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Supervisors:

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Andrea Aquino

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andrea.aquino@phd.unipi.it

Geologist and wanderer, passionate mountain climber and (occasionally) freelance glacier guide in Iceland. I started my studies in geology with a focus on applied and engineering geology, shifting to ore deposits and environmental mineralogy. Currently applying my skills to studying the influence of mineralogy and microstructures, specifically focusing on the decay of various natural stones used in Architecture, as well as the artificial stones (mortars) used in Cultural Heritage since Ancient Times.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2014. Thesis Title: “Monitoring activities of Volterra Historical Center: Data Processing and Interpretation”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2016. Thesis Title: “Mineralogy and fluid inclusion investigations of the Pb-Zn Montevecchio deposit, Sardinia, Italy”.
Junior Researcher at the University of Florence – Department of Earth Sciences, 2017. Study of rock samples of Fe-oxides and hydroxides from Mali.
Junior Researcher at the University of Siena - Department of History and Cultural Heritage, 2018. Archaeometry - Study and analyses of slags coming from Vetricella Area, Siena, Italy.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2018 – 2021. Thesis Title: “Decay of natural and artificial stones used in historical buildings: influence of mineralogy and microstructure and new restoration methods.”
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Environmental Mineralogy and Petrography
  • Georesources
  • Decay of Natural and Artificial Stones
  • Stone Conservation & Cultural Heritage

Research project: Decay of natural and artificial stones used in historical buildings: influence of mineralogy and microstructure and new restoration methods.

Supervisor:

Professor Marco Lezzerini

Andrea Aquino

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

 

Julia Carvalho Lannes Galvão Fonseca

Carvalho Lannes Galvao Fonseca Julia

julia.carvalho@phd.unipi.it

Brazilian geophysicist and traveler, enjoys hiking, explore caves and waterfalls. I first started my studies in Geophysics using Ground Penetration Radar (GPR) to investigate the sedimentary architecture of both lake and river environments. Then, during master, I started to work with seismic-stratigraphy interpretation at deep-waters basins and seamounts on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin (BEM). This project was attached to International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). Currently, I’m applying my skills as a seismic interpreter to identify potential geohazards at the BEM. I was a member of a Junior Enterprise during undergraduate course in which I acquired skills in several geophysical methods. B.Sc. in Geophysics at the University of Brasília (Brazil), 2015. Thesis title: Determination of radar facies patterns in a river point bar on the Araguaia River (original title in Portuguese). MSc. in Geodynamics and Geophysics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), 2017. Thesis title: Seismic-stratigraphy interpretation in a deep-water basin on The Brazilian Equatorial Margin: Eastern portion of the Potiguar basin and Touros High (original title in Portuguese). Ph.D Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Firenze, 2020-2023. Thesis title: Potential geohazards along the Brazilian Equatorial Margin – Insights from offshore data across the Potiguar Basin.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Geoharzards
  • Seismic-stratigraphy interpretation
  • Brazilian Equatorial Margin
  • Transform margins

Research project: Potential geohazards along the Brazilian Equatorial Margin – Insights from offshore data across the Potiguar Basin.

Supervisors:

Professor Paola Vannucchi (UniFi)
Professor David Iacopini (UniNa)

Professor Helenice Vital (UFRN - Brazil)

Julia Carvalho Lannes Galvão Fonseca

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via la Pira 4
50121 Firenze (FI)
Italia

 
 

Tessa Donigaglia

Donigaglia Tessatessa.donigaglia@phd.unipi.it

Geologist always looking for new things. I started my studies in geology initially with a focus on vulcanology, then on structural geology with applications of geophysics. Currently I am studying the stone materials used in the historical buildings of Florence, specifically focusing on providing a physical and mechanical characterization of these. At the same time, in collaboration with IDS Georadar, I use the Georadar technology on the Florentine historic masonry.
B.Sc in Geological Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2014. Thesis title: “The phenomenon of ash aggregation during the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano (Iceland)”.
M.Sc. in Earth Sciences (Curriculum: Geophysics and Structural Geology with applications) at the University of Milan, 2017.
Thesis title: “Reconstruction of late-tectonic orogeny of the Western Alps deduced from the crustal level block of the Biella pluton”.
Fellow at the University of Florence, 2017 – Present. Studies and researches concerning the characterization of stone materials.
Ph.D Student in Earth Sciences, 2018 – Present. Thesis title: “The stone materials of the historical buildings in Florence: types, quarries, use in work and physical-mechanical characterization”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Cutural Heritage & Building Materials
  • Physical and mechanical characterization of Stone Materials
  • GIS
  • Georadar for historical buildings

Research Project: The stone materials of the historical buildings in Florence: types, quarries, use in work and physical-mechanical characterization.

