Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra

 

 

Graduated in Geological Sciences at the University of Siena in 1992, PhD in 1998, Researcher at CNR-IGAG Roma since 2004; at CNR-IGG Pisa from 2004, and then from 2020 Associate Professor of Geochemistry (GEO/08) at  Dept of Earth Science at Sapienza University, in Rome. From 2013-2018 elected Member of Parliament, working in the Commission for Environment and Infrastrutture, and in the Commission for Education, Research and Culture. Since 2020 member of the European Plate Observing System-EPOS, Advisory Board.

 

Education 

1992 Graduation in Geological Sciences, University of Siena, IT;
1992 Erasmus Grant, Vrije University, Amsterdam, NL;
1993 Post-graduation Master, ETH Zurich, CH;
1997 Lab Assistant, University of Lausanne, CH;
1998 PhD, University of Siena, IT;
1999 Post-Doc, Università di Trieste, IT.
 
Professional experience
1999    CNR-IGAG Roma, Art. 36 Researcher 
2004    CNR-IGG Pisa    Researcher 
2008    CNR-IGG Pisa Researcher 
2020    Associate Professore – University of Roma "La Sapienza"

 

 

Research Topics

• Geochemical and isotopic characterization of mineral, gaseous, and fluid phases;
• Isotopic investigation of W/R ratios and paleoclimatic implications from hydrothemally altered proxy records;
• Geochemical and isotopic characterization of volcanic series to evaluate the hazard related to the carbonate-rock interaction.
• Isotopic investigation (O, H) about the nature of fluids in hydrthermal systems;
• Paleo-environmental study through cave carbonate concretions and fossil organic material. 

 

Study Areas

• Central Italy
• Sardinia
• Sicily
• Antarctica

Institutional roles

Deputy of Italian Parliament, working in the Comission for Environment and Infrastrutture, and in the Commission for Education, Research and Culture

 

Membership

• ESIR, European Society for Isotope Research
• GRITIS, Gruppo Italiano Isotopi Stabili
• SOGEI, Società Geochimica Italiana

 

Research Programs Abroad

• 2005-2006 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. Short Term Mobility: Interazioni crosta-mantello: studio geochimico ed isotopico dei magmi post-collisionali femici e ultrafemici affioranti nella regione metamorfica di ultra-alta pressione del Dabieshan, (SE Cina).
• 2006-2007 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China Italy-China International Cooperation project: Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Composition of perodotite xenoliths from Cenozoic basalts of East China: implications for mantle metasomatism.
• 2008-2009 Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, USA. Short Term Mobility Program: La sistematica isotopica del cloro nei magmi recenti italiani: indagine sull’origine dei fluidi profondi e sull’evoluzione dei sistemi di alimentazione.
• 2009-2010 Geowissenschaftiches Zentrum, University of Goettingen, Germany. Short Term Mobility Program: “Sviluppo di metodi analitici per le analisi isotopiche dell’ossigeno ad alta risoluzione spaziale in materiali vulcanici.
• 2019-2020 Center for Stable Isotopes, University of New Mexico, USA. Short Term Mobility Program: Triple oxygen isotope geochemistry of hydrothermally altered minerals: clues to cold episodes during the climatic greenhouse/icehouse transition.

 

Ongoing Research Programs

• 2018/2022 - Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Actions – RISE 2018 –program: IN-SITU INSTRUMENT FOR MARS AND EARTH DATING APPLICATIONS – INTIME “Geochronology instruments for Martian rocks dating” (Resp. Prof. V. Pascucci UniSS).
• 2019/2023 - Prin 2019: “Intraplate deformation, magmatism and topographic evolution of a diffuse collisional belt: Insights into the geodynamics of the Arabia-Eurasia collisional zones” (Responsabile Prof. C. Faccenna, Uniroma3).

 

Editorial activity
2000 to now: Reviewer for: Chemical Geology, Earth and Planetary Research Letters, Lithos, geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geological Society of London, Journal of Petrology, Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry; Jounal of Geochemical Exploration.

 

 

Papers
List of publications at:
 Google Scholar:https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=QawwBisAAAAJ&hl=it
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Total citations: 2486; h-index 31 (source Google Scholar, Julyo 2021).
 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1514-5013