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Anna Tanzini

Tanzini Anna

anna.tanzini@phd.unipi.it

Geologist. I like nature, outdoor activities and earth sciences in general.
I started my studies in Geology at the University of Siena. I focused on applied geophysics, GIS analysis, numerical analysis, seismic microzonation and mitigation of seismic risks.
Currently my research activity is focused on the development and application of fast geophysical procedures for the assessment of local seismic hazard.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Siena, 2013. Thesis title: “Analisi micro-paleontologiche di una successione pliocenica nei pressi di Roccastrada (GR)”.
M.Sc. in Geosciences and Applied Geology at the University of Siena, 2018. Thesis title: “Validazione degli abachi per la stima del Fattore di Amplificazione (FA) in base ai dati raccolti nell’area colpita dalla sequenza sismica del 2016”
Qualified to practice geology in 2019.
Fellow at the University of Siena - Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, 2020. “Analisi numeriche della risposta sismica locale 1D”
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2020 - 2023. Thesis title: “Development and application of fast geophysical procedures for the assessment of local seismic hazard”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Applied Geophysics
  • GIS
  • Seismic microzonation
  • Local seismic hazard

Research project: Development and application of fast geophysical procedures for the assessment of local seismic hazard

Supervisors:

Professor Dario Albarello

Anna Tanzini

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

Simone Paternostro

Paternostro Simone 2021 02 02

simone.paternostro@unifi.it

My PhD research have two main objectives: a) understand the evolution of bimodal magmatism through the microanalytical, chemical and isotopic study of the minerals that make up the Monte Amiata volcanic rocks in order to be able to estimate the geo-thermobarometric and crystallization conditions. b) investigate from an experimental approach the petrophysics characteristic of the Monte Amiata volcanites to better understand the fluid circulation capacity of the rock. My scientific skills are: petrographic investigations of rocks under the optical microscope. Analytical chemistry of major and trace elements on glass and minerals by Electron Probe Micro Analyses (EPMA), Laser-Ablation-Inductively-Coupled-Plasma (LA–ICP–MS). Sr-Nd-Pb isotope analyses and micro-analyses of solid materials by powder digestion and chromatographic Sr-purification in ultra-clean laboratory (‘Class 1000’) followed by isotope measurements at Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS).
B.Sc in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2015. Thesis Title: “Diffrattometric, chemical and textural characterization of a crystallised enamel artifact and of its ceramic substrate” (supervisor Prof. P. Bonazzi)
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2017-18. Thesis Title: “The persistence of the stationary system to the Stromboli volcano, investigated through the compositional analysis of products erupted in the last decade” (supervisor Prof. L. Francalanci).
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Igneous Petrology
  • Isotope Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy/Petrography
  • Volcanology
  • Field Geology

Research project: Evaluation of the thermal potential of the Amiata Geothermal Field: Geochemical, Petrologic and Petrophysic data.

Supervisors:

Professor Sandro Conticelli
Professor Orlando Vaselli

Simone Paternostro

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

Simone Paternostro

Paternostro Simone

simone.paternostro@unifi.it

My PhD research have two main objectives: a) understand the evolution of bimodal magmatism through the microanalytical, chemical and isotopic study of the minerals that make up the Monte Amiata volcanic rocks in order to be able to estimate the geo-thermobarometric and crystallization conditions. b) investigate from an experimental approach the petrophysics characteristic of the Monte Amiata volcanites to better understand the fluid circulation capacity of the rock. My scientific skills are: petrographic investigations of rocks under the optical microscope. Analytical chemistry of major and trace elements on glass and minerals by Electron Probe Micro Analyses (EPMA), Laser-Ablation-Inductively-Coupled-Plasma (LA–ICP–MS). Sr-Nd-Pb isotope analyses and micro-analyses of solid materials by powder digestion and chromatographic Sr-purification in ultra-clean laboratory (‘Class 1000’) followed by isotope measurements at Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS).
B.Sc in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2015. Thesis Title: “Diffrattometric, chemical and textural characterization of a crystallised enamel artifact and of its ceramic substrate” (supervisor Prof. P. Bonazzi)
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2017-18. Thesis Title: “The persistence of the stationary system to the Stromboli volcano, investigated through the compositional analysis of products erupted in the last decade” (supervisor Prof. L. Francalanci).
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Igneous Petrology
  • Isotope Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy/Petrography
  • Volcanology
  • Field Geology

Research project: Evaluation of the thermal potential of the Amiata Geothermal Field: Geochemical, Petrologic and Petrophysic data.