Supervisor:

Professor Massimo Coli

Tessa Donigaglia

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Stefano Iannini Lelarge

Iannini Lelarge Stefano

stefano.iannini@phd.unipi.it

I’m a geologist graduated with honors currently working on the application of experimental petrography in planetary sciences, a unique multidisciplinary approach that is currently very much unexplored. My main interests are carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites, achondrites, experimental petrology, petrography, and geochemistry (in particular isotopic geochemistry). I’m currently working on the application of experimental petrography in planetary sciences, a unique multidisciplinary approach that is currently very much unexplored. I am also particularly interested in instrumentation applications and development.
For me, planetary science is by far the most interesting and exciting field of science, from the thrill of having a meteorite in my hands to the tense and exhilarating moments of space launches and landings of new beyond Earth missions. Since I was a child, I was fascinated by space and the natural world, eager to understand how it worked. Studding geology I developed my interests for igneous petrology and geochemistry. Planetary science conciliates my passion for geology and my fascination for space.
My motto is high-quality data is invariable even though its interpretations may change over time.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Cosmochemistry and geochemistry
  • Experimental petrology
  • Instrumentation
  • Petrography
  • Structural geology
  • Economic geology
  • Environmental geology

Research project: Chondritic fusion experiments: insights on dynamics and timescales of planetary differentiation in the early Solar System

Supervisors:

Professor Matteo Masotta
Professor Luigi Folco

Stefano Iannini Lelarge

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Giacomo Belli

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g.belli@unifi.it

Geophysicist, trekking enthusiast and bass player.
I am interested in different fields of geophysical investigation, such as seismo-acoustic energy radiation of gravity currents (e.g. debris-flows, snow avalanches, ice collapses ecc), geophysical volcanology (infrasound acoustics and seismology of active volcanoes), infrasound radiation by meteorites and infrasound atmospheric propagation. Since my university years I have dealt with infrasonic and seismic data, generated by different natural sources, and with infrasound array processing techniques. I attended many installation and maintenance campaigns for infrasonic and seismic sensors, acquiring competence spanning from instrument design, deployment and maintenance to geophysical data acquisition techniques.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2017. Thesis Title: “Seismo-acoustic correlation study during Etna eruptive activity”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2019. Thesis Title: “Integrated analysis of infrasound array data and all-sky cameras for the identification of meteorite entries”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Florence, 2019 – 2022. Thesis Title: “Study of the seismo-acoustic energy radiation by debris-flows.”
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Geophysics
  • Infrasound
  • Seismo-acoustic energy radiation by gravity currents
  • Geophysical Volcanology
  • Infrasound detection of meteorites
  • Seismology
  • Wave physics and propagation

Research project: Study of the seismo-acoustic energy radiation by debris-flows

Supervisors:

Professor Emanuele Marchetti

Giacomo Belli

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via G. La Pira N. 4
50121 Firenze
Italia

Silvia Musetti

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silvia.musetti@phd.unipi.it

Geologist and mineral collector, I have also a strong interest in Architecture. During the geological sciences degree course, I was attracted by Vulcanology and Mineralogy. However, the natural and surprising architectural features shown by mineral crystal structures attracted me, favouring my decision to direct my attention toward Mineralogy. Currently I am applying my skills to the study of mineral crystal-chemistry.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2016. Thesis title: “Mineralogical study of Tuscan metacinnabar samples”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at University of Pisa, 2018. Thesis title: “Crystal-chemistry of the isotypic series of tetrahedrite from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy)”.
Scholarship at the University of Pisa – Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, November 2018 - April 2019. Crystallographic and mineralogical characterization of slag produced by the EAF furnace.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2020-2023. Thesis title: “Crystal-chemistry of Sb minerals and their geological significance”.

RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Crystal-chemistry
  • Ore minerals
  • Mineralogy
  • Crystallography

Research project: Crystal-chemistry of Sb minerals and their geological significance

Supervisors:

Professor Cristian Biagioni
Professor Marco Pasero

Silvia Musetti

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Antonio Randazzo

Randazzo Antonio

antonio.randazzo@unifi.it

Chemical skills made me a Geochemist. Mountain lover and foodie with a passion for gases. My academic path was focused on fluid geochemistry related to environmental geology, especially to air quality. Currently, I’m applying my knowledge to investigate bio-geochemical mechanisms controlling the composition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in interstitial soil gases at shallow depths (≤60 cm from the surface) in areas affected by gas diffuse seepage (e.g. volcanic and hydrothermal systems and landfills) in order to understand their behaviour and fate.
B.Sc in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2015. Thesis Title: “Laboratory experiments on the production of volatile organic compounds at hydrothermal conditions: A review”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2018. Thesis Title: “Degradation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in landfill cover soils. Case Studies: Pinto (Madrid), Zurita (Fuerteventura), La Dehesa (El Hierro)”.
Junior Researcher at the University of Florence - Dept. Earth Science, 2019-Present. Title: “Geochemical investigation on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soils from hydrothermal-volcanic and anthropogenic systems”.
Ph.D Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Firenze, 2019-Present. Thesis title: “Biogeochemical processes affecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in volcanic and hydrothermal systems and municipal solid waste landfills”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Volatile organic compounds
  • Biogeochemical processes
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Air quality
  • Landfills

Research project: Biogeochemical processes affecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in volcanic and hydrothermal systems and municipal solid waste landfills.

