Persone PhD CandidatesXXXVIII ciclo Niccolò Renzi

XXXVIII ciclo Niccolò Renzi

 

Curriculum: Agricultural and Forest Engineering

Supervisor: Prof. Giulio Castelli

Email: niccolo.renzi@unifi.it

Office address: Via San Bonaventura 13, 50145 Firenze

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Profile

I’m Niccolò Renzi, I obtained both my bachelor's and master's degrees at Florence University.  During my bachelor, I did a traineeship in Mexico at the Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo where I studied principal component analysis of Mexican and commercial corn varieties. For my master's in "Tropical Natural Resources Management and Rural Development,"(110/110 cum laude) I had the chance to study with the International Centre of Agriculture Research for Arid Area (ICARDA) in Amman Jordan where I worked on Water Harvesting farming in the Badia, a dry rangeland. 

Research interests and PhD project

Agricultural sustainability, Water Harvesting, Water use efficiency, Water Footprint, Plant physiology, Exchange entitlement. My Ph.D. will focus on environmental sustainability framework and environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance. Integration of Ecosystem services (ES) in Life cycle assessment (LCA) and corporate Water Footprint (WF). Imported virtual water (VW).

Papers

• Renzi, N., Villani, L., Haddad, M., Strohmeier, S., el Din, M., Al Widyan, J., Bresci, E., & Castelli, G. (2023). Modeling-based performance assessment of an indigenous macro-catchment water harvesting technique (Marab) in the Jordanian Badia. Land Degradation and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4838

Conference talks and seminars

• Renzi, N., Villani, L., Muhi El-Dine, H., Haddad, M., Bresci, E., Strohmeier, S., and Castelli, G.: Modeling of Indigenous Marab Water Harvesting Technique in the Jordanian Badia, Full talk, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-2861,
• Renzi, N., Villani, L., Haddad, M., Strohmeier, S., el Din, M., Al Widyan, J., Bresci, E., & Castelli, G. Modeling-based performance assessment of an indigenous macro-catchment water harvesting technique (Marab) in the Jordanian Badia. FULL TALK. Convegno “La ricerca nel settore dell’idraulica agraria, dell’irrigazione e delle sistemazioni idraulico-forestali - Giornate di Studio in onore del Prof. Giuseppe Provenzano”, Palermo, Italy, 4-5/12/2023
• Renzi, N., Setti, A., Lompi, M., Pacetti, T., Castelli, G., Caporali, E., Bresci, E. Water footprint and water productivity analysis of an alternative organic mulching technology for irrigated agriculture, FULL TALK EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr
• Renzi, N., Rugani, B., Pacetti, T, Penna, D., Caporali, E., Bresci, E., Castelli, G., Water Footprint and Ecosystem Services integration in Life Cycle Assessment framework: Challenges, gaps and opportunities .POSTER AIIA mid-term 2024, Padova,Italy, June 16-17
• Renzi, N., Castelli, G. , Niccolucci, V. , Montefrancesco, C. , De Micco, P., Cupertino, S. ,  Bresci, E., Penna, D., Bastianoni, S., Riccaboni, A. A framework for organizational life cycle assessment (O-LCA): the experience of Agritech project within the sustainability assessment of the agricultural system. SHORT COMMUNICATION AISSA under40 2024 , Firenze,I taly, June 26-27 

Awards

• Accademia di Agricoltura 2023 Giovanni Tournon” award for paper publication “Modeling-based performance assessment of an indigenous macro-catchment water harvesting technique (Marab) in the Jordanian Badia. Torino, May 24 20224
• “Afan de Rivera" award by Ass Naz Consorzi di gestione e tutela del territorio e acque irrigue (ANBI) for the Master thesis “Modelling of the Marab Water Harvesting Farming in the Jordanian Badia”Napoli, June 6 2024
• School of advanced study Sant’Anna, best students of the seasonal school  “Urban and rural wastewater phytotreatment and contaminated site remediation” grant winner Pisa, 6 July 2021