World Environment

World Environment is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, debate and short reports in all areas related to the environment. These areas include basic science (chemistry, physics, biology and geology), ecology, agriculture, economics, education, engineering, geography, health, law, nanotechnology, planning and policy, politics, sociology, trade and commerce.


Mariagrazia D'Emilio

Editorial Board Member of World Environment

Research Scientist, National Council of Research-Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA-CNR), Italy

Research Areas

Development of New Methods for Studying Land Degradation Phenomena, Environmental Protection, Soil and Air Pollution

Education

2003Ph.D."Methods and technologies for environmental monitoring" University of Florence, University of Pisa, University of Genoa and University of Basilicata
1998M.Sc.Physics University Federico II, Naples, Department of Physical Sciences

Experience

2007-presentResearcher at the National Council of Research-Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA-CNR), Tito, Potenza, Italy
2005-2007 Research Fellow at National Council of Research-Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA-CNR), Tito, Potenza, Italy
2003-2005Researcher at National Institute for the Physic of the Matter, Napoli, Italy
2001-2002Research Fellow at University of Basilicata, Department of Environmental Physics and Engineering, Potenza, Italy
1999-2001Scholarship from National Institute for the Physic of the Matter

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  D'Emilio M., Caggiano R. Coppola R., Macchiato M., Ragosta M., Magnetic susceptibility measurements as proxy method to monitor soil pollution: the case study of S. Nicola di Melfi. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (published on line Nov.2009) DOI 10.1007/s10661-009-1201-5
[2]  Liberti M., T. Simoniello, M. T. Carone, R. Coppola, M. D'Emilio, M. Macchiato. Mapping badland areas using LANDSAT TM/ETM satellite imagery and morphological data. Geomorphology, 106 pp. 333-343 (2009)
[3]  Coppola R., M. D'Emilio, M. Liberti, M. Lanfredi, A. Loperte, M. Macchiato, S. Sabia, T. Simoniello, Chemical and electromagnetic parameters for studying erosion processes: "Calanchi" of Aliano (Southern Italy) Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, n. 17-10b pp. 1773-1778 (2008).
[4]  Caggiano R., R. Coppola, M. D'Emilio, M. Macchiato, S. Martire, M. Ragosta, S. Sabia Correlation structure among chemical-physical variables measured in municipal solid waste disposal, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 17/11a pp. 1868-1874, (2008).
[5]  Caggiano R., Di Leo S., D'Emilio M., Proto M., Ragosta M. Statistical Tools For Data Optimization In Air Quality Monitoring Networks Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 16: pp. 364-371 (2007)
[6]  D'Emilio M., Chianese D., Coppola R., Macchiato M., Ragosta M. Magnetic susceptibility measurements as proxy method to monitor soil pollution: development of experimental protocols for field surveys Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 125, pp. 137-146, (2007)
[7]  Caggiano R., D'Emilio M., Macchiato M., Ragosta M., Sabia S., Trippetta S. PM10 measures in an industrial area of Southern Italy: relationships among particulate concentrations, heavy metal content and meteorological parameters. Atmospheric Research 81: pp. 304-319, (2006)
[8]  D'Emilio M., Chianese D., Coppola R., Loperte A., Macchiato M., Ragosta M. Pollution levels in the industrial area of Potenza (Southern Italy). Fresenius Environmental Bulletin Vol. 15 n. 1 pp. 36-42 (2006)
[9]  Chianese D., D'Emilio M., Bavusi M., Lapenna V., Macchiato M. Magnetic and Ground Probing Radar measurements for soil pollution mapping in the industrial area of Val Basento (Basilicata Region, Southern Italy): a case study. Environmental Geology 49: pp. 389-404 (2006)
[10]  Caggiano R., D'Emilio M., Anastasio A., Macchiato M., Paino S., Ragosta M., Sabia S. Metal levels in milk, dairy products, fodder and organ samples collected in ovine farms of Southern Italy. Environmental Research, Vol 99/1 pp. 48-57 (2005)
[11]  Caggiano R., D' Emilio M., Macchiato M., Ragosta M. Heavy metals in rye grass species versus atmospheric concentrations of metals in TSP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 102: pp. 67-84 (2005).
[12]  D. Chianese, G. Colangelo, M. D'Emilio, M. Lanfredi, V. Lapenna, M. Macchiato, M. Ragosta. Wavelet analysis as a tool to characterise and remove environmental noise from self-potential time series. Annals of Geophysics, Vol. 47 n. 1, pp. 39-48 (2004).
[13]  D. Chianese, M. D'Emilio, S. Di Salvia, V. Lapenna, M. Ragosta, E. Rizzo. Magnetic Mapping, Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys and Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements for the Study of the Archaeological Site of Serra di Vaglio (Southern Italy) Journal of Archaeological Science, n. 31: pp. 633-643 (2004)
[14]  Ragosta M, Caggiano R., D'Emilio M., Macchiato M., Multivariate analysis for investigating profile sources of atmospheric heavy metals emissions. Journal of Applied Statistical Sciences vol.12 (4): pp. 251-263 (2003)