Supervisors:

Professor Sandro Conticelli
Professor Orlando Vaselli

Simone Paternostro

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

Zara Franceschini

Franceschini Zara

zara.franceschini@phd.unipi.it

Fascinated by all the processes which built and continue to shape our planet, I started my study in geology and focused then in particular on the wide aspects of volcanology. Currently, I’m investigating the Central sector of the Main Ethiopian Rift, where many explosive volcanic phases led to the emplacement of numerous large volume ignimbrites deposits and the remnants of several calderas. Through a multidisciplinary study, which integrates field investigation with several types of laboratory analyses, we aim to increase our knowledge on the volcanic activity and the geochronology of the main large eruptions occurred in the last 4 My, their impacts and their relations with the tectonic evolution of the rift.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2014. Thesis title: “Geotechnical characterization of materials for the analog modeling of landslides”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2018. Thesis title: Evolution and characteristics of volcanic activity in the Ririba rift (Southern Ethiopia)”.
PhD student in Earth Sciences with a co-tutorship PhD between the University of Pisa and the University of Orléans, 2018 – Present. Thesis title: “Large explosive volcanic events and tectonic evolution of continental rift in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Volcanology
  • Field volcanology
  • Continental rifting
  • Structural geology

Research project: Large explosive volcanic events and tectonic evolution of continental rift in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

Supervisors:

Professor Federico Sani (Unifi)
Professoressa Gaëlle Prouteau (ISTO, Orléans, France)
Professor Raffaello Cioni (Unifi)

Zara Franceschini

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

Matteo Nigro

Nigro Matteo

matteo.nigro@phd.unipi.it

Matteo Nigro is a Ph.D. student of the Earth Science Department at the University of Pisa. The Ph.D. research activity is mainly focused on the geomorphological, hydrogeological and geochemical responses of stream catchment to wildfire perturbation. The main goal of the project is to address such perturbations induced in the mountainous catchment of the Monte Piasno area (Calci and Vicopisano municipality, province of Pisa, Italy) by the 2018 and 2019 wildfires.
His university formation mainly focused on water related disciplines, such as hydrogeology, geochemistry, isotopic-geochemistry, chemistry of inorganic and organic pollutants. Moreover, he is also interested in GIS softwares, cartography and WebGIS application coding (Openlayer 6 coding online course completed in 2020). In 2020 he published a hiking and muontainbike map for the Colline Livornesi area (both on AvenzaMaps App. and with a dedicated WebGIS and Android application hosted on GitHub) and a hiking map of the Tigullio Ligure area (available on AvenzaMap App.). For passion, from 2019 he is a certified mountain bike guide.
B. Sc. in Geology at University of Pisa, 2017. Thesis concerning the evaluation of high arsenic level below an urban waste landfill.
M. Sc. in Geological Science and Technology at the University of Pisa, 2020. Thesis concerning the reconstruction of a conceptual model for two complex and partially contaminated (by acid mine drainages) karst aquifer systems located in the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). The geometrical structure, the geochemical and isotopic characteristics and the hydrodynamics and water circulation was analysed.

RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Wildfire landscape perturbation
  • Soil hydrology
  • Geomorphology
  • Karst aquifers
  • Climate change

Research project: Study of recent fire impact on geomorphologic processes, hydrologic behavior and water resources in the Monte Pisano area (northwestern Tuscany).

