Researcher

email: paul.ditommasi@isafom.cnr.it

Tel:  +39  081.0624. (int.572)

Dissertation, 2001: Biomonitoring of Lake Avernus: metal accumulation capacity in Phragmites communis and in some submerged phanerogams.

Doctoral Thesis, 2005: Carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration of a Mediterranean agroecosystem in southern Italy

Main research interests :

• Mass and energy exchange using micrometeorological techniques
• Role of climate and agricultural management on agro-ecosystems behaviour
• Modelling carbon, water and energy exchanges through the study of long-term time series

Laboratory/field activities:

• Borgo Cioffi monitoring site: eddy covariance measurements, meteorological measurements, agronomic conduction, biometrics, soil measurements and data analysis. Quality control and time series management.
• Bio-Meteorological Laboratory at the C.N.R. - ISAFoM Institute: sensor maintenance and calibration, data-loggers programming, procurement management (RUP), development of monitoring and data acquisition systems.
• Gas chromatography for N2O and CH4 (LCD-FID); fluxes from soil also through the use of automated chambers (couvettes).
• Analysis of long-term datasets, scenarios di adaptation of agriculture to climate change.