Nome
Francini Saverio
Indirizzo
Via della Repubblica 166. Poggibonsi (SI)
Telefono
3384860983
E-mail
Twitter
https://twitter.com/saveriofrancini
Nazionalità
Italia
Data di nascità
16/09/1992
Posizione
Assistant Professor at the University of Florence. Ricercatore a tempo determinato, RTDa. AGR/05
Qualificazioni
PhD with honors in Scienze Tecnologie e Biotecnologie per la Sostenibilità (University of Tuscia, University of Molise, 24 May 2022). Thesis title: New approaches and remote sensing tecnhologies for forest disturbance mapping and area estimation.
Master’s degree (110 with honors) in “Scienze e tecnologie dei sistemi forestali”, LM-73 (University of Florence, 17 October 2018).
Bachelor’s degree in “Scienze ambientali e naturali” University of Siena (UNISI). L32
Esperienze all'estero
During my PhD, I spent three months at the University of British Columbia UBC (Vancouver-Canada) working with Professor Nicholas Coops (UBC), and Mike Wulder, Joanne White, and Txomin Hermosilla (Canadian Forest Service). We are still actively collaborating on different papers.
Madre lingua
Italian
Seconda lingua
English
• Reading
good
• Writing
goodGood communication capacities. Good logistic capacities. Good team worker.
• Speaking
Competenze principali
Good programmer (R, JavaScript, Java). Basics of different programming languages (python, visual basic, C++, html, Batch). Good problem-solving skills. Good knowledge of remote sensing, image processing, and statistical analysis including inferential statistics. Good knowledge of Machine learning, deep learning, algorithms implementation and models development, training, validation, and testing. Good scientific articles writer. Good project writer. Good capacity to organize teamwork productively.
Competenze artistiche
good piano player, graduation in the theory of music
Altre competenze
good chess player (ELO 1500, lichess 1950).
Premi
Premio per giovani ricercatrici e ricercatori per i migliori articoli pubblicati su riviste scientifiche attinenti alle tematiche forestali e ambientali. Conferito a Saverio Francini per l’articolo Mappatura automatica dei disturbi forestali avvenuti in Italia negli ultimi 35 anni utilizzando immagini Landsat e Google Earth Engine. https://www.aisf.it/2022/05/06/
2021 Early career investigator award. Forests, MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/awards.pdf/0/pdf_42_2021_5_award_63801505cb888.pdf
Progetti
SUPERB: Systemic solutions for upscaling of urgent ecosystem restoration for forest-related biodiversity and ecosystem services (SUPERB).
EFINET: The European Forest Information Network
Precision Pop: Sistema di monitoraggio multiscalare a supporto della pioppicoltura di precisione nella regione lombardia
B-Forest: An information system to support precision forestry
GO SURF: A decision support system for sustainable forest management.
MONIPOPLAR: Monitoring system for poplar plantations using remote sensing data
PRIFORMAN. Shared PRIvate FORest MANagement in Eastern Alps
FORWARDS. The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests
Presentazioni a conferenze internazionali
Gherardo CHIRICI, Saverio FRANCINI, Francesca GIANNETTI, Gert-Jan NABURS, Cornelius SENF, Rupert SEIDL, Thomas Pugh, Terje GOBAKKEN, Ollie STOCK, Erik NAESSET, Susanne SUVANTO, Lars WASER, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Giovanni D'AMICO, Ruben VALBUENA. Toward an integrated system for monitoring European forests based on remote sensing: first results from European Forest Information Network (EFINET). ForestSAT 2022, Berlin.
Saverio Francini, Ronald E. McRoberts, Giovanni D'Amico, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla, Joanne C. White, Micheal A. Wulder, Marco Marchetti, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Gherardo Chirici. From Sentinel-2 data to forest disturbance mapping and area estimation. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin.
Saverio FRANCINI, Gherardo CHIRICI, Stefano MANCUSO. Global suitability mapping of forest ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin.
Francini S and Maroè P. Combining satellite and tree-talker data. Living Planet Symposium, 2022, Bonn (Germany).
Francini S, Gianneti F, Travaglini D, Chirici G (2019) Individuazione dei disturbi forestali in tempo quasi-reale tramite immagini Sentinel-2 e Planet. SISEF
Fantoni G, Bell DM, Mathew G, Gianneti F, Travaglini D, Francini S, Chirici G (2019) Classification of forest tree species in Tuscany using Sentinel-2 multitemporal data and Google Earth Engine platform. SISEF
Mencucci, M., Bigiarini, S., Giannetti, F., Francini, S., Chirici, G. (2019) Monitoring forest loggings by remote sensing: first experiences and operative solutions. 12° workshop tematico di telerilevamento. AIT-ENEA.
Francini S., Zorzi I., Giannetti F., Chianucci F., Travaglini D., Chirici G., Cocozza C. 2021 In situ (Tree Talker) and remotely-sensed multispectral imagery (Setneinel-2) integration for continuous forest monitoring: the first step toward wall-to-wall mapping of tree functional traits. AIT
Altri contributi a conferenze
Flor Alvarez-Taboada, Lander Sánchez-Berasategui, Youssef Arhrib, Fernando Castedo-Dorado, Joaquín Garnica-López, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D’AmicoAN ON-LINE MULTISCALE SYSTEM BASED ON SENTINEL 2 IMAGERY AND ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS TO MONITOR FOREST HEALTH IN POPLAR PLANTATIONS. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin.
