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Davide Cammarano
Associate Professor of Agronomy


Scientific Interests
My overall scientific interests include agronomy, crop and soil sciences, nitrogen management, application and development of crop models, precision agriculture, remote sensing and GIS, environmental science, upscaling of crop models to national/global level, climate change and climate forecasts in agriculture, understanding the role of agriculture in local and global food security.

Education
07 August 2010. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). School of Resource Management and Geography, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia (Thesis title: ”Spatial integration between Remote Sensing and Crop Simulation Modelling for wheat Nitrogen management”).

Laurea Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technology from The University of Basilicata, Italy (Equivalent to bachelor and master degree- 5 year degree). Elaboration of experimental thesis entitled:” Assessing spatial variability of durum wheat using vegetation indices” with a final mark of 110/110 with honors (cum laude).

Professional Positions Held
• 1 Jan 2020 - Present Associate Professor, Digital Agriculture, Agronomy Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
• 23rd July 2014 – 1 Jan 2020 Researcher at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, Scotland.
• 7 July 2015 – 1 Jan 2020 Honorary Lecturer, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD-4HN, Scotland, UK.
• 28th July 2011- 28th June 2014 Post-Doctoral Associate at the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
• 1st February 2010 – 28th July 2011 Researcher Associate at the Institute for Sustainable Resources, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point, QLD, Australia.
• August 2009 – January 2010 Research Assistant, the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Editorial Work
• Apr 2020 – Present, Editorial Board (Associate Editor) of Climate Research
• Jul 2019 – Present, Editorial Board (Associate Editor) of Precision Agriculture.
• Jan 2019 – Present, Editorial Board (Associate Editor) of Crop and Pasture Science.
• Sep 2018 – Present, Editorial Board of Agriculture (MDPI).
• Feb 2018 – Present, Editorial Board of the European Journal of Agronomy.
• Oct 2017 – Present, Editorial Board (Associate Editor) of the Italian Journal of Agronomy.

Recent Publications
    1. Ye, Z., Qiu, X., Chen, J., Cammarano, D., Ge, Z., Ruane, A.C., Liu, L., Tang, L., Cao, W., Liu, B., Zhu, Y., 2020. Impacts of 1.5°C and 2.0°C global warming above pre-industrial on potential winter wheat production of China. European Journal of Agronomy. 120, 126149
    2. Cammarano, D., Ronga, D., Di Mola, I., Mori, M., Parisi, M., 2020. Impact of climate change on water and nitrogen use efficiencies of processing tomato cultivated in Italy. Agricultural Water Management, 241, 106336. doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106336
    3. Cammarano, D. Taylor, M.A., Thompson, J.A., Wright, G.A., Faichney, A., Haacker, R., Orr, A., White, P.J., 2020. Predicting dates of head initiation and yields of broccoli crops grown throughout Scotland. European Journal of Agronomy. doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2020.126055.
    4. Cammarano, D., Holland, J., Ronga, D., 2020. Spatial and temporal variability of spring barley yield and quality quantified by crop simulation model. Agronomy. doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10030393.
    5. Cammarano ,D., Valdivia, R.O., Beletse, Y.G., Durand, W., Crespo, O., Tesfuhuney, W.A., Jones, M.R., Walker, S., Mpusiang, T.N., Nhemachena, C., Ruane, A., Mutter, C., Rosenzweig, C., Antle, J., 2020. Integrated assessment of climate change impacts on crop productivity and income of commercial maize farms in northeast South Africa. Food Security.12, 659-678. doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01023-0
    6. Tao, F., Palosuo, T., Rotter, R.P., Diaz-Amborna, C.G.H., Minguez, M.I., Semenov, M.A., Kersebaum, K.C., Cammarano, D., Specka, X., Nendel, C., Srivastava, A.K., Ewert, F., Adovan, G., Ferrise, R., Martre, P., Rodriguez, L., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Gaiser, T., Hohn, J.G., Salo, T., Dibari, C., Schulman, A.H., 2020. Why do crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections? A comprehensive analysis based on eight barley crop models. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 281 doi.10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107851
    7. Cammarano, D., Hawes, C., Squire, G., Holland, J., Rivington, M., Murgia, T., Roggero, P.P., Fontana, F., Casa, R., Ronga, D., 2019. Rainfall and temperature impacts on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) yield and malting quality in Scotland. Field Crop Research. 241 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.107559.
    8. Bustos-Korts, D., Dawson, I.K., Russell, J., Tondelli, A., Guerra, D., Ferrandi, C., Strozzi, F., Nicolazzi, E.L., Molnar-Lang, M., Ozkan, H., Megyeri, M., Miko, P., Cakir, E., Yakisir, e., Trabanco, N., Delbono, S., Kyriakidis, S., Booth, A., Cammarano, D., Masher, M., Werner, P., Cattivelli, L., Rossini, L., Stein, N., Kilian, B., Waugh, R., van Eeuwijk, F.A., 2019. Exome sequences and multi-environment field trials elucidate the genetic basis of adaptation in barley. The Plant Journal. 99, 1172–1191.
    9. Cammarano, D.,  Ceccarelli, S., Grando, S., Romagosa, I., Benbelkacem, A., Akar, T., Al-Yassin, Pecchioni, N., Francia, E., Ronga, D., 2019. The impact of climate change on barley yield in the Mediterranean basin. European Journal of Agronomy. 106: 1-11.


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