Curriculum Vitae

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Stefano Orlandini

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Enzo Ferrari
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Via Pietro Vivarelli 10, 41125 Modena, Italy

Personal Details

• First name: Stefano.
• Family name: Orlandini.
  
• Town of birth: Reggio Emilia, Italy.
• Date of birth: May 3, 1966.
• Nationality: Italian.
  
• Marital status: Married, two sons.
  

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D., Hydrology, "Politecnico di Milano" Technical University, Milan, Italy, 1995.
  
• M.Sc. Degree Summa Cum Laude, Civil Engineering, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 1991.

Professional Experience

National Academies Membership

• Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Modena (Accademia Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Modena), Italy, 2016-present.
  

Scientific Society Membership

• American Geophysical Union, 1998–present.
• International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 1998–present.
• European Geosciences Union, 2004–present.
• European Geophysical Society, 1997–2003.
• Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica, 1992–present.

Honors and Awards

• American Geophysical Union Travel Fellowship for Young Scientists, Spring Meeting 1999, Boston, United States of America, 1999.
• "Giulio Supino Award," XXIII Italian Conference of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions, Florence, Italy, 1992.

Appointments

• Member of the American Geophysical Union Committee on International Participation, Washington DC, USA, 2018-present.
• Chair of the Teaching Committee of the Program in Civil Engineering, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari, Modena, Italy, 2016-present.
• Member nominated by the Governor of the Emilia-Romagna Region of the Committee on causes of the levee failure occurred along the Secchia River on January 19, 2014, Bologna, Italy, 2014.
• Chair of the Department Teaching Committee, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari, Modena, Italy, 2012-2016.

Editorial Duties

• Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 2014-present.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology, 2019-present.
  

Journal Peer Reviewer

• Advances in Water Resources
• Applied Geomatics
• Computers and Geosciences
• Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  
• Environmental Modelling & Software
  
• Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
  
• Geophysical Research Letters
• Hydrological Processes
• Hydrological Sciences Journal
• Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
• International Journal of Geographical Information Science
• Journal of the American Water Resources Association
• Journal of Hydraulic Research
  
• Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
• Journal of Hydrology
• Proceedings of the Royal Society A
• Water Resources Research
• Water Science and Technology

Proposal Peer Reviewer

• Georgia National Science Foundation
• Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research
• Romanian National Research Council
• US National Science Foundation

• Morlini, I., and S. Orlandini (2025), Anthropogenic heat effects on local deviations from the global mean annual air temperature: a case study of Modena, Italy. Stoch. Environ. Res. Risk Assess., 129(5), 1163–1178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-025-02990-6. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
  
• Young, A., Albertson, J. D., Moretti, G., & Orlandini, S. (2025). Real-time flood inundation modeling with flow resistance parameter learning. Water Resources Research, 61(1), e2024WR038424. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR038424. [Full Manuscript in PDF] [Supporting Information]
  
• Pizzileo, S., G. Moretti, and S. Orlandini (2024), Flood plain inundation modeling with explicit description of land surface macrostructures. Adv. Water Resour., 188(6), 104713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2024.104713. [Full Manuscript in PDF] [Supporting Information]
  
• Morlini, I., S. Albertson, and S. Orlandini (2024), Characterization of annual urban air temperature changes with special reference to the city of Modena: a comparison between regression models and a proposal for a new index to evaluate relationships between environmental variables. Stoch. Environ. Res. Risk Assess., 128(4), 1163–1178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-023-02622-x. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
  
• Moretti, G., and S. Orlandini (2023), Thalweg and ridge network extraction from unaltered topographic data as a basis for terrain partitioning. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface, 128(4), e2022JF006,943. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006943. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
  
• Morlini, I., M. Franco-Villoria, and S. Orlandini (2023), Modelling local climate change using site-based data. Environ. Ecol. Stat., 30, 205–232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651- 023-00560-z. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
  
• Balistrocchi, M., G. Moretti, R. Ranzi, and S. Orlandini (2021), Failure probability analysis of levees affected by mammal bioerosion. Water Resour. Res., 57, e2021WR030559. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030559. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
  
• Balistrocchi, M., Moretti, G., Orlandini, S., and Ranzi, R. (2019). Copula-based modeling of earthen levee breach due to overtopping. Adv. Water Resour., 134, 103433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.103433. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
  
