Elisa Calamita

EawagSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyDepartment Surface Waters - Research and ManagementRemote Sensing groupUberlandstrasse 133, 8600 Duubendorf (CH)

Date of Birth: 7th December, 1989Citizenship: Italian

T: +41 (0)766075451@: elisa.calamita@eawag.ch

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Twitter: @e calamita

Current Position

2021 - ... Û Postdoctoral researcher at Eawag under the CCI Research Fellowship Grant LakeCREST (ESA). Mentors:Daniel Odermatt (Eawag); Clement Albergel (ESA).

Education

2016 - 2020 Û PhD degree at the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics of ETH Zurich. Thesis: ”Mod-elling the effects of large dams on water quality in tropical rivers”. Diss. ETH No. 27143. Doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000476521. (Supervisors: Prof. Bernhard Wehrli and Dr. Martin Schmid).

2012 - 2015 Û Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering. University of Trento, Italy. Faculty of Engineering.Thesis: ”Dinamiche termiche nei corsi d’acqua: analisi e modellazione (River thermal dynamics: analysisand modelling)” (advs. Prof. M. Toffolon, Dr. B. Majone and Dr. S. Piccolroaz).

2008 - 20012 Û Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering. University of Perugia, Italy. Faculty of Engineering.Thesis: ”Sui processi di moto vario negli impianti di sollevamento (On unsteady flows in pumpingsystems)” (advs. Prof. B. Brunone and Dr. S. Meniconi).

Teaching

2018 - 2019 Û Tutor - Biogeochemical Modelling of Sediments, Lakes and Oceans. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.2018 Û Tutor - Laboratory of biogeochemistry. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.2017 - 2018 Û Tutor - Laboratory of chemistry. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Supervision Activity

Master thesis2019 - 2019 Û Thesis: ”Water management scenarios for Kariba Dam.”, A.Mohammadi. ETH Zurich/EAWAG - Po-

litecnico Milano.2018 - 2019 Û Thesis: ”Impact of the Itezhi-Tezhi reservoir on dissolved oxygen and greenhouse gas dynamics in the

downstream floodplain.”, N.Muyumbana. ETH Zurich/EAWAG - IHE-UNESCO Delft.2017 - 2018 Û Thesis: ”Surface water temperature of Lake Kariba: dynamics and spatial heterogeneity”, J.Fuchs. UZH,

University of Zurich - ETH Zurich.

Working Experience

2016 Û Internship within the project ”Environmental Regulation in the aviation”. ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Au-thority), Rome, Italy.

2015 Û Research fellowship within the project ”Study of the thermal response of lakes: case study of Laurentian GreatLakes”. Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy.

Û Research fellowship within the project ”Analysis and modelling of thermal dynamics in rivers”. Department ofCivil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy.

Visiting Periods

Sept - Dec 2019 Û Visiting period at IHE Delft, Netherlands.

Miscellaneous

Technical skillsÛ Programming languages: Fortran 95/2003, Matlab, PythonÛ Applications: LATEX, Office Suite and similar, Autocad, Qgis

Fieldwork experienceÛ Water quality monitoring: Zambezi River Basin, Zambia.Û Greenhouse gases emissions: Aare River, Switzerland.

LanguagesÛ Italian native speaker, English fluent Spanish basic German basic

Educational experience2021 Û Course: ”Learning to teach”. Organized by ETH Zurich, Switzerland.2020 Û Coaching group for women in science. Organized by Fix the Leaky Pipeline programme, Switzerland.

Û Course: Copernicus MOOC ”Learn to harness the power of space data”. Organized by European Com-mission.

2019 Û Course: Advanced Writing Workshop English C1 - C2. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.2018 Û Course: Writing at doctoral level: Natural science and engineering. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.2017 Û Course: Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.2014 Û Course: Methods for International cooperation and management of participated projects. University of

Trento, Italy.2012 Û IELTS English Certificate. British Institute, B2 level.2002 - 2007 Û Conservatorium, Piano and Pipe Organ. Conservatorio G.B.Pergolesi, Fermo, Italy.

Scholarships, grants and awards

2021 Û Otto Jaag Water Protection Prize. Award for PhD Thesis (1’500 CHF).Û ETH Equal Opportunities grant for Peer Mentoring Group for Women in Science – Fix the leaky pipeline (∼5’000

CHF).Û Eawag Tailwind grant for mothers to resume scientific work after maternity leave (∼20’000 CHF).

2020 Û Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – ”Climate Change Initiative” ESA-EAWAG (∼200’000 EUR).2018 Û Scolarship for a Master Student – ”Sandwich Program” Eawag Partnership Programme for Developing Countries

- IHE Delft (∼20’000 CHF).2016 Û III classificata del premio Gii Supino edizione 2016. Award for Master Thesis (500 EUR).

List of publications

ISI Journal Papers: in preparationÛ Battista G., Botter M., Calamita E., I. Nyambe, P. Burlando, B. Wehrli. Can we learn from sparse databases

in rapidly changing environments to inform Decision Makers? In preparation for Hydrological Processes.

ISI Journal Papers: published or in press2021 Û Winton R., C. R. Teodoru, E. Calamita, F. Kleinschroth, K. Banda, I. Nyambe, B. Wehrli. Anthropogenic

influences on Zambian water quality: hydropower and land-use change. Accepted in Environmental Science:Processes & Impacts. Doi: 10.1039/D1EM00006C.

