Margherita Bruscolini (she/her)
Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
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About
Interdisciplinary professional with a background in geology and international experience…
Articles by Margherita
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The power of drones for assessing Climate Change impact on mangroves 🌳
The power of drones for assessing Climate Change impact on mangroves 🌳
By Margherita Bruscolini (she/her)
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Extreme weather events: exposing inequalities in society
Extreme weather events: exposing inequalities in society
By Margherita Bruscolini (she/her)
Activity
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Exciting updates from the #AIforEarthChallenge2024 - So far, we have over 90 teams and individuals from across Africa, Europe, North America, and…
Exciting updates from the #AIforEarthChallenge2024 - So far, we have over 90 teams and individuals from across Africa, Europe, North America, and…
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New air quality stripes! Find your city and see how the air quality has changed over the past 170+ years. In London, the smogs of the 1950s…
New air quality stripes! Find your city and see how the air quality has changed over the past 170+ years. In London, the smogs of the 1950s…
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Experience
Education
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University of Milan
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International and multidisciplinary Master's thesis "BYF cements: an eco-friendly alternative to ordinary Portland cements" (Erasmus+ Internship at the University of Málaga, Spain)
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Activities and Societies:
Experimental thesis in Mineralogy: "Studio mineralogico dell'area di alterazione idrotermale del Complesso Vulcanico Apacheta-Aguilucho (Cile)"
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Online summer school organised by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam – German Research Centre for Geosciences, the IASS, the PIK, and the University of Potsdam.
"Water is the single most precious resource on our planet. The hydrosphere creates unique habitats, and is interconnected with a wide range of components of the earth system through global water, energy or carbon fluxes. The summer school addressed the topic…Online summer school organised by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam – German Research Centre for Geosciences, the IASS, the PIK, and the University of Potsdam.
"Water is the single most precious resource on our planet. The hydrosphere creates unique habitats, and is interconnected with a wide range of components of the earth system through global water, energy or carbon fluxes. The summer school addressed the topic of water being the single most precious resource on our planet. We learnt about the influence of the state of the hydrosphere on humankind and vice versa, we discussed local, regional and global challenges in order to gain a better understanding of its state. We focused on: Too much (heavy precipitation, flooding, sea level rise); Too little (extreme droughts, exploitation of drinking water); Too bad (pollution, accessibility, sanitation)." -
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4 days school aimed to deepen the knowledge of the main physical properties (optical, thermodynamic, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical) of natural and artificial materials, highlighting the relationship among the crystal structures, and their microstructures, and those properties.
It was focused on both well-established and cutting-edge techniques to determine different physical properties, and on the unique information on geological and material science themes that can be obtained -
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Activities and Societies: The course, held by professionals working in the sector, aimed to deepen the themes of environmental monitoring, environmental control and laboratory activities, with a focus on connections with the environmental legislation and the close correlations between the activities carried out during fieldwork, sampling and inspection phases. The topics concerned analysis on environmental control issues, already studied in University courses.
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Volunteer UN Mapper (Unite Maps Initiative)
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Environment
Global peace needs global contribution. The contribution of everybody is important for peace.
United Nations helps countries torn by conflict create conditions for lasting peace. Peacekeeping, peacebuilding and conflict prevention activities are the main objectives of our mapping activities. There is enormous potential for new technologies to improve the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping missions, as they respond to an ever-growing list of tasks in increasingly complex field…Global peace needs global contribution. The contribution of everybody is important for peace.
United Nations helps countries torn by conflict create conditions for lasting peace. Peacekeeping, peacebuilding and conflict prevention activities are the main objectives of our mapping activities. There is enormous potential for new technologies to improve the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping missions, as they respond to an ever-growing list of tasks in increasingly complex field environments.
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Country representative | Luxembourg
Women+ in Geospatial
- 1 year 4 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
The W+G Mission is to inspire, unite and empower. W+G is building an inclusive global community to connect, support, empower, and enable all women+ in geospatial to become strong leaders and changemakers. Our network drives gender equality in the growing geospatial community.
