Dr Diego Panici

I am a Civil and Environmental Engineer specialised in hydraulics and hydrology, especially with applications to riverine processes to investigate the effects to river geomorphology, infrastructures (e.g., bridges), and water resources. I developed a strong interest in water during my BSc(hons) and my MSc in Rome, where I studied how to satisfy water demand for drought-prone areas and how to model flood risk in heavily urbanised areas.

In 2014 I started an integrated PhD at the University of Southampton within the Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, where I investigated the accumulation of large woody debris (LWD) at bridge piers and developed a methodology to estimate the size and shape that can be expected for given flow and LWD characteristics.

In January 2019, I joined the University of Exeter as a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on a variety of topics, that included: estimation of the scour risk at bridge piers with accumulated LWD, landslide-channel connectivity and multi-phase modelling, flood impact on strategic networks with climate projections, adapting water abstraction from rivers under increasing dry conditions.

Since October 2022, I joined the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) at the University of Exeter as a Lecturer in Hydrological and Water Quality Modelling. Since then, I have been broadening my research and teaching work on monitoring and modelling nature-based solutions in hydrological system, as well as tackling wicked problems in the water industry that include pollution discharges and quality of freshwater for resilient drinking water systems.