ROTIROTI MARCO

Role
Assistant Professor  
Academic disciplines
Applied Geology (GEOS-03/B)
Office phone
Room:
  • U01, Floor: 4, Room: 4019

Biography

Marco Rotiroti holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences (2013) from the University of Milano-Bicocca and, in the same institution, he continued his research as a post-doc fellow for the following seven years. Since 2020 he is an Assistant Professor in hydrogeochemistry at the University of Milano-Bicocca. His research efforts cover the hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry fields, primarily aiming at a sustainable management of the quantity and quality of groundwater resources. Tracking the geochemical evolution of groundwater along flowpaths represents at present days his main scientific interest, together with investigations on nitrate and arsenic pollutions, natural background levels, contaminated sites, groundwater/surface-water interaction, groundwater dating, impacts of climate change on groundwater resources, groundwater flow and reactive transport modelling. He teaches Environmental Geochemistry and the lab classes within the Groundwater Pollution and Remediation course within the master’s degree of Geological Sciences and Technologies; moreover, he teaches Isotopes as Environmental Tracers in the PhD course in Chemical, Geological and Environmental Science. He is also actively involved in the Italian Chapter of IAH, before within the Early Career Hydrogeologist's Network and since 2022 at the board of the National committee, contributing to the science of groundwater and undertaking outreach, education and training.

Research

His research interests cover hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry aiming at supporting a sustainable management of the quantity and quality of groundwater resources. His research activities focus on the geochemical evolution of groundwater along flowpaths, groundwater pollution by nitrate and arsenic, natural background levels, contaminated sites, groundwater/surface-water interaction, groundwater dating, impacts of climate change on groundwater resources, groundwater flow and reactive transport modelling.  

Publications

  • Biasibetti, M., Longhi, E., Bozza, S., Zanotti, C., Rotiroti, M., Fumagalli, L., et al. (2024). Climate-related risk assessment in water safety plans: the case study of Acque Bresciane (Italy). JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH, 22(1 (1 January 2024)), 97-122 [10.2166/wh.2023.103]. Detail

  • Rotiroti, M., Caschetto, M., Zanotti, C., Redaelli, A., Bruno, S., Sartirana, D., et al. (2023). Changes in Shallow Groundwater Recharge Due to Drought Impacting the Po River Basin. In 6th Edition of FLOWPATH the National Meeting on Hydrogeology. Malta, 14th – 16th June 2023. Conference Proceedings Book (pp.67-68). Detail

  • Sartirana, D., Zanotti, C., Rotiroti, M., DE AMICIS, M., Caschetto, M., Redaelli, A., et al. (2023). A Local-Scale Numerical Model to Quantify Groundwater Infiltrations into Underground Infrastructures: The Case of Milan. In 6th Edition of FLOWPATH the National Meeting on Hydrogeology. Malta, 14th – 16th June 2023. Conference Proceedings Book. Detail

  • Rotiroti, M., Sacchi, E., Caschetto, M., Zanotti, C., Fumagalli, L., Biasibetti, M., et al. (2023). Groundwater and surface water nitrate pollution in an intensively irrigated system: Sources, dynamics and adaptation to climate change. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 623(August 2023) [10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129868]. Detail

  • Zanotti, C., Rotiroti, M., Redaelli, A., Caschetto, M., Fumagalli, L., Stano, C., et al. (2023). Multivariate Time Series Clustering of Groundwater Quality Data to Develop Data-Driven Monitoring Strategies in a Historically Contaminated Urban Area. WATER, 15(1) [10.3390/w15010148]. Detail

Research projects

PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 Investimento 1.1- Avviso 104/2022 | Assessing Alpine and Apennine mountain-front recharge to Po Plain alluvial aquifers: an essential support for a sustainable management of groundwater resources (AMBRA)
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)

Awards

Awards

  • Premio per Dottori di Ricerca “G. M. ZUPPI”, International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) - Italian Chapter & CNR-IGAG, 2014
  • Migliore Presentazione Orale - Convegno Nazionale dei Giovani Ricercatori di Geologia Applicata, Associazione Italiana di Geologia Applicata e Ambientale (AIGA), 2013
  • Premio di laurea "A. Rapetti - A. Santonocito - M. Teggia Droghi - D. Delmiglio", ARPA Lombardia e Regione Lombardia, 2009

Editorial boards

  • Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 2023
  • Guest Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - WATER, 2022 - 2023
  • Guest Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - WATER, 2020 - 2021
  • Editor di rivista, collana editoriale, enciclopedia - ACQUE SOTTERRANEE, 2016 - 2024

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2022 - 2025
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2020 - 2022

Congresses/Conferences

  • Partecipazione al comitato organizzativo - Flowpath 2023 - National Meeting on Hydrogeology(Malta), 2023
  • Program committee - Flowpath 2021 - National Meeting on Hydrogeology(Italia), 2021
  • Partecipazione al comitato organizzativo - Flowpath 2019 - National Meeting on Hydrogeology(Italia), 2019