As regional ambassador, she's the single point of contact for regional and country-based activities, coordinating and leading a team of volunteers to organize networking events and activities.
Involved in the…The W+G Mission is to inspire, unite and empower. W+G is building an inclusive global community to connect, support, empower, and enable all women+ in geospatial to become strong leaders and changemakers. Our network drives gender equality in the growing geospatial community.
As regional ambassador, she's the single point of contact for regional and country-based activities, coordinating and leading a team of volunteers to organize networking events and activities.
Involved in the #TheyMapThePath social media campaign to empower and recognize womenᐩ mapping the path forward in your community.
Publications
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Climate-Change-Driven Droughts and Tree Mortality: Assessing the Potential of UAV-Derived Early Warning Metrics
Remote Sensing MDPI
Protecting and enhancing forest carbon sinks is considered a natural solution for mitigating climate change. However, the increasing frequency, intensity, and duration of droughts due to climate change can threaten the stability and growth of existing forest carbon sinks. Extreme droughts weaken plant hydraulic systems, can lead to tree mortality events, and may reduce forest diversity, making forests more vulnerable to subsequent forest disturbances, such as forest fires or pest infestations…
Protecting and enhancing forest carbon sinks is considered a natural solution for mitigating climate change. However, the increasing frequency, intensity, and duration of droughts due to climate change can threaten the stability and growth of existing forest carbon sinks. Extreme droughts weaken plant hydraulic systems, can lead to tree mortality events, and may reduce forest diversity, making forests more vulnerable to subsequent forest disturbances, such as forest fires or pest infestations. Although early warning metrics (EWMs) derived using satellite remote sensing data are now being tested for predicting post-drought plant physiological stress and mortality, applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are yet to be explored extensively. Herein, we provide twenty-four prospective approaches classified into five categories: (i) physiological complexities, (ii) site-specific and confounding (abiotic) factors, (iii) interactions with biotic agents, (iv) forest carbon monitoring and optimization, and (v) technological and infrastructural developments, for adoption, future operationalization, and upscaling of UAV-based frameworks for EWM applications. These UAV considerations are paramount as they hold the potential to bridge the gap between field inventory and satellite remote sensing for assessing forest characteristics and their responses to drought conditions, identifying and prioritizing conservation needs of vulnerable and/or high-carbon-efficient tree species for efficient allocation of resources, and optimizing forest carbon management with climate change adaptation and mitigation practices in a timely and cost-effective manner.
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Space-Enabled Modeling of the Niger River to Enhance Regional Water Resources Management
EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022
The Niger River and floodplain landscape is experiencing a constant change as a result of natural and human processes thereby contributing to the yearly occurrence of flooding. The increasing flood frequency and intensity causes loss of life, destruction of assets and disrupts the livelihood of a large proportion of the population. Due to the current data challenges and lack of hydrological information we are developing a 2-D flood inundation model showing the spatially distributed dynamics of…
The Niger River and floodplain landscape is experiencing a constant change as a result of natural and human processes thereby contributing to the yearly occurrence of flooding. The increasing flood frequency and intensity causes loss of life, destruction of assets and disrupts the livelihood of a large proportion of the population. Due to the current data challenges and lack of hydrological information we are developing a 2-D flood inundation model showing the spatially distributed dynamics of water surface elevation and future flood extent of Niger river and its surroundings. We considered the following parameters such as floodplain topography, river channel widths, banks heights, model parameters, and hydrology information to develop our final output which is an interactive web visualization map showing the inundated extent. Our developed 2D flood prediction model can be extended to other parts of the Niger River Basin which will contribute to a positive regional economic and environmental impact. It will also help the relevant ministries, emergency institutions, local partners and national government of Niger to build safe and resilient communities through effective risk communication and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 and 13.
