{"id":1853,"date":"2026-09-02T22:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/?page_id=1853"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:57:49","slug":"julia-pasqualini","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/julia-pasqualini\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Pasqualini"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Home Institution:\u00a0<\/strong>Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ (Germany)<\/p>\n

Host:<\/strong> Ellen Wohl<\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0<\/strong>julia.pasqualini@ufz.de<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

About Me:\u00a0<\/strong>There are three great rivers to which I feel deeply bound, each representing an important aspect of my life: the Tagliamento, the Elbe, and the Po. The wild and free Tagliamento has been the river of many past summers, it represents the continuous change, and the freedom. The Elbe, which I have crossed countless times on my way to work, represents the sense of continuity, almost immutable despite the changes happening around it. Then the Po delta, with its sandy islands that disappear and reappear with the tides, represents a mysterious and still unknown future.<\/p>\n

Research Interests:\u00a0<\/strong>I am a river ecologist, and I am passionate about bridging disciplines and learning from different perspectives to better understand river ecosystems. My long-term goal is to contribute to approaches that can improve their ecological condition. I graduated in Italy and, after an Erasmus period in Spain, moved to Germany for my PhD at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). There, I had the opportunity to work across a wide range of topics and engage with many interesting scientists passionate by water. During my PhD, I studied the hyporheic zone of streams, investigating its role both as a habitat and as a biogeochemical compartment under natural conditions and anthropogenic pressures. During my postdoc, I shifted my focus from understanding the impacts of human pressures on rivers to restoration. This change really inspired me. I was involved in an international project where we investigated the effects of dam removal as a restoration practice, looking at its consequences for biodiversity and microbial ecosystem functions. A turning point came when I had the opportunity to organize a workshop about restoration that brought together experts from different disciplines. During this workshop, I spoke with Ellen and other scientists and we reflected on how river restoration should evolve in the future. These conversations made me realize that I never really considered the geomorphic processes, but I had rather focused on static habitat structures. I realized, that especially in restoration, ecological response cannot be interpreted (and improved) without a more holistic understanding of how the physical system functions and evolves. This realization motivated me to apply for a grant to visit the Fluvial Geomorphology department at CSU and investigate how incorporating the geomorphic context can influence both hydromorphological and ecological outcomes. I hope that, as an ecologist, I will not feel like a \u201cfish out of water<\/em>,\u201d but rather that this experience will allow me to view rivers with fresh<\/em> eyes, deepen my understanding of geomorphological processes, and integrate this perspective with my ecological background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Home Institution:\u00a0Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ (Germany) Host: Ellen Wohl Email:\u00a0julia.pasqualini@ufz.de About Me:\u00a0There are three great rivers to which I feel deeply bound, each representing an important aspect of my life: the Tagliamento, the Elbe, and the Po. The wild and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1853","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1857,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1853\/revisions\/1857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fluvial-geomorphology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}