Born in Roma, Italy on 28th October 1984

Nationality: Italian

Current occupation

PhD position at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland in the field of Remote Sensing and Air Quality. Starting date: December 2008. PhD project: the project is mainly focused on the investigation of the potential of Earth Observation satellites data for ground Particulate Matter spatial assessment. This is a joint project between Bern University and the Institute of Applied Remote Sensing, European Academy (EURAC), Bolzano, Italy.

Supervisors: Dr. Stefan Wunderle (University of Bern), Dr. Marcello Petitta (EURAC)

Graduate Education

24th October 2008 Master’s Degree (’Laurea Specialistica’) in Physics, Universit`a La Sapienza, Roma. As- signed mark 110/110 cum laude. Thesis Project: Study on the formation of jets in planetary atmospheres and in laboratory. Brief Description of the Thesis Project: The evidence of presence of a jet like circulation in many solar system planets and Earth’s oceans is analyzed and the explanation based on quasi-geostrophic turbulence reviewed. Some numerical simulations of decaying turbulence on a rotating sphere are per- formed to investigate the difference between a shallow water model and a bidimensional fluid. Finally, a real small rotating tank experiment is carried out and the results are discussed.

Supervisor: Prof. Alfonso Sutera

Undergraduate Education

24th November 2006 Bachelor’s Degree (‘Laurea triennale’) in Physics, Universit`a La Sapienza, Roma. As- signed mark 110/110 cum laude. Undergraduate Thesis Project: Analysis of the potential of a measure of the ratio of the CKM matrix elements Vtd/Vts by the Bs meson rare decayments. Brief Description of the Thesis Project: The CKM matrix elements give important informations about the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. The thesis work, conducted on Monte-Carlo simu- lations, wants to calculate the statistical signifiance of some CKM matrix parameters measure in a new hypotetical high energy particles physics experiment. The physical implication are then discussed. Supervisors: Prof. Riccardo Faccini and Dr. Maurizio Pierini

2006- Grant Award from Department Of Energy of United States and INFN (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare) for Summer Student activity in High Energy Particles Physics laboratory of SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), California, USA.

2003- High School Scientific Diploma with mark 100/100.

Peer reviewed papers

2010 Emili E., Popp C., Petitta M., Riffler M., Zebisch M., Wunderle S. PM10 remote sensing from geostationary SEVIRI and polar-orbiting MODIS sensors over the complex terrain of the European Alpine region, Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 2485-2499

Talks and conference contributions

November 2010 Invited talk at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Dbendorf, Switzerland. Title: PM10 remote sensing from geostationary SEVIRI and polar-orbiting MODIS sensors over the complex terrain of the European Alpine region

Authors: Emili E., Popp C., Petitta M., Riffler M., Wunderle S.

September 2010 Oral presentation at the EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Cordoba, Spain. Title: Integration of satellite and ground measurements for mapping particulate matter in alpine regions

Authors: Emili E., Popp C., Petitta M., Tetzlaff A., Riffler M., Wunderle S.

April 2010 Oral presentation at the IEEE GOLD remote sensing conference, Livorno, Italy: Satellite retrieval of particulate matter over Italy: comparison of results in the Po valley and in alpine regions

Authors: Emili E., Petitta M., Tetzlaff A., Zebisch M., Wunderle S.

August 2009 Poster presentation at the The Second International Conference of Aerosol Science and Global Change, Hangzhou, China. Title: Remote sensing of particulate matter over central Europe: comparing geostationary and polar orbiting sensors

Authors: Emili E., Popp C., Petitta M., Irsara L., Riffler M., Wunderle S.

April 2009 Poster presentation at the European Geoscience Union (EGU), Wien, Austria. Title: Air Quality Remote Sensing over Alpine Regions with METEOSAT SEVIRI

Authors: Emili E., Popp C., Petitta M., Riffler M., Wunderle S.

Internships, workshops and schools

February-April 2011 Visiting PhD at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA in the framework of a collaboration with Dr. Alexei Lyapustin about satellite retrieval of aerosols at high spatial resolution.

February 2009 Participation at the EUMETSAT 2nd Cloud Workshop, Locarno, Switzerland.

July 2006 SLAC Summer Institute: ”The Next Frontier: Exploring with the LHC.”

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Computer Skills

• Operating Systems: Good level Expertise on Unix/Linux, Windows 98/XP/Vista, MacOsX.

• Programming knowledge: IDL, Fortran, C, Matlab, Html • Scientific Applications: Mathematica.

• Other Applications: Microsoft Office, Latex, Emacs.

Languages

• Native spoken Italian.

• Fluent in English.

• Fluent in French.

• Basic level in German

Other Activities

• Sport: Surf, Windsurf, Ski, Waterpolo;

• Hobbies: Music, Literature, Computers.