GRI has a visiting PhD student from University of Bologna in Italy. Paola Di Fluri has been working on a thesis that aims to develop innovative methodologies to understand the impact of industrial activities on surface water quality. Specifically, she is working on the development of simplified models for simulating the release of petrochemical products following flood-triggered NaTech accidents, providing valuable insights into how industrial contaminants can affect aquatic environments during and after flood events.
Paola’s six month fellowship at the GRI finishes at the end of the month, so she gave a presentation of her modelling during a GRI morning tea entitled, “A new physically-based numerical model to simulate river flood triggered oil spills.”
It’s been a real pleasure having Paula visit us and we look forward to seeing what her research reveals.
