Erica Cacciotti

Email: erica.cacciotti@unipi.it

Telefono: 050 2217167

Sito web: http://www.unipi.it

Profilo

Ruolo: Personale Tecnico Amministrativo


- In the EPSO/CAST/S/5/2013 of the European Commission as Researcher in the Agricultural, Environmental and Earth Sciences;

Education

- Ph.D. in the Environmental Science on “The impact of climate and land-use change on soil respiratory fluxes” from terrestrial ecosystems under several natural and anthropological stresses;
(May, 2013). Supervisor: Bruce Osborne, Professor of Plant Ecophysiology at the School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD, Dublin, Ireland;
- Environmental Science Master Degree (110/110) on terrestrial ecosystems; Thesis title: “Combat Desertification in a context highly exposed to wind erosion (the north of China) by using a new technology
(Eddy covariance technique) for the assessment of soil dust particles lost during storms. Possible actions in containing sand storms”. (July, 2006). Thesis data collected in China in Spring/Summer 2005 within
the International Cooperation Project WINDUST supported by the UNCCD.

Work experiences

- 8 years as administrative management officer at the University of Pisa;
- About 2 years as Environmental Researcher (at UNITUS and UNIPI);
- IPCC (UN) consultant for the implementation of the Emission Factor Data Base (EFDB) of the IPCC; consultancy at the Institute of Environmental Strategies (IGES) based in Japan;
- Logistic and communication officer Support at the "Civil Society and Indigenous People Mechanism (CSIPM) at FAO HQ;
- Editor of the "Deserts and Desertification Process" at the NGO "Ricerca e Cooperazione" in Rome;
- Reviewer of the "BIO in cifre" pubblication at the Istituto di Servizi per il Mercato Agricolo Alimentare (ISMEA) based in Rome.