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Federico Rabuffi

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4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 183-601

Pasadena, CA 91109

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Earth Surface and Interior

JPL Postdoctoral Fellow

Employed By

Caltech/JPL

Biography

Federico Rabuffi is a JPL postdoctoral fellow in the Earth Surface and Interior Group. His research projects and activities focus on the use of remote sensing, particularly the use of spectroscopic imaging to retrieve geological and mineralogical maps, and thermal analysis as support to volcano monitoring using statistical time series analysis to detect thermal changes in volcanic activity. Federico holds a PhD in Earth Science (2023) working at INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia). Part of his PhD aimed to investigate the potential of hyperspectral data, in the optical spectral range to spectrally characterize the lithotypes outcropping in geothermal sites. He is also involved in the development and implementation of spatial databases and Web-GIS platforms aimed to the distribution of spectral library and data related to his research activities.

Education

  • PhD., Earth Science, Roma Tre University (2023)
  • M.S., Geology, Roma Tre University (2017)
  • B.S., Geology, Roma Tre University (2016)

Professional Experience

  • INGV – Research fellow (2019-2023)
  • NASA-JPL – JVSRP (pt1 2022 - pt2 2023)
  • I.R.I.D.E. srl – Environmental Geologist (2018-219)
  • INGV – Internship in Remote Sensing (2017 – 2018)

Research Interests

  • Spectroscopy imagery for Earth Observation
  • Thermal anomaly detection and monitoring
  • Spectral library development and implementation
  • Spectral analysis for Cultural Heritage

Selected Awards

  • 2019 – Scholarship winner at INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
  • 2021 – Fellowship winner at INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)

Selected Publications

  1. Silvestri, M., Rabuffi, F., Pisciotta, A., Musacchio, M., Diliberto, I. S., Spinetti, C., ... & Buongiorno, M. F. (2019). Analysis of thermal anomalies in volcanic areas using multiscale and multitemporal monitoring: Vulcano island test case. Remote Sensing, 11(2), 134.
  2. Musacchio, Massimo, et al. "Kīlauea–Leilani 2018 lava flow delineation using Sentinel2 and Landsat8 images." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 519.1 (2024): SP519-2020.
  3. Rabuffi, F., Silvestri, M., Musacchio, M., Romaniello, V., & Buongiorno, M. F. (2022). A Statistical Approach to Satellite Time Series Analysis to Detect Changes in Thermal Activities: The Vulcano Island 2021 Crisis. Remote Sensing, 14(16), 3933.
  4. Silvestri, M., Rabuffi, F., Musacchio, M., Teggi, S., & Buongiorno, M. F. (2021). The use of satellite TIR time series for thermal anomalies’ detection on natural and urban areas. Engineering Proceedings, 5(1), 5.
  5. Rabuffi, F., Cawse-Nicholson, K., Hook, S. J., Musacchio, M., Silvestri, M., & Buongirono, M. F. (2023, July). Lithotype Classification in Geothemal Area by the Use of Hyperspectral Data. In IGARSS 2023-2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 7277-7279). IEEE.
  6. Buongiorno, M. F., Musacchio, M., Silvestri, M., Romaniello, V., Spinetti, C., & Rabuffi, F. (2021, July). Asi-Prisma Hyperspectral Mission for the Analysis of Geophysical Phenomena. In 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS (pp. 8099-8102). IEEE.
  7. Buongiorno, M. F., Romaniello, V., Silvestri, M., Musacchio, M., & Rabuffi, F. (2020, December). Analysis of first PRISMA acquisitions on volcanoes and geothermal areas in Italy; comparisons with model simulations, past Hyperion data and field campaigns. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2020, pp. GC029-03).