Rosaria Ignaccolo (named Rosalba) is Associate Professor at the University of Torino, Italy, since December 2016 and Assistant Professor of Statistics since November 2002. She obtained a Laurea degree in Mathematics in 1997 from University of Torino, Italy, and then her Ph.D. in Statistics jointly from University of Milano, Italy, and University “Pierre and Marie Curie” of Paris, France, in 2002. Her research interests include: nonparametric estimation and tests for functional parameters, functional data analysis and modeling, geostatistics for functional data, spatial statistics, space-time modeling, hierarchical models, risk mapping, with particular reference to air quality and meteorology.

She is Secretary of The International Environmetrics Society (TIES, www.environmetrics.org).