[15]  Caggiano R., D'Emilio M., Macchiato M., Ragosta M. Source origin and parameters influencing levels of heavy metals in TSP, in an industrial background area of Southern Italy. Atmospheric Environment, 36: pp. 3071-3087, (2002)
[16]  Caggiano R., D'Emilio M., Macchiato M., Ragosta M. Experimental and statistical investigation on atmospheric heavy metals concentrations in an industrial area of Southern Italy. Il Nuovo Cimento C, 24: pp. 391-406 (2001)
[17]  R. Caggiano, M. D'Emilio, M. Macchiato, M. Ragosta. Ryegrass species as biomonitors of atmospheric heavy metals emissions Fresenius Environmental Bulletin n.10: pp. 31-36 (2001).
[18]  Imbrenda V., Simoniello T., Carone M.T., Coppola R., D'Emilio M., Lanfredi M., Liberti M., Macchiato M., A new index for the evaluation of land management in the framework of land degradation assessment, Remote sensing fro a changing Europe-Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, Istanbul, Turkey, 2-5 June ed. by Derya Maktav, pp. 535-542. (2008), ISBN 978-1-58603-986-8, DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-986-8-535
[19]  Imbrenda V., Simoniello T., Carone T., Coppola R., D'Emilio M., Lanfredi M., Liberti M., Macchiato M. Estimation of land degradation sensitivity to land management: the improvement for a new index of mechanization levels. In Zdruli P. and Costantini E. (Eds). 2008. "Moving ahead from assessments to actions: Could we win the struggle with land degradation?" Book of abstracts. 5th International Conference on Land Degradation, Valenzano, Bari, Italy, pp.153-158 (2008).-ISBN 2-85352-399-3.
[20]  Macchiato M., Carone M.T., Coppola R., D'Emilio M.,Giannossi M.L., Imbrenda V., Lanfredi M., Liberti M., Margiotta S., Pignatti S., Simoniello T., Summa V. Land degradation study in Mediterranean areas at different scales: results of two years of activities in the framework of MILDMAP-MEDIA project. In Zdruli P. and Costantini E. (Eds). 2008. "Moving ahead from assessments to actions: Could we win the struggle with land degradation?" Book of abstracts. 5th International Conference on Land Degradation, Valenzano, Bari, Italy, pp.159-164 (2008).-ISBN 2-85352-399-3.
[21]  M. Ragosta, M. Macchiato, R. Caggiano, R. Coppola, M. D'Emilio, A. Loperte. Soil magnetic susceptibility measurements for characterising heavy metal patterns in industrial areas. In Environmental Research Trends ed. Marvin A. Cato, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY, pp.105-132 (2007) ISBN/ISSN: 1-60021-556-4
[22]  Liberti M., Carone M., Coppola R., D'Emilio M., Lanfredi M., Macchiato M., and Simoniello T. Badland Area Mapping from Landsat-ETM Data-Proceedings of 2nd Workshop of The EARSeL Special Interest Group On Land Use & Land Cover, edited by M. Braun-, Bonn, Germany pp. 434-440 (2006). ISBN-10 3-00-020518-7
[23]  Simoniello T. Carone M., Coppola R., D'Emilio M., Lanfredi M., Liberti M., Macchiato M., Preliminary study to monitor land degradation phenomena throught landscape metrics. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop of The EARSeL Special Interest Group On Land Use & Land Cover, edited by M. Braun-, , Bonn, Germany, pp. 408-414 (2006) ISBN-10 3-00-020518-7
[24]  Coppola R., Liberti, M., D'Emilio, M., Lanfredi, M., Simoniello, T., Macchiato, M., Combined approach for air temperature spatialization using DEM, latitude and sea distance: variability of monthly data in Southern Italy. Proceedings of the workshop Spatial Data Methods for Environmental and Ecological Processes, Baia delle Zagare (Foggia), Italy., (2006). ISBN 88-8459-078-7
[25]  R. Caggiano, R. Coppola, M. D'Emilio, S: Di Leo, M. Macchiato, M. Ragosta Comparison between in situ soil magnetic susceptibility measurements and heavy metal concentrations: the case study of the Agri valley, Basilicata Italy. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 09077, (2005)
[26]  Caggiano R., D' Emilio M, Macchiato M., Ragosta M. The application of an integrated GIS procedure for characterising TSP industrial emissions impact: a test case in southern Italy. In "Development and Application of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies IX", Eds. C.A. Brebbia, P. Zannetti, WIT Press CMP Southampton, UK, p. 89-98, (2002) ISBN: 1-85312-909-7
[27]  M. Ragosta, R. Caggiano, M. D'Emilio, R. Lasaponara, M. Macchiato, T. Simoniello A procedure for integrating monitoring techniques, in situ and in remote sensing, aimed to evaluate environmental impact of industrial activities: the case of Melfi industrial area (Southern Italy). Proceeding of the International Workshop on Geo-Spatial Knowledge Processing for Natural Resource Management, pp. 294-297, (2001)
[28]  R. Caggiano, M. D'Emilio, M. Macchiato, M. Ragosta,. A biomonitoring study for the evaluation of Hg atmospheric emissions in an industrial area. In "Air Pollution VIII", Eds. J. W. S. Longhurst, C. A. Brebbia, H. Power. WIT Press CMP Southampton, UK, p. 413-420 (2000) ISBN: 978-1-85312-822-6
[29]  R. Caggiano, M. D'Emilio, M. Macchiato, M. Ragosta An integrated procedure for determining heavy metals concentrations in air particulate and in biomonitors In «Air pollution VI» Eds. C. A. Brebbia, C. F. Ratto and H. Power. WIT Press CMP Southampton, UK, pp. 159-168, (1998) ISBN: 1-85312-605-5