Luca -no second name- Mao -no second last name-
Associate Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
River Science Sediment transport in gravel-bed rivers Vegetation-sediment-flow interactions in gravel-bed rivers Geomorphic effectiveness of floods Hydromorphology and river restoration Hydromorphological impacts of human activities in rivers
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Forest and Environmental Sciences, UNIVERSIDAD DE PADUA. Italia, 2000
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Environmental Watershed Management, Polytechnic University of Madrid. Chile, 2005
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Research Associate Full Time
University of Padua (Italy)
Italia
2004 - 2008
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Research Fellow Full Time
University of Hull (UK)
Reino Unido
2008 - 2010
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Research Associate Full Time
University of Padua
Italia
2010 - 2010
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Research Fellow Full Time
Free University of Bozen/Bolzano (Italy)
Faculty of Science and Technology
Italia
2010 - 2011
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Faculty for Agronomy and Forest Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2011 - 2015
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Faculty for Agronomy and Forest Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2015 - At present
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Faculty for Agronomy and Forest Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2015 - At present
Professor Luca Mao arrived in Chile in November 2011. Since than, he has been directing the following students:
PhD. Fernando Ugalde. Large wood dynamics and eco-morphological efffects in Andean catchments with native and plantation forest cover. To be submitted in 2015.
MsC. Carolina Huingache. Histéresis en el arrastre de fondo de un río de montaña alimentado por un glaciar. Completed in 2013.
MsC. Ricardo Carrillo. Bedload dynamics in a glacier-fed Andean catchment. To be complelted in 2015.
In Chile, Luca Mao has been given the followign course at the undergradate and postgraduate levels:
Since 2012: “Manejo Integrado de Cuencas” at the Diploma en Planificación Ambiental de Proyectos-DIPLAM, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Since 2012: “Manejo Integrado de Cuencas” in Undegraduate in Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.
Since 2013: “Ecología y geomorfología Fluvial” in Postgraduate MsC in Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.
Professor Luca Mao arrived in Chile in November 2011. Since than, he has been working on the following proyects:
2013 – 2015: Principal Investigator, CONICYT Fondecyt Regular: Sediment dynamics and management in small Andean catchments.
2012 – 2014: Principal Investigator, CONICYT Apoyo a proyectos Chile-EEUU, Effect of native forest replacement by pine plantations on biodiversity and ecosystem processes of Andean riparian and riverine habitats in the south of Chile.
2012 - 2013: Principal Investigator, CONYCIT Red Internacional entre centros de investigación, Isotopos e radionúclidos para estudios hidrogeológicos de cuencas de regiones áridas y semiáridas (con School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences- Plymouth University).
2012 – 2013: Co-Investigator, Fondo del Bosque Nativo CONAF, Cuantificación y valoración de los servicios ecosistémicos ofrecidos por el Parque Natural Aguas de Ramón.
2012 – 2015: Co-Investigator, IDRC (Canada research fund), Vulnerabilidad y adaptación a la variabilidad y al cambio climático en la Cuenca del Rio Maipo en Chile Central.
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Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (219294)
UNIVERSITY OF HULL
Reino Unido, 2008
Flume study of flood history effects on sediment entrainment and transport in gravel-bed rivers
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National Scientific Habilitation
Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca
Italia, 2012
National scientific habilitation for position of Associate Professor in Italian Universities by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research, Italy in the scientific-disciplinary sector AGR/08 Agricultural hydraulics and watershed protection.
Morphodynamics of steep mountain channels |
The concept of transport capacity in geomorphology |