Supervisors:

Professor Franco Tassi
Doctor Stefania Venturi

Antonio Randazzo

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via G. La Pira 4
50121, Firenze
Italia

Francesca Pasquetti

Pasquetti Francesca

francesca.pasquetti@phd.unipi.it

Environmental scientist and traveler, passionate about hiking and outdoor activities.
I have focused my academic career on geochemistry and trace metal pollution, particularly mercury, but I am also interested in a wide range of environmental issues.
I received a MSc from the University of Pisa in 2019 with a thesis on the distribution of trace metals in sediments and groundwater of the Orbetello area (Southern Tuscany, Italy). Then, I completed a postgraduate traineeship as an environmental consultant at an international company in Barcelona (Amphos 21). Here, I was involved in a project on environmental issues concerning the use of mercury in gold mining in Colombia. In March 2020 I worked as a Junior researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Pisa where I’m now attending a PhD course (2020-2023). The aim of my project is to reconstruct the history of trace metal pollution for the last 5-6 ka years in the central Mediterranean by studying lake sediments. The aim is to provide new insights into temporal and spatial scope of past human-environment interactions and into natural background conditions.

RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Trace metals geochemistry
  • Environmental pollution
  • Quaternary sediments
  • Water resources
  • GIS analyses
  • Environment protection

Research project: History of trace metals pollution in the Central Mediterranean basin: natural background vs. anthropic modifications

Supervisors:

Professor Giovanni Zanchetta
Professor Orlando Vaselli

Francesca Pasquetti

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Duccio Gheri

Gheri Duccio

duccio.gheri@phd.unipi.it

Geologist, or rather Volcanologist. Through my years of studying, I’ve had the chance to know the field of volcanology in all its aspects: from dynamics of volcanic systems, to monitoring and risk assessment. I started my studies in petrography, and then I was captured by Volcanic systems in every aspect, in particular for monitoring system purposes. Now I deal with International Monitoring Systems to assess the efficiency of the infrasound array to also detect possible volcanic eruptions.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2016. Thesis Title: “Petrographic analysis of metamorphic rocks of Valmalenco”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2019. Thesis Title: “The 26th February 2016 Eruption of Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador): combining geophysical data and tephra analysis.”
Junior Researcher at the University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, 2020. “Efficiency assessment of the infrasound network of the International Monitoring System.”
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, since 2020. Thesis Title: “Study of sustained volcanic explosions activity form the analysis of long-range infrasound array data”
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Geophysics
  • Volcanology
  • Volcano monitoring system
  • Meteorology

Research project: Efficiency assessment of the infrasound network of the IMS and study of sustained volcanic explosions activity with infrasound array.

Supervisors:

Professor Emanuele Marchetti

Duccio Gheri

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

 

Lianchao Luo

Luo Lianchao

lianchao.luo@unifi.it

I am a geologist highly interested in carbonate sedimentology, especially the carbonate related to hot and warm springs. At present, I am focusing on travertines in Bagni san Filippo (Italy) and Tengchong (China). Their petrological, mineralogical, sedimentological, and geochemical features and potential relationship with tectonics, climate, deep heat sources, and reservoirs are the key parts of my Ph.D. study.
B.Sc. in Resource Prospecting Engineering at the Southwest Petroleum University, 2016. Thesis Title: “Reservoir prediction of Chang 2 oil reservoir group (Yanchang Formation) in Jingbian Maning block of Yanchang Oilfield”.
M.Sc. in Sedimentology (including: Paleogeography) at the Chengdu University of Technology, 2019. Thesis title: “Genesis of Quaternary travertines in Reshuitang, Tengchong, Yunnan”.
Ph.D. student in Earth Sciences of the University of Florence, 2019 to 2022. Thesis Title: “Travertine deposits and geothermics: an epigean proxy for hypogean implications”.
 

RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Sedimentology
  • Petrology
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy

Research project: Travertine deposits and geothermics: an epigean proxy for hypogean implications.

Supervisors:

Professor Enrico Capezzuoli

Lianchao Luo

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via La Pira 4
50121 Firenze
Italia

 

Michele Amaddii

Amaddii Michele

michele.amadddii@unifi.it

Geologist, traveler and trekking enthusiast. My scientific interest concern slope stability analysis and engineering geology, including field surveys, GIS analysis, and numerical modeling. I started my studies in geology, with a focus on applied geology and geomorphology, then on hydrogeological hazards. Currently, my research activity is focused on the analysis of processes leading to flash floods and rainfall-induced debris flows by means hydrological-hydraulic modelling.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Siena, 2016. Thesis Title: “Geology and geological applications in the Tambobamba area (Central Andes, Apurimac, Perú)”.
M.Sc. in Geosciences and Applied Geology at the University of Siena, 2019. Thesis Title: “Back analysis numerical modelling of the 19/06/1996 Cardoso (Apuan Alps, Italy) flood: from gravitational movements to their evolution in debris flows”.
Fellow at the University of Siena - Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, 2019. “Geological and Geomorphological analysis of landslides processes in Tuscany Region”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Florence, 2019 – 2022. Thesis Title: “Quantitative hazard assessment by numerical modelling of flood and debris flow events”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Applied Geomorphology
  • Hydrological modelling
  • Debris flow modelling
  • Geomatics
  • GIS

Research project: Quantitative hazard assessment by numerical modelling of flood and debris flow events

Supervisors:

Professor Pier Lorenzo Fantozzi
Professor Leonardo Disperati

Michele Amaddii

Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente
Università di Siena
Via Laterina 8
53100 Siena
Italia

