Emanuela Lepore

Research Interests

I am interested in soil physics and, in particular by how extreme soil moisture conditions affect soil structural changes during field operations.

My research focuses on:
i) developing a method to determine field trafficability and workability to incorporate in the decision support tool for grassland management practice
ii) building soil resilience against compaction through the application of farm by-products.

Current Projects

I am currently working under the supervision of David Wall (Teagasc, Johnstown Castle) and Prof. Olaf Schmidt (University College Dublin) on the AgriChemWhey project.

The research project investigates the relationship between soil moisture content and physical damage of grasslands under traffic activities and the role played by organic and inorganic amendments in the development of soil resilience against compaction.

In this project, I am using computed tomography (CT –scanning) to visualise and characterise pore networks development and hydraulic property analyser (HYPROP) to measure hydraulic key functions of soil treated with amendments to resist field compaction.

Read more about our project in  https://www.bbi.europa.eu/projects/agrichemwhey

Education

• 2019  -  M.Sc. Double Diploma Degree: Management & Design of Urban Green Infrastructures, RUDN University (Russia)Forestry & Environmental Science, University of Tuscia (Italy)
•  2017  -  B.Sc. Forestry & Environmental Science, University of Tuscia (Italy)

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