DANIELA PANTUSA

Daniela Pantusa earned a degree cum laude in Civil Enginering from the University of Calabria with specialization in Hydraulic. She received a Ph.D in Hydraulic Engineering for Environment and Territory from the University of Calabria. She is currently Researcher Associate at the Faculty of Engineering, eCampus University. She is member of the Topic Advisory Panel of the Journal Wate,r and of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, IJERPH.

Her research activitiy is mainly focused on the management and vulnerability of coastal areas, offshore wind energy, sustainable management of water resources, vulnerability of water distribution systems. She has been involved in national and international research activities and projects. She is author of several scientific papers in international academic journals and conference proceeding.

Main publications:

  1. Pantusa D., Saponieri A., Tomasicchio G.R. Assessment of coastal vulnerability to land-based sources of pollution and its application in Apulia, Italy. Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 163754, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163754.
  2. Pantusa, D., D’Alessandro, F., Frega, F., Francone A., Tomasicchio G.R. Improvement of a coastal vulnerability index and its application along the Calabria Coastline, Italy. Sci Rep 12, 21959 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26374-w.
  3. D’Alessandro, F., Tomasicchio, G.R., Frega, F., Leone, E., Francone, A., Pantusa, D., Barbaro, G., Foti, G. Beach–Dune System Morphodynamics. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10, 627. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050627
  4. Maiolo M., Pantusa D. Multivariate Analysis of Water Quality Data for Drinking Water Supply Systems. Water, 2021, 13(13), 1766, https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131766
  5. Pantusa D., Francone A., Tomasicchio G.R. Floating Offshore Renewable Energy Farms. A Life-Cycle Cost Analysis at Brindisi, Italy. Energies, 2020, 13(22), 6150, https://doi.org/10.3390/en13226150
  6. Maiolo M, Sousa J., Carini M., Chiaravalloti F., Bonora M.A., Capano G., Pantusa D. Optimization model for water distribution network planning in a realistic orographic framework. NUMTA2019 – Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms. June 15 – 21, 2019, Le Castella Village, Italy. In book: Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms, 2020; DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-39081-5_47
  7. Bonora, M.A., Carini M., Capano G., Cotrona R., Pantusa D., Sousa J., Maiolo M. Performance management of demand and pressure driven analysis in a monitored water distribution system. NUMTA2019 – Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms. June 15 – 21, 2019, Le Castella Village, Italy. In book: Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms, 2020; DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-39081-5_43.
  8. Pantusa D., Tomasicchio G.R. Large-scale offshore wind production in the Mediterranean Sea.Cogent Engineering,(2019),6:1661112, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2019.1661112.
  9. Maiolo M., Pantusa D. Sustainable Water Management Index, SwaM_Index, Cogent Engineering, Volume 6, Issue 12019; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2019.1603817.
  10. Carini M., Maiolo M., Pantusa D., Chiaravalloti F.,Capano G. Modelling and optimization of least-cost water distribution networks with multiple supply sources and users. Ricerche di Matematica 2018, 67(2),465–479; doi:10.1007/s11587-017-0343-y.
  11. Maiolo M., Pantusa D. A proposal for multiple reuse of urban wastewater. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination 08.4 2018, DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2017.144.
  12. Maiolo M., Pantusa D., Capano G., Carini M. The new pipes choice criteria for water distribution system. Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment, SI(2018); DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2018-01.S-11.
  13. Pantusa, D., D’Alessandro, F., Riefolo, L., Principato, F., Tomasicchio, G.R. Application of a Coastal Vulnerability Index. A Case Study along the Apulian Coastline, Italy.Water, 2018, 10(8), 1218; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10091218.
  14. Maiolo M., Pantusa D., Carini M., Capano G., Chiaravalloti, F., Procopio A. A New Vulnerability Measure for Water Distribution Network. Water 2018, 10(8), 1005; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10081005.
  15. Maiolo M., Capano G., Carini M., Pantusa D. Sustainability criteria for the selection of water supply pipeline. Cogent Engineering, 5(1), 2018, 1491777, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2018.1491777.
  16. Maiolo M., Pantusa, D. Infrastructure Vulnerability Index of drinking water systems to terrorist attacks. Cogent Engineering, 5(1), 2018, 1456710, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2018.1456710.
  17. Riefolo L., Del Jesus F., Guanche R. G., Tomasicchio G. R., Pantusa D. (2018) Wind/wave misalignment effects on mooring line tensions for a spar buoy wind turbine. Proceedings of the 37° International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2018) 17-22 June 2018, Madrid, Spain Paper OMAE2018-77586, V001T01A063, 8 pages; doi:10.1115/OMAE2018-77586.
  18. Maiolo M., Mendicino G., Pantusa D. & Senatore A. Optimization of drinking water distribution systems in relation to the effects of climate change. Water, 9(10), 803, 2017,doi:10.3390/w9100803.
  19. Maiolo M., Pantusa D. An optimization procedure for the sustainable management of water resources. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, 16 (1), 2016, 61-69; DOI: 10.2166/ws.2015.114.
  20. Maiolo M., Pantusa D. A methodological proposal for the evaluation of potable water use risk. Water Practice & Technology, Volume 10 Number 1 pp. 152-163, IWA Publishing 2015, doi:10.2166/wpt.2015.017.