Sassenroth Cynthia Victoria

Sassenroth Cynthia

cynthia.sassenroth@phd.unipi.it

I am an interdisciplinary geoscientist and graduated in polar and marine science at Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) and Hamburg University (Germany). During my previous studies I was working on projects related to climate change in the polar regions, palaeoceanography, polar (marine-) ecology, glaciology, and permafrost. My work at the German Aerospace Center and passion for space and exploration let me pursue my career in the field of planetary science.
Despite geographically very distant, Mars’ environments do show some significant similarities to the most extreme polar regions of Earth. Martian analogue studies are a powerful approach to understand environmental processes on Mars, where only limited ground truthing data is available. Cryopegs and brines resemble an exciting habitat for (extraterrestrial-) polyextremophile microorganisms, as water remains liquid even at temperatures well below zero. But despite their large potential for hosting life, their formation mechanisms, spatial distribution, and physio-chemical characteristics are not well understood. Within the framework of my PhD thesis, I aim to contribute to the site-specific analysis, characterisation and understanding of these extreme environments.
If you are further interested in my research activities, you can find a comprehensive overview of my past and current research projects under the following link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cynthia_Sassenroth
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Martian habitability
  • Permafrost
  • Cryopegs and brines
  • Environmental analysis
  • Remote sensing

Research project: Characteristics of terrestrial groundice, cryopegs and brines in permafrost environments and their implications for martian habitability.

Supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Carlo Baroni (University of Pisa, Italy)

Ernst Hauber (Institute of Planetary Science, German Aerospace Center (DLR))

Cynthia Victoria Sassenroth

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Linda Alderighi

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linda.alderighi@phd.unipi.it

I am a nature lover fascinated by earth aerial photographs and satellite images and curious about processes that produced the landscape. I am currently working on quarrying areas of Apuan sector dealing with the geomorphological characterization of quarry dump deposits and debris flows that frequently affect them.
Fellowships at DST of Pisa University:
2018 - “Geomorphological map of Carrara quarry dump deposits”, aimed to identifying quarry dumps worthy of being protected and enhanced.
2017 - “Collection and processing of information related to the glaciers of the Lombard Alpine sector”, as part of NextData Project promoted by the Ministry of Education, aimed to providing quantitative information about the state and climate and environmental changes in the Italian mountain regions.
2017 - “Geomorphological map of quarry dump deposits in the Apuan Alps Park: southern sector”.
From 2019 to 2021 - tutoring and teaching support activities for “Physical Geography and Cartography Laboratory I” course at the DST of Pisa University.
2016 - collaboration with a freelance professional Geologist.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at Pisa University, 2015; Thesis title: “Geomorphological characterization of the Val Piana (Adamello-Presanella Massif, Rhaetian Alps): from multitemporal analysis to debris flow susceptibility assessment in a high mountain environment”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Geomorphological mapping
  • Landscape evolution
  • Susceptibility and hazard analysis
  • Cultural heritage
  • Earth observation and remote sensing
  • GIS and data visualization

Research project: Human Induced Hazard and Cultural Heritage of Quarry Dump Deposits (Ravaneti) in the Apuan Alps

Supervisors:

Professor Carlo Baroni
Professor Maria Cristina Salvatore

Linda Alderighi

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Filippo Mastroianni

Mastroianni

filippo.mastroianni@phd.unipi.it

Looking at rocks through a microscope, I focused my studies on volcanology and igneous petrology. Currently, I’m investigating Kolumbo Seamount, an active submarine volcano located 7 km NE of Santorini (Greece), which explosively erupted in 1650 CE. By the study of its products, employing high precision, state of the art microanalyses, we aim to understand how its plumbing and storage system works and the magmatic processes that led to the eruption.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2015. Thesis Title: “The Latera Geothermal System”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2018. Thesis Title: “Investigating heterogeneous magma systems by detailed characterization of the juvenile products of the Upper Pumice eruption at Nisyros Volcano, Greece.”
Erasmus + Traineeship at Universität zu Köln. Title: “Analytical procedures for the measurements by isotope dilution of elemental and isotope contents in magmatic rocks from Southern Italy”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2018 – 2021. Thesis Title: “Understanding timescales and dynamics of volcanic plumbing system processes by micro-analytical chemical and isotopic studies on magma components”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Petrology
  • Volcanology
  • Isotope Geochemistry
  • Petrography

Research project: Understanding timescales and dynamics of volcanic plumbing system processes by micro-analytical chemical and isotopic studies on magma components.

