Dr Livia Lantini
Livia Lantini received the BSc (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering and the MSc degree in Infrastructure and Transportation Engineering with the Department of Engineering, Rome Tre University, Rome, Italy. In 2021 she was awarded the PhD degree in Civil Engineering by the University of West London, London, UK.
Her research focuses on the assessment of civil engineering infrastructures using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and other non-destructive testing (NDT) methods in Civil Engineering and Geosciences, as well as the health monitoring and assessment of trees using GPR.
She was the recipient of an award for the ‘Best Paper at the IEEE 2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing’. She has also given invited presentations at national events and forums, such as a Business Breakfast event at the House of Lords, in February 2020.
She is also a dedicated team member of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (WInSTEM) at the School of Computing and Engineering at UWL, and an Ambassador of the IEEE Women in Engineering UK & Ireland.
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Qualifications
BSc (Hons) (Roma Tre University)
MSc (Roma Tre University)
PhD (University of West London)
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Memberships
Graduate Member of Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (GradCIHT)Interim Registration – Chartered Engineer section of the Engineering Council
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Research and publications
International Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
Tosti, F., Gennarelli, G., Lantini, L., Catapano, I., Soldovieri, F., Giannakis, I., & Alani, A. M. (2020). The Use of GPR and Microwave Tomography for the Assessment of the Internal Structure of Hollow Trees. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (under review).
Lantini, L., Tosti, F., Giannakis, I., Zou, L., Benedetto, A., & Alani, A. M. (2020). An Enhanced Data Processing Framework for Mapping Tree Root Systems using Ground Penetrating Radar. Remote Sensing, 12(20), 3417. DOI: 10.3390/rs12203417
Alani, A. M., Giannakis, I., Zou, L., Lantini, L., & Tosti, F. (2020). Reverse-Time Migration for Evaluating the Internal Structure of Tree-Trunks Using Ground-Penetrating Radar. NDT&E International. DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2020.102294
Lantini, L., Alani, A. M., Giannakis, I., Benedetto, A., & Tosti, F. (2019). Application of Ground Penetrating Radar for Mapping Tree Root System Architecture and Mass Density of Street Trees. Advances in Transportation Studies.
Giannakis, I., Tosti, F., Lantini, L., & Alani, A. M. (2019). Diagnosing Emerging Infectious Diseases of Trees using Ground Penetrating Radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1-10. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2944070
Alani, A. M., Soldovieri, F., Catapano, I., Giannakis, I., Gennarelli, G., Lantini, L., Ludeno, G., & Tosti, F. (2019). The use of ground penetrating radar and microwave tomography for the detection of decay and cavities in tree trunks. Remote Sensing, 11(18), 1-19. DOI: 10.3390/rs11182073
Alani, A. M., & Lantini, L. (2019). Recent advances in tree root mapping and assessment using non-destructive testing methods: a focus on ground penetrating radar. Surveys in Geophysics, 1-42. DOI: 10.1007/s10712-019-09548-6
Giannakis, I., Lantini, L., Tosti, F., & Alani, A. M. (2019). Health monitoring of tree-trunks using ground penetrating radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(10), 8317-8326. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2920224
Conference Papers
Lantini, L., Tosti, F., Bianchini Ciampoli, L., & Alani, A. M. (2020). A frequency spectrum-based processing framework for the assessment of tree root systems. In: Proc. SPIE 11525, SPIE Future Sensing Technologies, 115251J, Online event, November 09-13, 2020. DOI: 10.1117/12.2580583v
Lantini, L., Tosti, F., Giannakis, I., Zou, L., Egyir, D., Mortimer, D., & Alani, A. M. (2020). Health assessment of trees using GPR-derived root density maps. In: 2020 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf20), Online event, September 21-25, 2020.
