Faculty
Annalisa Ariatti
- Visiting Exchange Scholar, Department of Geography,
- University of Illinois, July 2001 to present.
- Research Assistant, Istituto di Scienze
- dell'Atmosfera e del Clima - Consiglio Nazionale
- delle Ricerche (ISAC-CNR),
- Bologna, Italy, 1988-2001.
- Office: 338 Davenport Hall
- Phone: (217) 333-2675
- E-mail: ariatti@uiuc.edu
Annalisa Ariatti has been working as a research assistant at the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Council of Research since 1988. Her interests are focused on aerobiology and include:
- The utilization of instruments for aerobiological monitoring, sample preparation and analysis related to the monitoring of aeroallergens, mainly fungal spores and pollen.
- Weekly pollen analysis and forecast and relevant dissemination by means of Web pages, fax and toll free call telephone services.
- Studies on the effect of microclimate on the crops and spontaneous vegetation to detect the flowering start.
- Analysis of phenophases of crops and spontaneous species.
- Analysis of aerobiological and meteorological data sets with relevant statistical elaboration to detect the flowering start of in crops and spontaneous vegetation.
- Analysis of aerobiological and meteorological data sets for the validation of forecast models.
- Identification of non-biological particles with polarized light microscopy.
Annalisa has been active as Managing Editor of Aerobiologia, International Journal of Aerobiology from 1988 to 2001 and her interests have included adjoined editorial activites for the publication of ISAO-CNR manuals, booklets, flyers, and posters.
She has been a coordinator for numerous international and national congresses, courses, and workshops sponsored by the ISAC-CNR and a coordinator for numerous European Community research projects.
In the department of Geography at the University of Illinois, she assists with research projects on aerial movement of invasive species. She specializes in web-based map animations and Geographic Information System applications and is presently working on a U.S. Department of agriculture funded project entitled "Aerial Dispersal of Soybean Rust Spores: An Aerobiological Model to Forecast the Spread of Phakopsora pachyrizi at Global, Continental and Regional Scales".
Recent Publications
Mandrioli P. and A. Ariatti, 1991. Co-ordinated pollen counts; the development and operation of the Italian Monitoring Network. Proc. Symposium "The Air We Breathe", London, England, January 25th, 1991.
Mandrioli P. and A. Ariatti, 1991. Marcello Malpighi, a pioneer of the experimental research in biology" Aerobiologia 7: 3-9.
Mandrioli P., A. Ariatti, A. Moro, and C.Spediacci, 1992. Pollen Information Service: analysis and forecast. Proc. Aerobiology ’92, Annual Meeting of the Pan-American Association of Aerobiology, Toronto, Canada, June 9th-11th, 1992.
Ariatti A.and P. Comtois, 1993. Louis Pasteur: The first experimental aerobiologist. Aerobiologia 9: 5-14.
Ariatti A. and P. Mandrioli, 1993. Lazzaro Spallanzani: A Blow Against Spontaneous Generation. Aerobiologia 9: 101-107.
Levizzani V., A. Ariatti, and P. Mandrioli, 1998. WWW and the aerobiologist: Operating Instructions. Aerobiologia 14: 303-308.
Comtois P., S.A. Isard, L.D. Syzdek, C.A. Rogers, P. Mandrioli, and A. Ariatti, 1999. Aerobiology: Coming of age in a new millenium. Aerobiologia 15: 259-266.
Mandrioli, P., P. De Nuntiis, A. Ariatti, and R. Magnani, 2000. Cypress in Italy: Landscape and Pollen Monitoring. Allergie et Immunologie 31: 116.
Mandrioli P., C. Galan, P. Hidalgo Fernandez, P. De Nuntiis, and A. Ariatti, 2000. Criteria to forecast the pollen season start. Aerobiology 2000 Annual Symposium of the Pan-American Aerobiology Association Albany, NY, USA April 28-30, 2000.
Mandrioli P. and A. Ariatti, 2001. Aerobiology: Future course of action, Aerobiologia 17: 1.