Elisa Furlan is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Sciences at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.Her research focuses on the development and application of multi-risk methodologies for the evaluation of the interactions and possible cumulative effects among different climate-driven in combination with local/global anthropogenic factors in marine and coastal areas. She completed with excellence her M.Sc. degree in Environmental planning, within the Joint European Master Degree in ‘Planning and policies for city, environment and landscape’ at the University of Architecture of Venice and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Prior to her master’s degree, Elisa obtained a bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems, focusing her research interest on the integration of GIS and Remote sensing methodologies for the assessment and management of environmental issues. As GIS analyst and environmental planner she collaborated from 2003 to 2012 with the Venice Water Authority taking part to several regional projects focused on environmental monitoring and protection.