Water Resource Associates

Dr. Gianbattista Bussi

Gianbattista Bussi, wra

Environmental modeller with extensive experience in the fields of hydrology, water quality, soil erosion and sediment transport modelling, as well as in physical risk assessment and climate change impacts.

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Full Name	Gianbattista Bussi
Year of Birth	1982
Nationality	Italian
Profession	Environmental modeller
Range of Experience	Environmental modeller with extensive experience in the fields of hydrology, water quality, soil erosion and sediment transport modelling, as well as in physical risk assessment and climate change impacts. He is an experienced and skill model programmer and developed, and has applied a variety of environmental models, including the hydrological, sediment and water quality model INCA, to several areas around the World. Specialised in the analysis of climate and land-use change impacts on water availability, coastal and river flood risk, nutrient concentration, soil erosion and sediment transport.
Career Summary	2021-Present: WRA Associate [water quality, sediment modelling], Pavia, Italy. 2017-Present: Water science and risk modelling consultant at RED, Pavia, Italy. 2015-Present: Consultant at WRA Associate, Wallingford, UK. 2014-2017: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. 2010-2011: Water engineer, Hidrogaia S.L., Valencia (Spain) 2009-2014: Research associate, Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Valencia (Spain). 2007-2008: Research associate, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Brescia (Italy).
Education	2014 - PhD: Water and Environmental Engineering, Tech. University of Valencia (Spain). 2007 - MSc Environmental Engineering, University of Brescia (Italy). 2004 - BSc Environmental Engineering, University of Brescia (Italy).
Professional Affiliation	Chartered Engineer, Italian National Council of Engineers
Key Assignments	Sediment and water quality modelling in the river Awash, Ethiopia (client: REACH project, funded by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office). Sediment and water quality modelling in the urban area of Dhaka, Bangladesh (client: REACH project, funded by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office). Environmental liability risk assessment in Europe (client: insurance company). Flood risk assessment in five countries of Central Asia (client: World Bank). Extreme rainfall and tropical cyclone risk assessment in the Caribbean and Central America (client: CCRIF). Analysis of the joint effect of land-use and climate change on the sediment transport, the phosphorus concentration and the phytoplankton population of the River Thames (client: University of Oxford). Managing the risks, impacts and uncertainties of droughts and water scarcity (client: University of Oxford). Reconstruction of the effect of afforestation on the flow and sediment transport of a Mediterranean catchment (client: Technical University of Valencia, Spain). Analysis of the impact of climate change on the soil erosion and sediment transport of a Mediterranean catchment (client: Technical University of Valencia, Spain).
Country Experience	Based in Italy (previously in Spain, France and the UK). Projects carried out in all Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, Central Asia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia.
Languages	Fluent in English, Italian and Spanish, good knowledge of French.

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