Û Calamita E., A. Siviglia, G. Gettel, M.J. Franca, R.S. Winton, C.R. Teodoru, M. Schmid, B. Wehrli. Unac-counted CO2 leaks downstream of a large tropical hydroelectric reservoirs. Proceedings of the National Academyof Sciences; 22;118(25). Doi: 10.1073/pnas.2026004118.

Û Calamita E., D. Vanzo, B. Wehrli, M. Schmid. 2021. Lake modelling reveals management opportunitiesfor improving water quality downstream of transboundary tropical dams. Water Resources Research; 57,e2020WR027465. Doi: 10.1029/2020WR027465.

Û Calamita E., S. Piccolroaz, B. Majone, M. Toffolon. 2021. On the role of local depth and latitude on surfacewarming heterogeneity in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Inland Waters. Doi: 10.1080/20442041.2021.1873698.

List of publications (continued)

2020 Û Winton R.S., F. Kleinschroth, E. Calamita, M. Botter, C.R. Teodoru, I. Nyambe, B. Wehrli. 2020. potentialof aquatic weeds to improve water quality in natural waterways of the Zambezi catchment. Scientific Report22;10(1):1-1. Doi: 10.1038/s41598020-72499-1.

Û Kleinschroth K., R.S. Winton, E. Calamita, F. Niggeman, M. Botter, B. Wehrli, J. Ghazoul. 2020. Livingwith floating vegetation invasions. Ambio. Doi: 10.1007/s13280-020-01360-6.

Û Toffolon M., S. Piccolroaz, and E. Calamita. 2020. On the use of averaged indices to assess lakes’ thermalresponse to changes in climatic conditions. Environmental Research Letters. 15 034060 Doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab763e.

2019 Û Calamita E., M. Kunz, M. R. Ndebele-Murisa, C. H. D. Magadza, I. Nyambe, M. Schmid, B. Wehrli. 2019.Sixty years since the creation of Lake Kariba: thermal and oxygen dynamics in the riverine and lacustrinesub-basins. PLoS ONE. 14(11):e0224679 Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224679.

Û Winton, R. S., E. Calamita, and B. Wehrli. 2019. Reviews and syntheses: Dams, water quality and tropicalreservoir stratification. Biogeosciences. 16, 1657-1671. Doi: 10.5194/bg-2018-510.

2016 Û Piccolroaz, S., E. Calamita, B. Majone, A. Gallice, A. Siviglia, and M. Toffolon. 2016. Prediction of riverwater temperature: A comparison between a new family of hybrid models and statistical approaches. Hydrol.Process. 30: 3901–3917. Doi: 10.1002/hyp.10913.

In Proceedings of International Conferences2019 Û Calamita E., D. Vanzo, B. Wehrli, M. Schmid. (2019). Can management opportunities reduce impacts of large

tropical dams on downstream water quality? Poster presentation. GLEON 21. Muskoka (Ontario), Canada.Û Calamita E., M. Schmid, B. Wehrli. (2019). 60 years of Kariba Dam: Implications for downstream water

quality. Oral presentation. IBP PhD Congress. Zurich, Switzerland.Û Calamita E., M. Schmid, B. Wehrli. (2019). How water storage for energy and food production affects the

Zambezi River’s water quality. Oral presentation. Proceedings of EGU General Assembly. Wien, Austria.Geophysical Research Abstracts . 2019, Vol. 21, p1-1. 1p.

2018 Û Calamita E., M. Schmid, B. Wehrli. (2018). Water temperature and oxygen alterations of Zambezi River underWater-Energy-Food nexus scenarios. Oral presentation. Proceedings of IAHR. Trento, Italy.

2017 Û Calamita E., M. Schmid, B. Wehrli. (2017). Resilience scales of a dammed tropical river. Poster presentation.Proceedings of EGU General Assembly. Wien, Austria. Geophysical Research Abstracts. 2017, Vol. 19, p16839.

Dataset publications2021 Û Calamita E., R.S. Winton R.S., C.R. Teodoru and B. Wehrli. (2021). Water quality field campaign in the

Zambezi River Basin. Doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000476426.Û Winton R.S., E. Calamita, C.R. Teodoru and B. Wehrli. (2021). ETH/Eawag Aquatic Chemistry field cam-

paigns in the Zambezi River Basin 2018/2019. Doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000476426.2019 Û Calamita E., M. Schmid, M. Kunz, M.R. Ndebele-Murisa, C.H.D. Magadza, I. Nyambe, B. Wehrli. (2019).

Sixty years of Lake Kariba: thermal and oxygen dynamics in the riverine and lacustrine sub-basins (dataset).Doi: 10.3929/ethz-b-000334971.

2018 Û Winton R.S., E. Calamita and B. Wehrli. (2018). Physical data for the 54 most voluminous low latitudereservoirs. Doi: 10.3929/ethz-b-000310656.

Soft publications2019 Û Calamita E. (2019). Understanding The Role Of Big Rivers In Africa. ETH Ambassadors - ETH Zuurich.

Û Calamita E. (2019). Zambezi water quality alterations under different dam operation scenarios and futureclimatic conditions. Newsletter of DAFNE project.