protoplanetary disks with the aim of interpreting multi-wavelength (sub-)mm continuum interferometric observations.

Partecipazione a Progetti di Ricerca Nazionali e Internazionali

Progetto di ricerca PON, TESSA 'Sviluppo di TEcnologie per la Situational Sea Awareness'.

2013 - 2017

Progetto di ricerca Tender ENI: meteo-ocean forecast and hindcast data service to the ENI offshore oil spill companies

2017

Progetto di ricerca H2020 MARISA 'Maritime Integrated Surveillance Awareness'

2017 - 2020

Progetto di ricerca H2020 IMMERSE 'Improving Models for Marine EnviRonment SErvices'

2020 - 2022

Partecipazione a Convegni e Congressi

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022

24-28 February 2022, Online

European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021

19-30 April 2021, Online

DIVA Workshop

27-30 January 2020, Bologna, Italy.

8th China-Italy Collaboration Workshop on Operational Oceanography and Regional Climate Change in the Adriatic and South-East China Seas

5-6 November 2019, Qingdao, Cina

2st MARISA Workshop

21 May 2019, Madrid, Spain

1st MARISA Workshop

14 June 2018 The Hague, Netherlands

European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2018

8-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria

EuroGOOS International Conference: Operational Oceanography serving sustainable marine development

3-5 October 2017, Bergen, Norway

European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2017

23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria

8th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean

7-10 June 2016, University of Bologna, Italy

5th China-Italy Collaboration Workshop on Operational Oceanography and Regional Climate Change in the Adriatic and South-East China Seas

2-4 December 2014, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Lecce, Italy.

5th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean

17-20 June 2013, University of Bergen, Norway

Workshop Tessa 'Conoscere il mare: presente e futuro'

11-12 November 2013, Links Management and Technology (LINKS), Lecce, Italy

2nd GODAE OceanView Coastal Oceans and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSS-TT)

4-7 February 2013, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Lecce, Italy

Young European Radio Astronomy Conference

18-20 July 2011. University of Manchester, United Kingdom

From circumstellar disks to planetary systems

3-6 November 2009, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching, Germany

The Origin and Fate of the Sun: Evolution of Solar-mass Stars Observed with High Angular Resolution.

4-11 September 2009, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching, Germany