Supervisors:

Professor Lorella Francalanci

Filippo Mastroianni

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Cieszynska Weronika

Cieszynska Weronika

weronika.cieszynska@phd.unipi.it

I started my studies in University of Wroclaw when I focused on paleoanthropology. After three years I obtained master in biology on Jagiellonian University. During bachelor and master studies my scientific interests mainly concentrated on human evolution and analysis of bones remains. Currently I am a part of the international PUSH project (Palaeoproteomics to Unleash the Study of Human History). In my phd I want to clarify the phylogenetic position of Oreopithecus bambolii and its relations with the Dryopithecinae from Spain.
2020-now Phd student Earth Sciences, University of Pisa, “Molecular-Based Phylogeny of Oreopithecus Bambolii”
2018-2020 Master of Biology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Thesis title: “ Influence of climate on Neanderthal nasal cavity”
2015-2018 Bachelor of Human Biology, Department of Biology, University of Wroclaw, Thesis title: Anatomo-anthropological analysis of early Medieval cemetery in Tyniec monastery


RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Primate evolution
  • Palaeoproteomics
  • Phylogeny of primates
  • Palaeoanthropology

Research project: Molecular-Based Phylogeny of Oreopithecus Bambolii

Supervisors:

Professor Lorenzo Rook
Dr Luca Pandolfi
Dr David M. Alba

Weronika Karolina Cieszynska

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via G.La Pira N. 4
50125 Firenze
Italia

Emanuele Peri

Peri Emanuele

emanuele.peri@phd.unipi.it

Palaeontology enthusiast from a young age, I started my university career carrying on this passion about the study of life in the past. My studies regarded the vertebrate palaeontology, with particular attention to marine vertebrates. Now, my research is focused on the palaeobiology of the fossil marine mammals from the Pietra leccese formation (south Italy, upper-lower Miocene), also using digital investigation techniques such as the CT-scan and the finite elements analysis.
B. Sc. in Natural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2013. Thesis title “Morpho-functional analysis of the skeletal buccal apparatus of extinct and extant cetaceans”.
M. Sc. in Geosciences and Geotechnologies at the University of Pisa, 2016. Thesis title “Comparative study of turbinates of Aegyptocetus tarfa (Mammalia, Cetacea) from medium Eocene of Egypt through CT-scan”.
Palaeontological preparator at the Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Pisa, 2017. Preparation of several fossil vertebrate specimens kept at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2018 – 2021. Thesis Title: “The marine vertebrates of the Pietra leccese formation in the framework of the geodynamic, oceanographic and climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Sea during the Miocene: an integrated approach”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Vertebrate palaeontology
  • Functional anatomy
  • Study of CT-scans
  • Photogrammetry
  • Biomechanics

Research project: The marine vertebrates of the Pietra leccese formation in the framework of the geodynamic, oceanographic and climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Sea during the Miocene: an integrated approach

Supervisor:

Professor Giovanni Bianucci

Emanuele Peri

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Davide Festa

Festa Davide

davide.festa@unifi.it

My great interest in mountain environments since a very young age has enormously conveyed my choice of approaching the geological sciences in 2012, when I enrolled in the University of Bologna. During the first three years, Structural Geology was the main discipline that engaged my attention. Later, my focus has shifted to the assessment and mitigation of the risks posed by natural hazards, which is still the current topic of my research.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Bologna, 2016. Thesis Title: “Rilevamento e analisi di microfaglie a rigetto centimetrico nelle Arenarie di Loiano”.
Trainee at NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, 03/2018 – 06/2018.
M.Sc. in Geology and Land Management (Hydrogeological risk curriculum) at the University of Bologna, 2019. Thesis Title: “Debris flow susceptibility mapping for initiation areas at medium
scale: a case study in Western Norway”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Firenze, 2019 – Ongoing. Thesis Title: “Spatial and temporal analysis of interferometric data for ground deformation detection from local to national scale”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Remote Sensing
  • Landslide monitoring
  • Interferometry

Research project: Spatial and temporal analysis of interferometric data for ground deformation detection from local to national scale

Supervisors:

Professor Nicola Casagli
Dr Federico Raspini

Davide Festa

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Via La Pira N. 4
50121 Firenze
Italia

Edoardo Sanità

Edoardo Sanita

edoardo.sanita@unifi.it

Edoardo Sanità got his Master degree in June 2019, with a Thesis entitled “Relationships between Helminthoid Flysch and Briançonnais Units along the Italian-French border (Marguareis Massif, Maritime Alps)”. Edoardo Sanità dis the Erasmus student at the CNRS of Sophia Antipolis (Nizza, France) during the September-October 2019, where he focused on the Ar/Ar-based geochronological methods. Since November 2019 he is a PhD student of the University of Florence. The Edoardo Sanità research activity is mainly focused on the study of the very low-grade units deformed and metamorphosed at shallow structural levels from different areas, in particular, on the southwestern Alps and Northern Apennines. In the Northern Apennines the researches concentrate on the structural and tectonic evolution of the Tuscan Nappe and on the stratigraphic and structural evolution of the sedimentary cover of the ophiolites involved in the Eo-Mesoalpine accretionary prism. In the southwestern Alps, Edoardo Sanità’s research mainly concerns on the relationships between Helminthoid Flysch and Briançonnais Units involved in the Alpine wedge, with special attention to their sedimentary and structural histories.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Structural geology
  • Sedimentary evolution
  • Shallow levels tectonics
  • Provenance
  • Ar/Ar dating

Research project: The complexity of shallow levels tectonics during continental collision: evidence from the boundary between Maritime and Ligurian Alps.

