Marica Rondinone is a PhD student in Engineering for Innovation and Sustainable Development at the University of Basilicata. She graduated cum laude in 2016 in Environmental and Land Engineering, specializing in hydrogeological and hydraulic risk. After working in the field until 2022, she received a research fellowship on machine learning techniques for urban hydrology. Since 2023, she has held a PhD scholarship. Her research focuses on applying machine and deep learning models to explore the links between environmental and climatic factors and human health. She is co-author of two peer-reviewed articles in Meteorological Applications and Applied Sciences, and has participated in several conferences in the field.