Ezio Crestaz
He holds a degree with Dist. in Geological Sciences from the University of Turin, Italy, 1986, and a M.Sc. with Dist. in GIScience from the MMU (Manchester Metropolitan University), Manchester, UK. Currently completing a PgD in Computer Science at Hertfordshire University. He attended more than fifteen specialization courses focused on geostatistics, spatial analysis, GIS and groundwater flow and transport modelling. Since 1986, he has been working in the fields of geothermal, mining, hydrogeological, environmental, IT and GIS research, both in Italy and abroad within the ENI, the Italian oil company. As a geophysicist, groundwater modeller and GI Researcher, he has been extensively involved in the architecture design and development of geodatabases, GIS platforms and SDSSs (Spatial Decision Support Systems) for groundwater data management and use optimization at both large/regional scale and at local scale, in the framework of environmental protection and remediation projects. Author of more than 20 papers on groundwater modelling and GIScience, he has been Contract Professor at Geosciences Dpt. of Camerino University, charged for a Groundwater hydrology course. He has been teaching in many specialization courses in Italy and abroad, in the framework of international cooperation projects (UNDP, EU) and in many graduate and post-graduate courses at Italian universities.
Role in the project: Project founder , Instructor in the courses GeoDB, VbaArcObjects, JAVA, MAS and GIScience
E-mail: ezio.crestaz@giscience.it