Filippo D’all Osso

Filippo is a natural hazard scientist with interest in disaster risk reduction, floodplain and coastal risk management, spatial analysis, and remote sensing.

He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences (specialising in natural hazards) obtained at the University of Bologna (Italy).

He is an invited co-author of a UNESCO/IOC Manuals for inundation risk management in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, and of the 2015 United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction.

He has authored several floodplain risk management and emergency planning commercial studies, and published ten scientific papers (nine as primary author) in international high-impact journals, including Scientific Reports, the open-access journal of Nature Publishing Group.

Before moving to Molino-Stewart (now Water Technology), Filippo was a Senior Researcher at the University of Sydney’s Natural Hazards Group, where he was leading a $500,000 state-funded project to reduce the risk posed by natural hazards to NSW people with disabilities. Prior to that, Filippo was the Chief-Investigator (with Prof. Dominey-Howes) of the COVERMAR project , whose aim was to assess and map the impact of extreme floods on coastal assets in Sydney, using a risk assessment model that Filippo independently developed and validated.

In recognition of the contribution made in the field of resilience and risk analysis, Filippo received from the Attorney General’s Department the 2014 “Resilient Australia Award”, for the project COVERMAR, at the state and federal level.

Involved in:

• Handed Over, Far From Over: The Client’s Journey with Your Flood Model (September 2025)