Daniele Penna

So, the good outcomes largely overcame the bad ones...I'm grateful for all the experiences I had here and I'm looking forward to seeing what my academic future will provide.

Thank you to all of you I found on my path so far!
#research #academia #university #science #hydrology

I pedalled roughly 15000 km for bike commuting; I got wet in the field; I worked hard (sometimes extremely hard) but I had lot of fun!

I coordinated a demanding but highly rewarding COST Action watson-cost.eu; I authored and coauthored a few cool papers; I gave some newspaper interviews; I organized conferences; I travelled a lot, visited surprising places, and attended interesting meetings and conferences;

Moreover, I built a research group formed by lovely people; I led the establishment of a beautiful #experimental #catchment; I taught thousands of hours and had stimulating discussions with many motivated students (and some not so bright ones); danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra

What did I accomplish in this decade? I interacted with many nice scientists within and outside the department, and I established relationships that went beyond scientific collaborations and led to friendship...this is surely the best gift of these ten years!

I was not able to help some people I wanted to help; and (to be honest, unexpectedly) I did not receive a promotion.

Today, ten years ago, at 41, I started my position @ the University of Florence (pictures from 2016).

What did I not accomplish in this decade? I had #papers and #proposals rejected; I did not receive funding to build a lab and to buy an #isotope laser spectroscope (see thread for the rest).

Happy for being hosted in the Sibillini Mountains National Park with #academic colleagues to give a seminar to professional geologists on #hydrological and #ecohydrological #processes in these #mountain #catchments @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social

Happy for participating to a workshop on #Artificial #Intelligence in #teaching @ University of Florence. There are limitations but also lots of potentials to explore.

Thank you @ Marco Borga and Giulia Zuecco for inviting me to @unipd.bsky.social TESAF for a seminar on controls on #runoff #processes in #forested #catchments www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Enjoy both hydro colleagues and skiing!

So glad and honored to have the opportunity to do #research @UNI_FIRENZE with these lovely and great people! (One PhD student from Tunisia is missing in the picture). @quercusilex92.
Two more members from France and China are joining soon. #hydrology #ecohydrology #forest #catchment #water

Visiting the Luxembourg Institute of #Science and #Technology is always a pleasure! Thank you @Laurent Pfister and @Richard Keim for hosting me, feeding me and for the nice discussions and collaboration ideas on #tracers #hydrological #processes #water #forest

Somw fun with #discharge measurents today in the Re della Pietra #experimental #catchment danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietr... #rainfall #water #precipitation #forest #streamflow

A new Analysis in Nature Water by Daniele Penna @danielepenna.bsky.social performs a comprehensive study of 691 forested catchments worldwide examines the interplay of biotic and abiotic factors in runoff generation. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Thanks a lot for writing this commentary, Hilary, stressing the findings and the limitations of the study...that was really appreciated!

Grazie, Diana!

Here is a "Behind the paper" post in @springernature.com Research Communities blog where I explain the main #results of the #paper: communities.springernature.com/posts/forest...
#hydrology #forest #water #runoff #processes @natwater.nature.com

I wrote a diary: this #paper took me 172 days, distributed over 5 years of discontinuous work, always alone, whenever I found a free moment. I started collecting the data and manually creating the #database (no AI at all!) in December 2020, in COVID times. Great satisfaction now to see this out!

How do #climate, #antecedent #moisture, #soils, #topography, #geology, and #vegetation control #runoff #processes in #forested #catchments worldwide? Find this out here rdcu.be/eXTtd! @natwater.nature.com
Thanks a lot @mcmillanhydro.bsky.social for this commentary
www.nature.com/articles/s44...!

Another year of #bike #commuting has gone.
#Biking to #work is part of my #academic life. #hydrology #ecohydrology #water #forest #mountains #university #research #Tuscany #Florence @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social

Another paper from a #multi-approach experiment in the Re della Pietra #experimental #catchment: "Trees control hillslope subsurface flow" by Simone di Prima et al: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social @quercusilex92.bsky.social
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Trees use predominantly summer water in the Ressi #experimental #catchment.
Thank you to Giulia Zuecco for leading this work!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
During the growing season, soil and plant water had a dominant summer origin but seasonality had a major role on their temporal origin.

Congrats to Matteo Verdone for his second PhD paper from the Re della Pietra #experimental #catchment:
OA here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thank you @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social @quercusilex92.bsky.social Ilja van Meerveld and Claudia Cocozza.
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visiting a #wetland with #students and talking about #water, #hydrology, #groundwater #ecosystems #birds

Well deserved, Ilenia! I'm sure you will do a great job in supporting the #young @egu.eu community!

I'm super excited to share that I've been elected as the #EGU representative for #ECS for the term 2027-2028 🌍. A sincere thank you to everyone in the EGU community who voted, and a special thanks to @danielepenna.bsky.social for his support. I can't wait to start this amazing journey together!

Today at Villa Panna, Tuscany to present our #hydrological #monitoring in an artificial #wetland funded by a bottled #water company to local authorities, citizens, and the press.

Great #talk and #discussion at the Italian #catchment #hydrology day 2025 at the University of Florence! Special guests : Guenter Bloeschl and Laurent Pfister! Thank you @quercusilex92.bsky.social and all the others of our team for the fantastic organization!

Honoured and happy to visit the Re della Pietra #experimental #catchment with Laurent Pfister from LIST Luxembourg today. Discussions in the #field always stimulate new #ideas. www.danielepenna.wixsite.com #hydrology #water #forest #science #runoff #paper #precipitation #rainfall #runoff #soil #tree