CURRICULUM VITAE Personal information: Name: Andrea Nocentini Address: 9734 NW 7TH Circle - Plantation, FL 33324 Telephone: 786-873-9701 E-mail: [email protected] Nationality: Italian Date of birth: September 27th, 1986 Working experience: 08/2018 - Current John Kominoski ([email protected]) Department of Biology, Florida international University (Miami, Florida) Impact of fire on wetland biogeochemistry 01/2014 - 11/2017 Andrea Monti ([email protected]) Department of Agriculture Sciences, University of Bologna (Italy) Carbon flows in perennial bioenergy crops systems 02/2016 - 05/2016 Keith Paustian ([email protected]) Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (CSU) (Fort Collins, Colorado) Regional-scale biofuel modeling study 10/2014 - 01/2015 William Parton ([email protected]) Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (CSU) (Fort Collins, Colorado) DAYCENT biogeochemical model training 03/2013 - 06/2013 Georgio Tachiev ([email protected]) Florida International University (Miami, Florida) Volunteer to contribute to a project proposal of energy efficiency 05/2012 – 09/2012 Ana Luisa Fernando ([email protected]) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Departamento de Ciencias e Tecnologia da Biomassa (Lisbon, Portugal) Scientific research activity on the EIA methodology (Environmental Impact Assessment) during an internship period 11/2011 – 04/2012 and 10/2012 – 01/2013 Marina Zuccoli ([email protected]) “Gabriele Goidanich” Library, University of Bologna Librarian (help desk and archive management) 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Reggello Cityhall (Firenze, Italy) Election operator during european, national and council elections 03/2009 – 05/2009 Marco Moriondo ([email protected]) IBIMET (Biometeorology Institute) (Firenze, Italy) Scientific research activity on the relation between climate and chestnut blight disease Education and formation: 05/23/2017 Andrea Monti ([email protected]) PhD in “Agriculture, environmental and food sciences and technologies”, Department of Agriculture Sciences, University of Bologna Final thesis entitled “Measured and modeled C flows after land-use change to perennial bioenergy crops” 02/06/2013 Master Degree in “Planning and management of agro-territorial, forest and landscape ecosystems”, University of Bologna Final grade of 110/110 with honors; final thesis entitled "Environmental impact assessment analysis (EIA) applied to three different land uses in Europe" 12/15/2009 Bachelor Degree in “Forest and Environmental Sciences”, University of Firenze Final grade of 100/110; final thesis entitled "Influence of the climate on the evolution of chesnut blight by Cryphonectria parasitica in Tuscany" 07/08/2005 High school degree in the scientific school "Ernesto Balducci" (Firenze) Personal skills: Languages: Italian (mother tongue); English (reading: very good, writing: very good, speaking: very good); Spanish (reading: medium, writing: basic, speaking: medium) Driving licenses: class E driver’s license Professional Software and Programming: C++, R Project for Statistical Computing, ArcMap, SimaPro, SigmaPlot, Century/DayCent, CoStat Publications: Feducci M, Moriondo M, Dibari C, Nocentini A, Luchi N, Capretti P (2010) Influence of climatic parameters on the spreading of the hypovirulent form of chestnut blight. Petria 20, 139- 140 Fernando AL, Boleo S, Barbosa B, Costa J, Sidella S, Nocentini A, Duarte MP, Mendes B, Monti A, Cosentino SL (2012) Perennial grasses: environmental benefits and constraints of their cultivation in Europe. 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 18-22 June 2012, Milano, pp. 2092-2094 Nocentini A, Di Virgilio N, Monti A (2015) Model simulation of cumulative carbon sequestration by switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) in the Mediterranean area using the DAYCENT model. Bioenergy Research 8, 1512-1522 Nocentini A, Di Virgilio N, Monti A (2015) Simulation analysis of carbon storage by switchgrass in the Mediterranean area using the DailyDayCent model. Atti del XLIV Convegno della Società Italiana di Agronomia, Bologna, 14-16 September 2015 Nocentini A, Monti A (2016) Soil respiration as affected by conventional tillage in a maize- wheat rotation or by a perennial energy crop. Atti del XLV Convegno della Società Italiana di Agronomia, Sassari, 20-22 September 2016 Nocentini A, Monti A (2017) Land-use change from poplar to switchgrass and giant reed increases soil organic carbon. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 37, 23-29 Nocentini A, Field J, Monti A, Paustian K (2018) Biofuel production and soil GHG emissions after land-use change to switchgrass and giant reed in the US Southeast. Food & Energy Security 7, 1-18 Di Virgilio N, Facini O, Nocentini A, Nardino M, Rossi F, Monti A (2019) Four-year measurement of net ecosystem gas exchange of switchgrass in a Mediterranean climate after long-term arable land use. GCB Bioenergy 11, 466-482 Nocentini A, Monti A (2019) Comparing soil respiration and carbon pools of a maize-wheat rotation and switchgrass for predicting land-use change-driven SOC variations. Agricultural Systems 173, 209-217 Presentations in meetings and conferences: “Simulation analysis of carbon storage by switchgrass in the Mediterranean area using the DailyDayCent model” – Annual Italian Society of Agronomy (SIA) Conference, University of Bologna (September 15, 2015) “Soil respiration as affected by conventional tillage in a maize-wheat rotation or by a perennial energy crop” – Annual Italian Society of Agronomy (SIA) Conference, University of Sassari (September 22, 2016) Posters in meetings and conferences: “Understanding short- and long-term effects of fire on wetland biogeochemistry to forecast changes in phosphorus-limitation and carbon storage” – Florida Coastal Everglades All Scientist Meeting 2019, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden - Miami (May 8-9, 2019) Seminars and lectures: “Modeling Carbon and Nutrients to Inform Ecosystem Management” – Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University (March 18, 2019) Teaching: “Foundation Species Change in Coastal Habitats” - BSC 6926 – Florida International University (Fall Semester 2019) .