Marinella Masina received a Master degree in Civil Engineering, sector Hydraulics, and a doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Ferrara. Her main research interests include: analysis of extreme events; analysis of sea level oscillations and their characteristics in tidal time series; numerical modelling of coastal hydrodynamics and morphodynamics; numerical modelling of tsunami generation, propagation and interaction with the coast; numerical modelling of saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers; agro-hydrological modelling for the evaluation of crop water requirements and salt stress; use of satellite data for monitoring crop development, detecting water and salt stress in crops, estimating evapotranspiration, mapping soil salinity and assessing natural hazards; development of methods for multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment.