Donatella Termini, Ph.D., Full professor of Hydraulics, Palermo's University (Italy). Leader or collaborator of national or EU research projects and Guest Editor of International Journals. In 2007 she received “Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize”. Present research efforts include the investigation in fluvial hydraulics and eco-hydraulics (flow resistance, effect of vegetation, sediment transport, effects of bed roughness), prediction of river morphological evolution (meandering and braiding) both through experimental investigations and by the development of numerical simulation codes. More than 180 papers published in proceedings of national and international congresses and in international scientific journals.