Biography
Lorenzo Stucchi obtained his BSc degree (2017) and MSc degree (2020) in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. From June 2020 to January 2021, he was a temporary research fellow at the GEOlab of Politecnico di Milano in the project ViaLibera?!. The project was focused on the Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) for the collaborative mapping of the barriers and accessible paths for people with motor disabilities. Since February 2021, he has been a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in collaboration with Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico – RSE S.p.A. His research activity is focused on Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for the renewable energy sector.
Since 2016 Lorenzo has been active in the OpenStreetMap community, serving as an officer of PoliMappers (treasurer, vice-president and social media responsible).
Since 2018 he has been a member of Wikimedia Italia, the Italian local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation. He served as Lombardy region volunteer coordinator for 2020, and since 2021 he has been the National OpeenStreetMap coordinator for OpenStreetMap.
In 2022 he collaborates in the partnership between Wikimedia Italia and GFOSS.it for the organisation of FOSS4G 2022 and SOTM 2022 in Firenze. As part of the FOSS4G 2022 Local Committee, he contributed to the organisation as the co-chair of the volunteers.