• Moretti, G., & Orlandini, S. (2018). Hydrography-driven coarsening of grid digital elevation models. Water Resour. Res., 54, 3654–3672. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR021206. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Balistrocchi, M., Orlandini, S., Ranzi, R., & Bacchi, B. (2017). Copula-based modeling of flood control reservoirs, Water Resour. Res., 53, 9883–9900. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021345. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• De Bartolo, S., F. Dell’Accio, G. Frandina, G. Moretti, S. Orlandini, and M. Veltri (2016), Relation between grid, channel, and Peano networks in high-resolution digital elevation models, Water Resour. Res., 52(5), 3527–3546, doi: 10.1002/2015WR018076. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., G. Moretti, and J. D. Albertson (2015), Evidence of an emerging levee failure mechanism causing disastrous floods in Italy, Water Resour. Res., 51(10), 7995–8011, doi: 10.1002/2015WR017426. [Full Manuscript in PDF][Supporting Information]
• Fiorentini, M., S. Orlandini, and C. Paniconi (2015), Control of coupling mass balance error in a process-based numerical model of surface–subsurface flow interaction, Water Resour. Res., 51(7), 5698–5716, doi: 10.1002/2014WR016816. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., G. Moretti, and A. Gavioli (2014), Analytical basis for determining slope lines in grid digital elevation models, Water Resour. Res., 50(1), 526–539, doi: 10.1002/2013WR014606. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Fiorentini, M., and S. Orlandini (2013), Robust numerical solution of the reservoir routing equation, Adv. Water Resour., 59(9), 123–132, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.05.013. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., G. Moretti, M. A. Corticelli, P. E. Santangelo, A. Capra, R. Rivola, and J. D. Albertson (2012), Evaluation of flow direction methods against field observations of overland flow dispersion, Water Resour. Res., 48(9), W10523, doi: 10.1029/2012WR012067. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., P. Tarolli, G. Moretti, and G. Dalla Fontana (2011), On the prediction of channel heads in a complex alpine terrain using gridded elevation data, Water Resour. Res., 47(2), W02538, doi: 10.1029/2010WR009648. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Camporese, M., C. Paniconi, M. Putti, and S. Orlandini (2010), Surface-subsurface flow modeling with path-based runoff routing, boundary condition-based coupling, and assimilation of multisource observation data, Water Resour. Res., 46(2), W02512, doi: 10.1029/2008WR007536. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., and G. Moretti (2009), Comment on "Global search algorithm for nondispersive flow path extraction" by Kyungrock Paik, J. Geophys. Res., 114(10), F04004, doi:10.1029/2008JF001193. [PDF]
• Orlandini, S., and G. Moretti (2009), Determination of surface flow paths from gridded elevation data, Water Resour. Res., 45(3), W03417, doi: 10.1029/2008WR007099. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Moretti, G., and S. Orlandini (2008), Automatic delineation of drainage basins from contour elevation data using skeleton construction techniques, Water Resour. Res., 44(5), W05403, doi: 10.1029/2007WR006309. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., C. Boaretti, V. Guidi, and G. Sfondrini (2006), Field determination of the spatial variation of resistance to flow along a steep Alpine stream, Hydrol. Process., 20(18), 3897–3913, doi: 10.1002/hyp.6163. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., G. Moretti, M. Franchini, B. Aldighieri, and B. Testa (2003), Path-based methods for the determination of nondispersive drainage directions in grid-based digital elevation models, Water Resour. Res., 39(6), 1144, doi: 10.1029/2002WR001639. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S. (2002), On the spatial variation of resistance to flow in upland channel networks, Water Resour. Res., 38(10), 1197, doi: 10.1029/2001WR001187. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., and I. Morlini (2000), Artificial neural network estimation of rainfall intensity from radar observations, J. Geophys. Res., 105(D20), 24,849–24,861. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., and A. Lamberti (2000), Effect of wind on precipitation intercepted by steep mountain slopes, J. Hydrol. Eng. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., 5(4), 346–354. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S. (1999), On the control volume modelling of near-surface soil drying, Phys. Chem. Earth, 24(7), 823–828. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S. (1999), Two-layer model of near-surface soil drying for time-continuous hydrologic simulations, J. Hydrol. Eng. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., 4(2), 91–99. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., A. Perotti, G. Sfondrini, and A. Bianchi (1999), On the storm flow response of upland Alpine catchments, Hydrol. Process., 13(4), 549–562. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., and R. Rosso (1998), Parameterization of stream channel geometry in the distributed modeling of catchment dynamics, Water Resour. Res., 34(8), 1971–1985. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., and R. Rosso (1997), Closure to discussion to "Diffusion wave modeling of distributed catchment dynamics," by V. M. Ponce, J. Hydrol. Eng. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., 2(4), 220. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., M. Mancini, C. Paniconi, and R. Rosso (1996), Local contributions to infiltration excess runoff for a conceptual catchment scale model, Water Resour. Res., 32(7), 2003–2012. [Full Manuscript in PDF]
• Orlandini, S., and R. Rosso (1996), Diffusion wave modeling of distributed catchment dynamics, J. Hydrol. Eng. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., 1(3), 103–113. [Full Manuscript in PDF]