Andrea Zanini

Andrea Zanini is an Associate Professor at the University of Parma's Department of Engineering and Architecture. His research focuses on groundwater hydrology, contaminated site remediation, and geostatistical methods for aquifer analysis. He teaches courses such as Environmental Data Analysis and Geostatistics, Groundwater Hydrology, and Environmental Health Engineering across bachelor's and master's programs in environmental and civil engineering. His work integrates numerical modeling, inverse problem solving, and machine learning to address challenges in contaminant transport, aquifer characterization, and sustainable groundwater management.

Research interests include mathematical modeling of flow and transport processes, geostatistical parameter estimation, and multidisciplinary approaches to environmental remediation. Notable contributions involve coupling hydrogeophysical inversion with machine learning and developing surrogate models for contaminant source identification.

Teaching spans multiple cohorts since 2013, covering environmental data analysis, geostatistics, and engineering courses. His research also explores climate change impacts in Mediterranean regions and innovative methods for hydraulic conductivity measurement in porous materials.