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Effect of Boron and Water-To-Cement Ratio on the Performances of Laboratory Prepared Belite–Ye’elimite–Ferrite (BYF) Cements
Materials [MDPI]
The effect of superplasticiser, borax and the water-to-cement ratio on BYF hydration and mechanical strengths has been studied. Two laboratory-scale BYF cements—st-BYF (with β-C2S and orthorhombic C4A3) and borax-activated B-BYF (with α’H-C2S and pseudo-cubic C4A3S)—have been used, and both show similar particle size distribution. The addition of superplasticiser and externally added borax to BYF pastes has been optimised through rheological measurements. Optimised superplasticiser contents…
The effect of superplasticiser, borax and the water-to-cement ratio on BYF hydration and mechanical strengths has been studied. Two laboratory-scale BYF cements—st-BYF (with β-C2S and orthorhombic C4A3) and borax-activated B-BYF (with α’H-C2S and pseudo-cubic C4A3S)—have been used, and both show similar particle size distribution. The addition of superplasticiser and externally added borax to BYF pastes has been optimised through rheological measurements. Optimised superplasticiser contents (0.3, 0.4 and 0.1 wt % for st-BYF, B-BYF and st-BYF with externally added 0.25 wt % B2O3, respectively) result in low viscosities yielding homogeneous mortars. The calorimetric study revealed that st-BYF is more reactive than B-BYF, as the values of heat released are 300–370 J/g and 190–210 J/g, respectively, after 7 days of hydration; this fact is independent of the water-to-cement ratio. These findings agree with the higher degree of hydration at 28 days of β-C2S in st-BYF (from 45 to 60%) than α’H-C2S in B-BYF (~20 to 30%). The phase assemblage evolution has been determined by LXRPD coupled with the Rietveld method and MAS-NMR. The formation of stratlingite is favoured by increasing the w/c ratio in both systems. Finally, the optimisation of fresh BYF pastes jointly with the reduction of water-to-cement ratio to 0.40 have allowed the achieving of mortars with compressive strengths over 40 MPa at 7 days in all systems. Moreover, the st-BYF mortar, where borax was externally added, achieved more than 70 MPa after 28 days. The main conclusion of this work does not support Lafarge’s approach of adding boron/borax to the raw meal of BYF cements. This procedure stabilises the alpha belite polymorph, but its reactivity, in these systems, is lower and the associated mechanical strengths poorer.
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Drone services for plant water-status mapping
IGARSS 2021
Achieving an efficient management of agricultural fields is crucial for farmers, considering the challenges
posed by water resources sustainability. Monitoring tools allow winemakers to keep their vineyards under control and improve the plants’ health with targeted actions, such as irrigations scheduling or specific treatments. Knowing the actual number of plants may not be evident, particularly in old plantation, where vines might have been removed or added to the initial planting scheme…Achieving an efficient management of agricultural fields is crucial for farmers, considering the challenges
posed by water resources sustainability. Monitoring tools allow winemakers to keep their vineyards under control and improve the plants’ health with targeted actions, such as irrigations scheduling or specific treatments. Knowing the actual number of plants may not be evident, particularly in old plantation, where vines might have been removed or added to the initial planting scheme, or even they have never been counted. However, the knowledge of the number and position of the plants is important to be able to adapt the irrigation network and properly adjust the irrigation schedule. The aim of this project is to build a drone service for precision monitoring of vineyards. Here, an algorithm to detect the position and number of plants in vineyards using drone RGB imagery is presented. First results show a plant detection accuracy of 87%.Other authorsSee publication
Courses
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Drones training course with Microdrones GmbH
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ERM core consulting skills (LinkedIn Learning)
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UAS OPEN A1/A3 training & certification (Luxembourg Civil Aviation Authority)
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Honors & Awards
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27th "Gustavo Sclocchi" Theses Award for Graduates in disciplines related to the Energy Industry
EAGE (Europea Association of Ge-scientists and Engineers), ASSOMINERARIA (Italian Petroleum and Mining Industry Association - Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Resources Sector), SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers)
I participated to the "Gustavo Sclocchi" Thesis Award 2019, sending to the committee my MSc Thesis on the BYF eco-cements. I won this competition together with other Italian students.
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Scholarship
Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo'
During the second year of University, I got a scholarship, for the number of exams taken and average grades obtained.
Languages
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French
Professional working proficiency
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Italian
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Professional working proficiency
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English
Full professional proficiency
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