Office hours
I have an open door policy. However, the CREWW building has an open plan working space and there may be times when I have a busy schedule and not be available. To help you secure a time slot with me and a private space in CREWW, please use one of the following links:
If there is no date/time that works with you (or if the request is urgent), please feel free to drop me an email.
Dr Diego Panici
Lecturer
Physical Geography
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.
PhD positions available:
NERC GW4+ DLTP (deadline: 13th January 2025)
- Predicting large wood transport in rivers
- Large wood in rivers: blending social knowledge with large wood dynamics in river restoration practice (led by Dr Roger Auster)
NERC Red-ALERT CDT (deadline: 7th January 2025)
CSC scheme (Chinese nationals or permanent residents only, deadline 2nd December 2024) Scroll down to Geography and search for:
- Characterising the Hydraulic and Hydrological Response of Beaver Dams for Resilience to Hydrological Extremes
- Unravelling Accumulations of Large Woody Debris at Multi-Span Bridges: Impacts on Hydraulics, Scour, and Flood Risk
- Evaluating the Impact of Large Wood on Water Quality in River Restoration
