Francesco De Paola holds a degree in Civil Engineering (1997) and a Ph.D in Hydraulic Engineering (2002) from the University of Napoli Federico II, where he’s currently associate professor (qualified for full professorship) of water engineering. He was visiting research fellow at the Pace University New York in 2009. He has contributed more than 100 papers in peer reviewed international journals (google scholar H-index=25) and he is one of the Editors of “Water Supply” (IWA). In 2019 he got a 225 k€ Award for research project MATCAS from the Ministry of the Environment of Italy. His scientific interests include the characterization of river networks and streamflow regimes, the analysis of water resources management, climate change adaptation measures, hydrological modeling, and BIM for Hydraulic Infrastructures.