Personal Information
- Full Name : Daniela Molinari
- Date of birth : 15 June 1980
- Role : Associate professor & Department Delegate for communication
- Email : daniela.molinari@polimi.it
- Office : Piazza L. Da Vinci, 32
- Telephone : +39-02-23996206
Associate professor of Hydraulic Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and Delegate for Communication of the Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Main research activity is related to flood risk assessment and management, with a focus on flood damage (more than 80 publications, including 2 books, h-index (Scopus)= 17). Key role in national and international research projects (17 projects, 4 of which as PI) as well as in research agreement with public bodies dealing with flood risk in Italy. Chair of the Flood Risk Management Technical Committee of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).
Education and Professional Career
Associate Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
2021 -Senior Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2015 - 2021Research fellow, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2011 - 2015Doctoral Degree in Hydraulic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
2011Graduation in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
2005Research
Research experience focuses on flood risk assessment and management. Development of damage assessment tools, with a multidisciplinary approach, is at the core of the research, for both ex-post (on the bases of field investigation) and ex-ante analyses (following a synthetic approach). Investigated sectors include, but are not limited to: residential buildings, economic activities, critical infrastructures and people, both at the meso (municipal, provincial) and at the micro (object-level) scale. Applied research involves the use of developed tools for the evaluation of risk mitigation strategies, e.g. the CBA/MCA of flood risk management plans, the definition of Emergency Plans and Recovery Plans.
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Teaching
Teaching activity comprises tenure of master classes in Emergency Plans for Hydrogeological Risk within the curricula of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, and classes of Fluid Mechanics at the School of Industrial Engineering (Politecnico di Milano). For additional information visit the official page on Politecnico website.
International and national research projects
DROP
Starting in September 2025co-designed Decision support system and solutions for flood Resilience with and fOr People
HYRMA
2023 - ongoingHydrogeological Risk assessment through Collaborative Mapping (PRIN project). Role: PI
RETURN
2022 - ongoingmulti-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate (PNRR). Role: WP leader
Preparação para as mudanças climáticas e igualdade na província de Cabo Delgado - Preparing for climate change and pursuing social equality in the province of Cabo Delgado (EU – Europeaid)
2021 - ongoingLODE
2019 - 2021Loss Data Enhancement for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Management (EU prevention and preparedness projects in Civil Protection and Marine Pollution)
Flood-IMPAT+
2019 - 2021An Integrated Meso & micro scale Procedure to Assess Territorial flood risk (Fondazione Cariplo). Role: PI
IDEA
2015 - 2016Improving Damage assessments to Enhance cost-benefit Analyses (EU prevention and preparedness projects in Civil Protection and Marine Pollution)
KNOW-4-DRR
2013 - 2015Enabling knowledge for disaster risk reduction in integration to climate change adaptation (EU FP7 program)
Poli-RISPOSTA
2013 - 2015stRumentI per la protezione civile a Supporto delle POpolazioni nel poST Alluvione – Development of tools in support of Civil Protection aid to people in case of flood (Polisocial Award, Politecnico di Milano)
ENSURE
2011 - 2014Enhancing resilience of communities and territories facing natural and na-tech hazards (EU FP7 program)
MIARIA
2009 - 2012Monitoraggio Idrogeologico Adattativo a Supporto del Piano di Rischio Integrato Alpino - Adaptive hydrogeological monitoring system supporting Alpine Integrated Risk Plan (INTERREG Project Italy-Switzerland)
Early Warning Systems
2007 - 2009Integration among technical, communication and spatial planning aspects (MIUR - Ministry of Education, Research and University of Italy)
SCENARIO
2006 - 2007Support on Common European Strategy for sustainable natural and induced technological hazards mitigation (EU FP6 program)
PROMETEO - RI-IMAGE
2005 - 2008strategic research on integration of methods and approaches of hydro-geological risk analyses in order to improve emergency management (Politecnico di Milano)
ARMONIA
2004 - 2007Applied Multi Risk Mapping of Natural Hazards for impact assessment (EU FP6 program).