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International Journals

Pranavam Ayyappan Pillai, U., Pinardi, N., Federico, I., Causio, S., Trotta, F., Unguendoli, S., and Valentini, A.: Wind-Wave Characteristics and extremes along the Emilia-Romagna coast, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3413–3433, 2022 https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3413-2022
Trotta, F., Federico I, Pinardi N, Coppini G, Causio S, Jansen E, Iovino D and Masina S. A Relocatable Ocean Modeling Platform for Downscaling to Shelf-Coastal Areas to Support Disaster Risk Reduction. Front. Mar. Sci., 2021, 8, pp. 1 - 22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.642815
Federico, I., Pinardi, N., Lyubartsev, V.,Maicu, F., Causio, S., Trotta, F. , et al. Observational evidence of the basin-wide gyre reversal in the Gulf ofTaranto, Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 47, e2020GL091030. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091030
Sepp Neves, Antonio A.; Pinardi, Nadia; Navarra, Antonio; Trotta, F., A General Methodology for Beached Oil Spill Hazard Mapping, Front. Mar. Sci., 2020, 7, pp. 1 - 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00065
P. F. J. Lermusiaux ; M. Doshi ; C. S. Kulkarni ; A. Gupta ; P. J. Haley ; C. Mirabito ; F. Trotta ; S. J. Levang ; G. R. Flierl ; J. Marshall ; T. Peacock ; C. Noble, Plastic Pollution in the Coastal Oceans: Characterization and Modeling, in: MTS/IEEE SEATTLE, OCEANS 2019, New York, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019, pp. 1 - 10 (OCEAN) doi: 10.23919/OCEANS40490.2019.8962786
Tintoré J, Pinardi N, Álvarez-Fanjul E, Aguiar E, Álvarez-Berastegui D, Bajo M, Balbin R, Bozzano R, Nardelli BB, Cardin V, Casas B, Charcos-Llorens M, Chiggiato J, Clementi E, Coppini G, Coppola L, Cossarini G, Deidun A, Deudero S, D'Ortenzio F, Drago A, Drudi M, El Serafy G, Escudier R, Farcy P, Federico I, Fernández JG, Ferrarin C, Fossi C, Frangoulis C, Galgani F, Gana S, García Lafuente J, Sotillo MG, Garreau P, Gertman I, Gómez-Pujol L, Grandi A, Hayes D, Hernández-Lasheras J, Herut B, Heslop E, Hilmi K, Juza M, Kallos G, Korres G, Lecci R, Lazzari P, Lorente P, Liubartseva S, Louanchi F, Malacic V, Mannarini G, March D, Marullo S, Mauri E, Meszaros L, Mourre B, Mortier L, Muñoz-Mas C, Novellino A, Obaton D, Orfila A, Pascual A, Pensieri S, Pérez Gómez B, Pérez Rubio S, Perivoliotis L, Petihakis G, de la Villéon LP, Pistoia J, Poulain P-M, Pouliquen S, Prieto L, Raimbault P, Reglero P, Reyes E, Rotllan P, Ruiz S, Ruiz J, Ruiz I, Ruiz-Orejón LF, Salihoglu B, Salon S, Sammartino S, Sánchez Arcilla A, Sánchez-Román A, Sannino G, Santoleri R, Sardá R, Schroeder K, Simoncelli S, Sofianos S, Sylaios G, Tanhua T, Teruzzi A, Testor P, Tezcan D, Torner M, Trotta F, Umgiesser G, von Schuckmann K, Verri G, Vilibic I, Yucel M, Zavatarelli M and Zodiatis G. (2019) Challenges for Sustained Observing and Forecasting Systems in the Mediterranean Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:568. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00568
Trotta F., Pinardi, N., Fenu, E. et al. Multi-nest high-resolution model of submesoscale circulation features in the Gulf of Taranto. Ocean Dynamics 67, 1609–1625 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-017-1110-z
Pinardi, N., Lyubartsev, V., Cardellicchio, N., Caporale, C., Ciliberti, S., Coppini, G., De Pascalis, F., Dialti, L., Federico, I., Filippone, M., Grandi, A., Guideri, M., Lecci, R., Lamberti, L., Lorenzetti, G., Lusiani, P., Macripo, C. D., Maicu, F., Mossa, M., Tartarini, D., Trotta, F., Umgiesser, G., and Zaggia, L.: Marine Rapid Environmental Assessment in the Gulf of Taranto: a multiscale approach, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 2623–2639, (2016) https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2623-2016
Trotta F., Fenu E., Pinardi N., Bruciaferri D., Giacomelli L., Federico I., Coppini G.; A Structured and Unstructured Relocatable ocean plataform for Forecasting (SURF), 2016, Deep-Sea Research Part II. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.05.004
Dominicis, M.D., Falchetti, S., Trotta, F. et al. A relocatable ocean model in support of environmental emergencies. Ocean Dynamics 64, 667–688 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-014-0705-x
Trotta F.; Testi L.; Natta A.; Isella, A.; Ricci L.; Constraints on the radial distribution of the dust properties in the CQ Tau protoplanetary disk, 2013, A&A 558A, 64T. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321896
Ricci, L.; Trotta F.; Testi, L.; Natta, A.; Isella, A.; Wilner, D. J.; The effect of local optically thick regions in the long-wave emission of young circumstellar disks, 2012 A&A, 540A, 6R. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118296
Birnstiel T.; Ricci L., Trotta F.; Dullemond C.P.; Natta A.; Testi L.; Dominik C.; Henning T.; Ormel C. W. & Zsom A.; Testing the theory of grain growth and fragmentation by millimeter observations of protoplanetary disks, 2010, A&AL, 516, 14. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014893

Proceedings of International Conferences and Workshops

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022, 24–28 February 2022, Online.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021, 19–30 April 2021, Online.
DIVA Workshop, 27-30 January 2020, Bologna, Italy.
8th China-Italy Collaboration Workshop on Operational Oceanography and Regional Climate Change in the Adriatic and South-East China Seas, 5-6 November 2019, Qingdao, Cina.
2st MARISA Workshop ’Maritime Integrated Surveillance Awareness’, 21th May 2019, Madrid, Spain.
1st MARISA Workshop ’Maritime Integrated Surveillance Awareness’, 14th June 2018 The Hague, Netherlands.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2018, 8–13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria.
EuroGOOS International Conference: Operational Oceanography serving sustainable marine development, 3-5 October 2017, Bergen, Norway.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2017, 23–28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria.
8th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean, 7-10 June 2016, University of Bologna, Italy.
5th China-Italy Collaboration Workshop on Operational Oceanography and Regional Climate Change in the Adriatic and South-East China Seas, 2-4 December 2014, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Lecce, Italy.
5th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean, 17-20 June 2013, University of Bergen, Norway.
Workshop Tessa ’Conoscere il mare: presente e futuro’, 11-12 November 2013, Links Management and Technology (LINKS), Lecce, Italy.
2nd GODAE OceanView Coastal Oceans and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSSTT), 4-7 February 2013, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Lecce, Italy.
Young European Radio Astronomy Conference, 18-20 July 2011. University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
From circumstellar disks to planetary systems, 3-6 November 2009, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching, Germany.
The Origin and Fate of the Sun: Evolution of Solar-mass Stars Observed with High Angular Resolution, 4-11 September 2009, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching, Germany.