Hi everyone, I'm Matteo Salvadori, a geologist and PhD student at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Pisa. During my Master's degree in Geological Science and Technology, I specialised in geochemistry and isotopic geochemistry, in particular on fluid-rock interaction, mixing processes, water origin and traceability. After graduation, I had the opportunity to work for 3 years as a Scholar Fellow at the Institute of Geosciences and Georesources (IGG-CNR), where I participated in many research projects in the field of hydrology and geochemistry of water and soils. This allowed me to deepen my knowledge of isotope geochemistry and learn how to use different analytical tools by working in different laboratories. With this background, in march 2023 I started a PhD research project to understand the origin, distribution and behaviour of lithium in deep saline waters hosted by sedimentary formations along the Northern Apennine foredeep. Research will consist in an integrate geoscience approach of field work and geochemical and isotopic analyses on different geological matrices (waters and rock) and conceptual modelling of Li cycle in Neogene sedimentary formation, aiming to promote sustainable methods for Li extraction and recovery from waters and brines.
B. Sc. in Geology at the University of Pisa, 2015. Thesis Title: “The Leivi (Genova) landslides of November 2014: study focused on the central-southern sector of the landslide slope”.
M. Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Pisa, 2019. Thesis Title: “Sedimentary volcanism in Azerbaijan: a study on the origin of sediments emitted by the mud volcanoes Perikushkul, Dashgil and Shikhzahirli and the effect of boron in controlling the crystallinity of illite”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Stable isotope
- Water-rock interaction
- Aquifer systems
- Georesources
- Climate change
- Energy transition
Research project: Lithium-rich waters in the foredeep-tectonic wedge zone of the Northern-Central Apennines (Italy): origin and evolution of a potential unconventional lithium resource.
Supervisors:
Professor Massimo D’Orazio (DST-UNIPI)
Dr Maddalena Pennisi (IGG-CNR Pisa)
Dr Andrea Dini (IGG-CNR Pisa)
Matteo Salvadori
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia