Stefano Martinetti
Stefano Martinetti
Student / Programme Doctorate at D-BAUG
About me
I am fascinated by the relationship between plants and water. Ever since my MSc thesis, when I studied stomatal conductance of riparian vegetation (external pagepaper), I have been growing an interest in the "green" water cycle, the water fluxes controlled by vegetation. My PhD is set around the waldlabor, our study site in the forest near ETH Hönggerberg where we track and measure water fluxes. I try to observe what happens to plants when soil becomes dry and how hydrological models reflect these observations.
Education
2014 - 2017: BSc Environmental Engineering (ETH Zurich)
2017 - 2020: MSc Environmental Engineering, MSc Thesis on river-aquifer interaction and riparian vegetation at the Maggia river (DownloadMSc Thesis poster (PDF, 626 KB))
Teaching
I was the teaching assistant in the class watershed modelling in 2020 and 2021. Since 2021 I have been assisting and supervising courses of the environmental engineering lab and various BSc- and MSc theses.
Scientific publications
- Martinetti S., Fatichi S., Floriancic M., Burlando P., & Molnar P. (2020). Field evidence of riparian vegetation response to groundwater levels in a gravel-bed river. Ecohydrology. 2021; 14:e2264. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2264
- Martinetti S., Carminati A., Molnar P., & Floriancic M. (2023). Plant hydraulic traits and water use strategies modulate root water uptake and transpiration in beech and spruce. (To be submitted)