Fedele Francesca

Work experience

Since 2009: Executive Physicist at Environmental Protection Agency of Apulia Region (ARPA Puglia)

Main Activity description: Physical environmental matrices analysis (electromagnetic fields, ionizing radiation, noise); implementation, management and optimization of the atmospheric numerical modeling chain also aimed at predicting environmental risk (prediction of weather events that favor pollutants accumulation); environmental reporting; instrumentation management (meteorological stations, UV monitoring stations, LIDAR) ; electromagnetic filed sources database management.

August 2024-today:  Researcher (full time/not permanent position) at the Institute of Crystallography-CNR, Bari (Italy)

Main Activity description:  high-performance numerical simulation of crystalline structure of materials and molecular systems within the research project “National Centre for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing – HPC

Curriculum Studiorum

2013- 2016: PhD in Physics at the University of Bari. Scientific Supervisor: Prof. R. Bellotti, Co-Tutor Prof. Alessio Pollice (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy) PhD Thesis: “Planetary Boundary Layer dynamics analysis over the Apulia region by a mesoscale model.”

2007: Master degree in Physics at the University of Bari (grade: 110/110 magna cum laude). Master Thesis: “Studio di alterazioni morfologiche cerebrali nella malattia di Alzheimer”, Tutor: Prof. R. Bellotti

Research activity

• mesoscale numerical weather prediction system designed for both atmospheric research and operational forecasting applications
• artificial intelligence methods for data analysis
• parallel computation software for the management of Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model
• Environmental studies related to health (UV radiation, Electromagnetic fields, Particulate Matters diffusion)

Awards

1. Best Poster Award: the poster “Spatial bias analysis for the Weather Research and Forecasting model WRF) over the Apulia region” (F.Fedele,  A. Pollice,  A. Guarnieri Calò Carducci, R.  Bellotti ) won the 1st Prize for the best poster presented at the Biennial Conference of the research group of Environmental Statistics – Italina Statistical Society (GRASPA- SIS) Bari, 15-16 June, 2015