Supervisors:

Professor Luca Pandolfi
Professor Jean Marc Lardeaux

Edoardo Sanità

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via La Pira N. 4
50121 Firenze
Italia

Nicola Nocentini

Nocentini Nicola

nicola.nocentini@phd.unipi.it

Geologist, fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Florence and volunteer forest fire fighting operator at the VAB association in Castiglion Fiorentino. I am particularly interested in civil protection issues such as the making of disaster prediction systems, their monitoring, emergency management and prevention techniques, even non-structural such as risk communication to citizens. In addition to dealing with natural risks my passion is cooking; mostly I like to eat pasta and drink wine.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2018. Thesis Title: “Application of a model for the operative forecasting of landslides in the province of Florence”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2020. Thesis Title: “Multi-criterial parameterization of soil geotechnical properties in the territory of the Metropolitan City of Florence for distributed and physically based modeling of the triggering of shallow landslides”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2020 – 2023. Thesis Title: “Analysis of the influence of rainfall and vegetation in the spatial and temporal forecast of landslides through machine learning approach”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Civil Protection
  • Natural Disasters
  • Geomorphology
  • Geotechnics
  • Hydrogeology
  • Geographic Information System

Research project: Analysis of the influence of rainfall and vegetation in the spatial and temporal forecast of landslides through machine learning approach.

Supervisors:

Professor Riccardo Fanti
Dr. Samuele Segoni

Nicola Nocentini

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Alessandro Vinciguerra

Vinciguerra

alessandro.vinciguerra@unifi.it

I’m a Geophysicist with a background in Geology. During my Master degree, I developed a strong interest in physics and numerical methods applied to earth science problems. In particular, I first became fascinated by different applied geophysics techniques (potential fields, resistivity methods), digital signal processing, and inverse problems. Currently, I’m working on Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) inversion algorithms applied to levees monitoring. BSc in Geological Sciences at University of Pisa, 2015. MSc in Applied and Exploration Geophysics at University of Pisa, 2017. Thesis title: “Full-Waveform Spectral IP. Implementation and evaluation of processing and inversion algorithms”. Junior researcher at University of Pisa – Department of Information Engineering, 2019- Differential SAR tomography. Ph.D. student in Earth Sciences at the University of Florence, 2019-2022. Thesis title: “Implementation and evaluation of inversion algorithms for time-lapse ERT data”.

RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Resistivity methods
  • Inverse problems
  • Geophysical modeling
  • Data processing

Research project: Implementation and evaluation of inversion algorithms for time-lapse ERT data.

Supervisors:

Professor Eusebio Stucchi
Dr. Mattia Aleardi
Professor Azadeh Hojat

Alessandro Vinciguerra

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via G. La Pira 4
50121, Firenze
Italia

 

Alessandro Vinciguerra

Vinciguerra min

alessandro.vinciguerra@unifi.it

I’m a Geophysicist with a background in Geology. During my Master degree, I developed a strong interest in physics and numerical methods applied to earth science problems. In particular, I first became fascinated by different applied geophysics techniques (potential fields, resistivity methods), digital signal processing, and inverse problems. Currently, I’m working on Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) inversion algorithms applied to levees monitoring. BSc in Geological Sciences at University of Pisa, 2015.
MSc in Applied and Exploration Geophysics at University of Pisa, 2017. Thesis title: “Full-Waveform Spectral IP. Implementation and evaluation of processing and inversion algorithms”. Junior researcher at University of Pisa – Department of Information Engineering, 2019- Differential SAR tomography. Ph.D. student in Earth Sciences at the University of Florence, 2019-2022. Thesis title: “Implementation and evaluation of inversion algorithms for time-lapse ERT data”.
 
 

RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Resistivity methods
  • Inverse problems
  • Geophysical modeling
  • Data processing

Research project: Implementation and evaluation of inversion algorithms for time-lapse ERT data.

Supervisors:

Professor Eusebio Stucchi
Professor Azadeh Hojat
Dr. Mattia Aleardi

Alessandro Vinciguerra

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via G. La Pira 4
50121, Firenze
Italia

Marco Merella

Merella Marco min

marco.marella@phd.unipi.it

Geologist and paleontologist, passionate with trekking and field trips. Since I was a child, I was totally fascinated by natures and animals. During the high school I figured out that I wanted to study Earth Science, in particular paleontology, and I decided to follow my passion. I started my studies in geology with a main focus on vertebrate paleontology, in particular on terrestrial mammals. My master studies have lead me on my current focus which is the study of marine vertebrates.
Bachelor’s degree in Geological Sciences at the University of “Roma Tre” of Rome, in 2017. Thesis title: “Canis (Mammalia, Canidae) from the Holocene deposits of Grotta la Sassa (Latina, Central Italy)”.
Master’s degree with honour in Geoscience and Geotechnologies at the University of Pisa, in 2019. Thesis title: “The lower Pliocene elasmobranch assemblage from Arcille (Campagnatico, Grosseto Province): paleoecological and paleoenvironmental significance”.
Ph.D. student in Earth Science at the University of Pisa. I am currently studying how to use the innovation of virtual technologies, for instance the 3D modeling, in vertebrate paleontology.
 
