Serena Da Mommio is a Ph.D. candidate in Geosciences and Environment at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Pisa. After obtaining a BSc in Geological Sciences, she chose to pursue her career by focusing on geochemistry and volcanology. During her master's degree program at the University of Pisa, she gained practical laboratory experience in morphological, textural and geochemical characterization of fine-grained volcanic particles. His main area of study has been La Palma (Canary Islands). Her research project is based on the multidisciplinary study of volcanic tephra with the objective of investigating the conduit processes (dissolution of volatiles, fragmentation and magma ascent) in order to reconstruct the eruptive dynamics, in addition to the analysis on ash precipitates by leaching processes that will allow to assess the potential environmental impact of ash related to the release of toxic and potentially toxic elements into the environment. The study will also focus on the analysis of tephra and cryptotephra in marine cores and will allow reconstructing the chronology of volcanic events and investigating the dynamics of turbidite formation and tsunamigenic landslides that occurred along the coast of Stromboli volcano (Aeolian Islands). Combining these results, the study will provide advances in understanding eruption dynamics and tephrostratigraphic reconstructions by comparing variable types of material and including the use of innovative analytical techniques.
-M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Pisa Thesis: Textural and compositional characterization of volcanic ash from the eruption of Tajogaite volcano (La Palma, Canary Islands): implications for fragmentation mechanisms and eruptive dynamics.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Vulcanology
- Geochemistry
- Volcanic ash leaching
- Geo-environmental risk
- La Palma (Canary Islands)
Research project: Multidisciplinary investigations of volcanic ash: from eruptive dynamics to environmental impact.
Supervisors:
Professor Marco Pistolesi (DST-UNIPI)
Dr Alessio Di Roberto (INGV Pisa)
Serena Da Mommio
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia