Roberto Zorer

GIS and Remote Sensing platform

Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology Department

Research and Innovation Centre - Fondazione Edmund Mach

Via E. Mach 1, 38010 - S. Michele all’Adige (TN), Italia

phone +39 0461 615 324

e-mail: roberto.zorer@iasma.it

useful link http://gis.cri.fmach.it/zorer/

Education and training

1986–1991 University degree in  Biology at the Padua University on the biology, ecology, biomonitoring, symbiosis of lichens;

1993–1997 Ph.D. on Lichens, biology of the symbiosis, plant physiology at the Institute of Plant Physiology (Salisbury University, Austria).

Research activity

From 1998 to 2003: researcher in ecophysiology, gas exchange measurements at Centro di Ecologia Alpina (CEA), Viote del Monte Bondone, Trento;

Since 2004: researcher in plant physiology, viticulture, GIS modelling at FEM-IASMA.

Research interests

The main interest regards plant physiology and eco-physiology. Technical skills and competences include fluorescence, gas exchange, leaf optical properties, plant water status, and microclimate characterization. Laboratory activities regard the use of UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, VIS-NIR Spectrometer, NDVI-systems, SPAD meter, photography, and microscopy.

Basic GIS knowledge supports land suitability studies for viticulture.