Elia VANGI, Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Costanza Borghi, Francesca Giannetti, Piermaria Corona, Marco Marchetti, Bruno Lasserre, Davide Travaglini, Guido Pelliis, Marina Vitullo, Gherardo ChiriciLarge-scale high resolution yearly modeling of forest growing stock volume and above-ground carbon pool. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin.
Francesca GIANNETTI, Matteo Pecchi, Davide Travaglini, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D'Amico, Elia Vangi, Claudia Cocozza, Gherardo Chirici. Estimating VAIA Windstorm Damaged Forest Area in Italy Using Time Series Sentinel-2 Imagery and Continuous Change Detection Algorithms. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin.
Giovanni D'AMICO1, Ronald E. McRoberts2, Francesca Giannetti1, Elia Vangi1,3, Saverio Francini1, Gherardo Chirici1 Effect of lidar coverage and field plot data numerosity on forest growing stock volume estimation. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin.
Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Francesca Giannetti, Elia Vangi, Davide Travaglini, Francesco Chianucci, Walter Mattioli, Mirko Grotti, Nicola Puletti, Piermaria Corona, Gherardo Chirici A deep learning approach for automatic mapping of poplar plantations using Sentinel-2 imagery. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin.
Marcello Maranesi, Fabio Salbitano, Marco Marchetti Gherardo Chirici Fabio Del Frate Tor Vergata Francesca Giannetti Saverio Francini Jaro Hofierka Michal Gallay Maria Chiara Pastore Nancy Alvan Romero Daniele Latini Remo Bertani Simone Luppi Pietro Maroè. Ecosystem Services and Urban Forest and Green areas monitoring in the framework of the ESA Multiple Actors Forest Information System – MAFIS project. Living Planet Symposium, 2022, Bonn (Germany).
Multitemporal LiDAR data for forest carbon monitoring in Mediterranean Forest. D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Vangi E., Borghi C., Francini S., Travaglini D., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari
The New Hyperspectral Satellite PRISMA: Imagery for Forest Types Discrimination. Vangi E., D’Amico G., Francini S., Giannetti F.,Chirici G., Lasserre B., Marchetti M. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari
Monitoring thirty-five years of Italian forest disturbance using Landsat time series. Borghi C., Francini S., Pollastrini M., Bussotti F., Travaglini D., Marchetti M., Munafò M., Scarascia-Mugnozza G., Tonti G., Ottaviano M., Giuliani C., Cavalli A., Vangi E., D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari
Multiscale monitoring of poplar plantations using proximal and remotely-sensed imagery. Giannetti F., Tattoni C., D'Amico G., Francini S., Chirici G., Romano E., Brambilla M., Travaglini D., Vangi E., Chianucci F. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari
A Spatial approach for multi-temporal spatial estimation of forest GSV and aboveground carbon pool. A case of study in Tuscany (Italy). Vangi E., D’Amico G., Francini S., Borghi C., Giannetti F., Travaglini D., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari
Estimation of Multitemporal Dry Deposition of Air Pollution by Urban Forests at City Scale. Fanara V., Chirici G., Cocozza C., D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Francini S., Salbitano F., Speak A., Vangi E., Travaglini D. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari
The Key Role of Multiscale Remote Sensing Data to Develop Forest Decision Support Systems. Giannetti F., Giambastiani Y., Fiorentini S., Travaglini D., Francini S., Vangi E., D'Amico G., Chiesi M., Maselli F., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari
Sampling designs for global forest monitoring using remotely sensed data. Chiara Bocci, Gherardo Chirici, Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Emilia Rocco. ITACOSM2022. Survey Methods for Statistical Data Integration and New Data Sources
The use of remotely sensed data in sampling designs for forest monitoring. C. Bocci, G. Chirici, G. D’Amico, S. Francini and E. Rocco. SIS2022 - 51ST SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE ITALIAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY
Corsi tenuti
Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2019-2020
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05
Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2020-2021
Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2021-2022
Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2022-2023
Inventati e Telerilevamento B024366 (B102). Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05. 2021-2022
Google Earth Engine networking and workshop day. 2021-04-08. Florence. Introduction to Google Earth Engine.
Google Earth Engine Summer School. 2021-09-13/2021-09-17.
GEE for large-area disturbance mapping. Saverio Francini. 11-May-2022. Remote Sensing Lectures "Remote sensing of forest disturbances".
Collaborazioni con ricercatori internazionali di primo livello
Mike Wulder. Canadian Forest Service
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57208357584
and Joanne White. Canadian Forest Service
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7405251438
We worked together on the implementation of the Best Available Pixel Procedure (White et al., 2014) on Google Earth Engine (Gorelick et al., 2017).
Noel Gorelick. Google.
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57189368502
We are working together on the implementation of the Composite To Change algorithm (Hermosilla et al. 2015) on Google Earth Engine
Nicholas Coops. University of British Columbia (Vancouver-Canada)
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=54790508000
Nicholas had me in his lab (Integrated Remote Sensing Studio) during my PhD and we are still collaborating on different projects and scientific articles.
Ronald McRoberts. The University of Minnesota USA.
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701363691
We are working on different papers to study and implement statistically robust estimators using Remote Sensing-derived maps to estimate forest disturbance areas and relative confidence intervals.
Publicazioni scientifiche
Autorizzo il trattamento dei miei dati personali presenti nel CV ai sensi dell’art. 13 d. lgs. 30 guigno 2003 n. 196 - “Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali” e dell’art. 13 GDPR 679/16 - “Regolamento europeo sulla protezione dei dati personali”
30/10/2023, Firenze
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