Emiliano Cimoli 2024 Australian Marine Sciences Association Annual Meeting combined with NZMSS

Emiliano Cimoli

Emiliano's research focuses in advancing optical sensing methods to map dyanmic biophysical traits of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. He is particularly interested to unravel the connections between fine-scale attributes of the environment and how these impact large-scale biogeochemical processes. Dr Cimoli completed his PhD at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) of the University of Tasmania (UTAS) working on the development of underwater hyperspectral imaging and photogrammetric techniques to monitor keystone Antarctic ice algal habitats. He currently works at the Australian Centre of Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) developing an acustically aided-Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) capable of tracking biogeochemical linkages between the sympagic and benthic Antarctica coastal under-ice environments under a changing icescape. Beyond his marine work, Emiliano pursued a postdoctoral research fellowship at the TerraLuma research group as part of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project on terrestrial plant biodiversity monitoring. Within TerraLuma, a world-leading group in the field of remote sensing from Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS), he has honed his skills in a range of terrestrial applications at the forefront of sensor and algorithm development for hyperspectral image processing and plant functional diversity monitoring. Before joining the University of Tasmania, Emiliano consolidated a strong civil and environmental engineering background through both his BSc (University of Padua, Italy) and MSc (Technical University of Denmark) to then specialize in the fields of optical remote sensing and geomatics. He has worked considerably in both the Arctic and Antarctic and several other remote locations providing him also an enhanced logistics and engineering background.