Dr. Rocco Pace
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Biography
Dr. Rocco Pace, PhD, is a Postoctoral Researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Germany. He has a university education in Forestry and Environmental Sciences with a PhD at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. His research interests are in urban forestry and modeling to evaluate ecosystem services of trees in urban areas. He is currently working on evaluating and improving parameterization of physiological traits to estimate pollution removal and the microclimatic effect of trees in cities. The objective is to provide valuable decision support tools for effective and sustainable planning of urban green spaces.
Affiliations
European Academy of Bolzano
Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Eurac Research, Institute for Renewable Energy
Honors and Awards
"Sebastiano Cullotta" award for the best oral presentation
Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)
XIII National Congress SISEF
European Young Urban Forester of the Year Award
European Forum of Urban Forestry (EFUF 2019 - Cologne, Germany)
Commendation for the valuable contribution to urban forestry in Europe
European Young Urban Forester of the Year Award
European Forum of Urban Forestry (EFUF 2018 - Helsinki / Vantaa)
Commendation for the valuable contribution to urban forestry in Europe
Experience
Post Doctoral Researcher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU)
01 May 2022 - present
Post Doctoral Researcher
National Research Council (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), Porano, TR, Italy
01 May 2020 - 01 May 2022
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
01 Nov 2016 - 01 Dec 2020
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
01 Nov 2016 - 01 Feb 2020
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
Erasmus traineeship, IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
01 Apr 2016 - 01 Aug 2016
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
Master’s Degree in Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
01 Dec 2013 - 01 Feb 2016
Undergraduate Student
Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
01 Sep 2010 - 01 Dec 2013