Paolo Ruggeri

Paolo Ruggeri graduated as an Environmental Physicist (July, 2009) at the University of Torino, Italy . Later, he joined the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Lausanne in April 2010 in quality of PhD Student in the group of Professor Klaus Holliger.

Currently, his main research interests involved a comprehensive strategy for extending the characterization of surficial aquifers from the local to the regional scale based on the quantitative integration high-resolution geophysical and hydrological data followed by upscaling and forward and inverse hydrological modeling. The objective of this research is to develop methodologies that are capable of providing aquifer-scale permeability models that are sufficiently detailed and accurate to allow for a faithful reproduction of the pertinent flow and transport phenomena. This type of information is critical for the protection, remediation and sustainable management of the increasingly scarce and fragile groundwater resources in densely populated and/or highly industrialized regions throughout the world. The proposed research focuses on the common case of alluvial aquifers, but with suitable modifications can be extended to karstic or fractured “hardrock” aquifers. The validity and effectiveness of the proposed characterization approach will be explored and tested on an intensively studied aquifer in a suburban region of Québec City, Québec, Canada, suffering from a severe contamination problem.
 

Born on October 30th, 1985 in Torino (Italy)

Education

2010 – Present
PhD student in the group of Professor Klaus Holliger

2007 – 2009
Master Degree in Biomedical and Environmental Physics at University of Torino
Thesis : « The coupled dynamics of two nonlinear Schroedinger equations»

2004 – 2007
Bachelor Degree in General Physics at University of Torino