 

RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Paleobiology
  • Paleogeography
  • 3D modeling

Research project: 3D technologies and virtual reality for the study and museum valorisation of marine vertebrate fossils from the Pliocene of Tuscany

Supervisors:

Professor Giovanni Bianucci
Dr. Alberto Collareta

Marco Merella

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

 

Rachele Franceschini

Franceschini Rachele

rachele.franceschini@unifi.it

Geologist. I started my studies in geology with interest on geotechnology applied to environmental and territory with particular attention about remote sensing with the use of satellite interferometry technique. Currently I do research on the data mining method within newspaper articles with referring to landslide and flood events and I would like to apply the same method within crowd-sourcing platform as Twitter or Facebook to get, in real time, a spatial and temporal distribution about recent landslides or floods. The citizen become an “hot spot” of information, active and continuous. This would allow: 1) identifying and monitoring in real time the area involved; 2) mitigation of the effects through a better management and response by the relevant departments. Finally, the collection data will be used to update the landslide inventory and to get vulnerability assessment, damage estimation, validation of risk maps and the resilience assessment of risk elements.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2016. Thesis Title: “Geomorphology of the crags of the Upper Valdarno.”
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2018. Thesis Title: “Use of satellite interferometric data for monitoring of alpine regions”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Firenze, 2019 – nowadays. Thesis Title: “Analysis of community resilience during natural disasters using data mining on massive social network exchanges”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Geomorphological Mapping
  • Geostatistical analysis
  • Natural hazards
Research project: Analysis of community resilience during natural disasters using data mining on massive social network exchanges.

Supervisors:

Prof. Filippo Catani
Dr. Ascanio Rosi

Rachele Franceschini

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via La Pira N. 4
50121 Firenze
Italia

Linda Franceschi

Franceschi Linda

I am passionate about nature, outdoor activities, earth sciences in general. I started my studies in Geology in 2013 at the University of Pisa. I then specialized in Hydrogeology during the Master of Science, as I am profoundly interested in water resources management-related issues. I have been having the luxury to work on such aspects during my ongoing research activity.
Bachelor’s degree in Geological Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2016. Thesis Title: “Architecture, kinematics and metamorphism of the Thrust of Barbagia (central Sardinia)”.
Master's Degree in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Pisa, 2019. Thesis Title: “Hydrodynamic and geochemical-isotopic characterization of water circulation systems in carbonate aquifers in vulnerable environmental contexts: the system of Moresco springs (Southern Apuan Alps).
Qualified to practice the Geological profession in 2019.
Temporary Research Assistant at the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG) of CNR of Pisa since June 2020.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa since November 2020.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Aquifer systems
  • Georesources
  • Hydrogeological modeling
  • Climate changes

Research project: Groundwater dynamic in different hydrogeological and environment contexts: study of physical-chemical processes in aquifers and their sensitivity to climate and anthropic forcings.

Supervisors:

Professor Roberto Giannecchini
Dr. Marco Doveri
Dr. Matia Menichini

Linda Franceschi

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

 
 

Bianca Scateni

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bianca.scateni@phd.unipi.it

Geologist and traveler, passionated about nature and volcanoes.
I started my studies in geology with a focus in volcanology. I graduated in Pisa in 2016 and then I went to Spain specifically to the Canary Island; in there I work as a volcanological tour guide for two years.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2011. Thesis Title: “Studio delle ceneri dell’eruzione del 2010 del vulcano Eyjafjallajökull (Islanda): relazioni tra parametri morfologici e stile eruttivo”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Pisa, 2016. Thesis Title: “Studio dei prodotti del vulcano Solfatara (Campi Flegrei): ricostruzione della dinamica eruttiva”.
Junior Researcher at INGV of Pisa, 2019/2020. Research title: “Tefrocronologia ed eventi marker per la correlazione di archivi naturali nel Mare di Ross, Antartide” nell’ambito del progetto PNRA TRACERS”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2020 – 2023, Thesis Title: “Studio tefrocronologico della successione lacustre del maar di Castiglione (Italia Centrale) e valutazione del possibile impatto sul clima delle eruzioni esplosive dei vulcani peritirrenici”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Volcanology
  • Tephrochronology
  • Tephrostratigraphy

Research project: Studio tefrocronologico della successione lacustre del maar di Castiglione (Italia Centrale) e valutazione del possibile impatto sul clima delle eruzioni esplosive dei vulcani peritirrenici

Supervisor:

Dott. Di Roberto Alessio

Bianca Scateni

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia

Ayumu Ishikawa

Ishikawa Ayumu

ayumu.ishikawa@unifi.it

Volcanologist and football lover, enjoy skiing and cooking. 2011 Tohoku Japan earthquake and tsunami pushed me to go into physics and earth science. I learned particle physics during my undergraduate years and switched to geophysics. I am fascinated by spectacle of volcanic eruptions and interested in subsurface magma dynamics. Currently I am focusing on Stromboli volcano and working on data analysis and numerical modeling of ground deformation associated with diverse styles of eruptions such as summit small eruptions (“Strombolian”), lava effusion and paroxysmal explosions (“Paroxysm”).
B. SC. in Physics at Tohoku University, 2017.
Fellow of the International Joint Graduate Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences (GP-EES) at Tohoku Univ., 2018 - present.
M. SC. in Geophysics at Tohoku University, 2019. Thesis title: “Analysis of tilt signals associated with small explosions at Stromboli volcano”.
Ph.D. student in Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, April 2019 - present.
Ph.D. student in Earth Science at the University of Florence, November 2019 – present (Double-Degree Agreement with Tohoku Univ.).
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Physical volcanology
  • Geodesy
  • Seismology
  • Ground deformation before and during volcanic eruptions
  • Strombolian explosions
  • Paroxysmal explosions

Research project: Modeling ground deformation induced by explosive activity at Stromboli.