Lantini, L., Giannakis, I., Tosti, F., Mortimer, D., & Alani, A. M. (2020). A Reflectivity-Based GPR Signal Processing Methodology for Mapping Tree Root Systems of Street Trees. In: 2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP 2020), Online event, July 07-09, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TSP49548.2020.9163517
Tosti, F., Gennarelli, G., Lantini, L., Catapano, I., Zou, L., Soldovieri, F., & Alani, A. M. (2020). Assessing the Internal Structure of Hollow Trees Using GPR and Microwave Tomography. In: 2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP 2020), Online event, July 07-09, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TSP49548.2020.9163459
Lantini, L., Tosti, F., Giannakis, I., Egyir, D., Benedetto, A., & Alani, A. M. (2019). A Novel Processing Framework for Tree Root Mapping and Density Estimation using Ground Penetrating Radar. In: 10th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2019). The Hague, The Netherlands, September 8-12, 2019. DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201902564
Giannakis, I., Tosti, F., Lantini, L., Egyir, D., & Alani, A. M. (2019). Signal Processing For Tree-Trunk Investigation Using Ground Penetrating Radar. In: 10th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2019). The Hague, The Netherlands, September 8-12, 2019. DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201902601
Alani, A. M., Soldovieri, F., Gennarelli, G., Giannakis, I., Catapano, I., Lantini, L., Ludeno, G., & Tosti, F. (2019). A Tomographic Inversion Approach for the Detection of Decay and Cavities in Tree Trunks using Ground Penetrating Radar. In: 10th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2019). The Hague, The Netherlands, September 8-12, 2019. DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201902567
Lantini, L., Holleworth, R., Egyir, D., Giannakis, I., Tosti, F., & Alani, A. M. (2018). Use of ground penetrating radar for assessing interconnections between root systems of different matured tree species. In: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Cassino, Italy, October 22-24, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/MetroArchaeo43810.2018.13682
Alani, A. M., Bianchini Ciampoli, L., Lantini, L., Tosti, F., & Benedetto, A. (2018). Mapping the root system of matured trees using ground penetrating radar. In: 2018 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar. Rapperswil, Switzerland, June 18-21,2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICGPR.2018.8441535
Conference Abstracts
Lantini, L., Tosti, F., Bianchini Ciampoli, L., & Alani, A. M. (2021). On the Use of Short-Time Fourier Transform for the Analysis of Tree Root Systems using Ground Penetrating Radar. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021, Online event, April 19–30, 2021. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13463
Lantini, L., Tosti, F., Giannakis, I., Munisami, K. J., Mortimer, D., & Alani, A. M. (2020). Advanced GPR Signal Processing Techniques for Root Detection in Urban Environments. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, Online event, May 04-08, 2020. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11954
Giannakis, I., Tosti, F., Zou, L., Lantini, L., & Alani, A. M. (2020). Tree Monitoring Using Ground Penetrating Radar: Two Case Studies Using Reverse-Time Migration. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, Online event, May 04-08, 2020. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19697
Tosti, F., Soldovieri, F., Catapano, I., Giannakis, I., Gennarelli, G., Lantini, L., Ludeno, G., & Alani, A. M. (2020). GPR and Microwave Tomography for the Assessment of Hollowed Tree Trunks. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, Online event, May 04-08, 2020. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20841
Alani, A. M., Chambers, J., Melarange, P., Lantini, L., & Tosti, F. (2020). The Use of Ultrasonic Tomography for the Non-destructive Assessment of Tree Trunks. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, Online event, May 04-08, 2020. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20872
Lantini, L., Tosti, F., Giannakis, I., Egyir, D., Benedetto, A., & Alani, A. M. (2019). The Use of Ground Penetrating Radar for Mapping Tree Root Systems in Urban Environments. In: 2019 COTA International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Transportation (ISETT). Rome, Italy, October 3-5, 2019.
Giannakis, I., Alani, A., Lantini, L., Mortimer, D., & Tosti, F. (2019). Diagnosing acute oak decline using ground penetrating radar. TERRAenVISION abstracts, Vol. 2, TNV2019-TOOLS-2054, 2019. TERRAenVISION 2019, Barcelona, Spain, September 2-7, 2019. DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2019030024
Lantini, L., Giannakis, I., Tosti, F., Benedetto, A., & Alani, A. M. (2019). Advances in Ground Penetrating Radar Signal Processing for Mapping Tree Root Systems. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-11467-3, 2019. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, April 7-12, 2019.
Giannakis, I., Tosti, F., Lantini, L., & Alani, A. M. (2019). Evaluating the Internal Structure of Tree Trunks Using Ground Penetrating Radar. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-11532-1, 2019. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, April 7-12, 2019.
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Conferences
Oral Presentations
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021, Online event, April 19-30, 2021. “On the Use of Short-Time Fourier Transform for the Analysis of Tree Root Systems using Ground Penetrating Radar”.
2020 SPIE Future Sensing Technologies, Online event, November 09-13, 2020. “A frequency spectrum-based processing framework for the assessment of tree root systems”.
2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP 2020), Online event, July 07-09, 2020. “A Reflectivity-Based GPR Signal Processing Methodology for Mapping Tree Root Systems of Street Trees”.
10th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2019), The Hague, The Netherlands, September 08-12, 2019. “A Novel Processing Framework for Tree Root Mapping and Density Estimation using Ground Penetrating Radar”.
10th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2019), The Hague, The Netherlands, September 08-12, 2019. “Advances in the Prediction of the Bearing Capacity of Road Flexible Pavements using GPR”. (authored by Tosti, F., Bianchini Ciampoli, L., D’Amico, F., and Alani, A. M.).
2018 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Cassino, Italy, October 22-24, 2018. “Use of ground penetrating radar for assessing interconnections between root systems of different matured tree species”.
Poster Presentations
2020 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf20), Online event, September 21-25, 2020. “Health assessment of trees using GPR-derived root density maps”.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, Online event, May 04-08, 2020. “GPR and Microwave Tomography for the Assessment of Hollowed Tree Trunks”.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, Online event, May 04-08, 2020. “Advanced GPR Signal Processing Techniques for Root Detection in Urban Environments”.
10th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2019), The Hague, The Netherlands, September 08-12, 2019. “A Tomographic Inversion Approach for the Detection of Decay and Cavities in Tree Trunks using Ground Penetrating Radar”.
10th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2019), The Hague, The Netherlands, September 08-12, 2019. “The ArchaeoTrack Project: GPR for preventive conservation and valorisation of buried archaeology”. (authored by Bianchini Ciampoli, L., Santarelli, R., Tosti, F., and Benedetto, A.).
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2019, Austria Center, Vienna, Austria, April 07-12, 2019. “Advances in ground penetrating radar signal processing for mapping tree root systems”.
