Rosa Lasaponara
Professor
University of Basilicata
Italy
Biography
Rosa Lasaponara is Senior Researcher of IMAA-CNR (Italian Research Council, Institute for Environmental Monitoring) since 2001. She is responsible for the ARGON laboratory (Earth Observation for ARchaeoloGy and EnvirONment). Professor of Microwave at University of Basilicata. Visiting professor at RADI Beijing (2015-2016). PI of numerous projects funded by ESA, ASI in the context H2020 and operational monitoring of forest fire Protezione Civile of Basilicata region She has authored about 350 publications among papers in international journals, books, book chapters, papers in proceedings of international conferences on: Remote Sensing for environmental monitoring, risk assessment, mitigation and modelling, time series analysis, Remote sensing for archaeology and environmental studies.
Research Interest
Her dominant scientific interest focuses on: the operative use of EO techniques mainly in the fields of I) fire risk monitoring II) interactions between humans and environment systems; III) Anthropology: mainly land use practices and their effects on ecosystems; IV) innovative active and passive remote-sensed technology for environmental and landscape monitoring.