Supervisors:

Professor Takeshi Nishimura (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
Dr. Maurizio Ripepe (UNIFI)

Ayumu Ishikawa

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via G. La Pira 4
50121 Firenze
Italia

Alessia Falasconi

Falasconi Alessia

alessia.falasconi@unifi.it

I have always been drawn to planet’s history and its future from an early age. During my bachelor degree course, I got passionate about nature’s most powerful and destructive forces, the volcano. In front of the wonder of a Stromboli eruption in 2015, I was inspired to become a volcanologist travelling to remote corners of the globe to understand the internal workings of a volcano. Currently, I’m focused on the investigation of the main physical, rheological and compositional features (and of their syn-eruptive variability) driving magma ascent and dispersal to the surface in order to define dynamics and processes of large explosive events such as Plinian and Subplinian eruptions.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Urbino, 2016. Thesis title: “Caratterizzazione tessiturale e mineralogico-petrografica del tephra di età medioevale rinvenuto nel sito archeologico dell’Età del Bronzo del Villaggio di San Vincenzo (Stromboli, Isole Eolie).
Trainee at LMV – Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (Clermont-Ferrand), 10/2017 – 01/2018
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2019. Thesis title: “Volcanic blocks and bombs from pyroclastic density currents at Tungurahua Volcano (Ecuador)”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Firenze, 2019 – Ongoing. Thesis Title: “The products of the opening phase of large explosive eruptions: toward the understanding of the modalities and rates of eruption trigger and magma ascent”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Volcanology
  • Magma differentiation
  • Physics of Volcanoes
  • Monitoring systems on volcanoes
  • Volcanic Hazard

Research project: The products of the opening phase of large explosive eruptions: toward the understanding of the modalities and rates of eruption trigger and magma ascent

Supervisors:

Professor Raffaello Cioni
Professor Marco Pistolesi
Dr Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi

Alessia Falasconi

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via La Pira N. 4
50121 Firenze
Italia

Sonja Gaviano

Gaviano Sonja

sonja.gaviano@unifi.it

Geophysicist and interested in every kind of exploration and activity to get in touch with nature, from speleology to canyoning, from climbing to divings and, more recently, on cycle excursions with my mountain bike, I started my university studies looking at the stars and at the universe by getting my undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Cagliari. I then moved more closely to the Earth, by attending my master in Exploration and Applied Geophysics at the University of Pisa.
I’m now a PhD student in Earth Science at the University of Florence and I keep on my research at the INGV of Pisa. I’m focused on the application of Machine Learning and, in particular, Deep Learning techniques, to the study of earthquakes.

B.Sc in Physics at the University of Cagliari ( 2011 ). Thesis title: “ Rotating magnetic dipole emission and neutron stars minimum rotation period ”

M.Sc in Exploration and Applied Geophysics at the University of Pisa ( 2018 ). Thesis title:
“ The shallow, shear wave velocity structure beneath the VIRGO gravitational antenna from dense-array recordings of regional earthquakes”


RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Earthquake detection
  • Deep Learning
  • Signal analysis

Research project: Machine learning for seismic signal analysis

Supervisors:

Carlo Giunchi
Filippo Catani
Elena Cuoco

Sonja Gaviano

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia ( INGV ), sezione di Pisa
Via Cesare Battisti, 53
56125 Pisa
Italia

Marta Lazzaroni

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marta.lazzaroni@unifi.it

Since my bachelor thesis I was working both in the field and in laboratory, we used stable isotopes and U/Th for dating the speleothems and use them for a paleoclimatic reconstruction of the last 10000 years of the Rio Martino cave (Piedmont, Italy). Later on, I moved in Mexico for a training period focused on the mapping of caves in the Rio La Venta basin. I also participated to several extracurricular courses and schools. My MSc thesis, was focused on an environmental issue related to the contamination of boron in a shallow aquifer in Arezzo (Italy). With my second level master thesis, I used Earth Observation techniques for understand the evolution of a road in Ecuador. My experience at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, was focused on topics such as Water Harvesting, Nature Based Solutions and Innovative Technologies for waters management inside a Life project.
Actually I am PhD student and part of the research group who work in the Laboratories of Fluid and Rock Geochemistry and Stables Isotopes of Department of Earth Science of Florence. My work is focus on the mercury pollution in every matrix, his fate, transport, analytical methodologies and remediation strategies.
 
 
 

RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Mercury
  • Mine drainage
  • Environmental pollution
  • Human exposure to polluters
  • Computational geochemistry
  • Methods and remediation strategies
  • GIS and remote sensing applications
  • Geo-biologic interactions

Research project: Investigating Hg dispersion in the environment: the experience from the former mining area of Abbadia San Salvatore (Siena, Central Italy) between research and remediation perspectives of natural and anthropic matrices.

Supervisors:

Professor Orlando Vaselli

Marta Lazzaroni

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
Via G. La Pira n. 4
50121 Florence
Italia

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