Supervisors:

Professor Roberto Giannecchini (DST-UNIPI)
Dr. Marco Doveri (IGG-CNR Pisa)

Matteo Nigro

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

Maria Alexandra Bulzinetti

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alexandra.bulzinetti@phd.unipi.it

I am passionate about nature, animals, in particular horses and outdoor activities, so in 2011 I decided to enroll in the Geology course at the University of Urbino to realize these passions.
I discovered that geology allows us to know the environment and teaches us to respect it.
B.Sc Geological Sciences and Territory Management at the Carlo Bo University of Urbino with a thesis entitled "Observed based landscape, the cultural experiences that govern the perception of the landscape ".
M.Sc. Environmental Geology and Management of Territory at the Carlo Bo University of Urbino with a thesis entitled " Modeling for the distributed calculation of the stability of slopes: sensitivity analysis to the aggregation of the output data and identification of operational criteria”.
I'm currently a researcher at the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Florence and I am working with a grant entitled "Calibration, optimization and validation of predictive models for the triggering of landslides" and I am also enrolled in the regional PhD course in Earth Sciences, with a project called “Landslides triggered by rainfall: from modeling towards operational application over large areas”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Field surveys
  • Gis software
  • Landslide prediction
  • Forecast model
  • Hydrology
  • Civil Protection
  • Natural Hazard

Research project: Landslides triggered by rainfall: from modeling towards operational application over large areas.

Supervisors:

Prof.ssa Veronica Tofani
Dr. Samuele Segoni

Maria Alexandra Bulzinetti

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

Irene Centauro

Centauro Irene min

i.centauro@phd.unipi.it

Conservation Scientist. My research activities are focused on the diagnostics of stone materials used in Architectural Cultural Heritage, like historic buildings and monuments. The main purpose of my project is the setup of a protocol of non-destructive investigations for the protection of historic buildings and the prevention of the risk of collapse of the stone elements. I’m also working in the development of a management system for the survey data, to support monitoring and intervention planning.
B.Sc in Technologies for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the University of Florence. Thesis title: “Characterization of organic binders in pictorial layers on wall surfaces”.
M.Sc. in Science and Materials for Conservation and Restoration at the University of Florence. Thesis title: “Influence of Natural Organic Materials on the Properties of Traditional Lime-Based Mortars”.
Research Fellow at the University of Florence, 2019 – Present. Analysis of the chemical, physical and mechanical characteristics of innovative restoration materials and surveys to determine their usability.
Ph.D Student in Earth Sciences, 2020 – Present. Project: “Monitoring and predictive diagnostics of physical and mechanical decay phenomena of natural and artificial architectural stone elements: integrated methodology for the protection and risk prevention in Cultural Heritage”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Building Materials
  • NDTs for Cultural Heritage
  • Physical and mechanical characterization of Stone Materials
  • GIS
  • Data Analysis & Visualization

Research project: Monitoring and predictive diagnostics of physical and mechanical decay phenomena of natural and artificial architectural stone elements: integrated methodology for the protection and risk prevention in Cultural Heritage.

Supervisor:

Professor Carlo Alberto Garzonio

Irene Centauro

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

Stefano Natali

Natali Stefano

stefano.natali@unifi.it

Environmental scientist and traveller, passionate about nature exploring, hiking and mushroom hunting. I have focused my academic career on hydrological sciences, including hydrogeochemistry and isotope hydrology. I am interested in understanding the potential impacts of climate change on the water cycle by studying the current hydrological processes and comparing it with past climatic conditions. I also deal with aspects concerning environmental geochemistry and hydrogeology. Currently, I’m attending a PhD course at the University of Florence and University of Pisa (2019-2022). The main goal of my project is to quantify the influence of moisture origin and air mass trajectories on rainfall isotopic composition in an area of western Mediterranean (Tuscany, Italy). The research has implications on the understanding of recharge mechanisms of groundwater as well as on the interpretation of isotopic signatures preserved in past climatic archives.
- MSc from the University of Pisa in 2018 with a thesis on vulnerability of a carbonate aquifer to thallium contamination in a past-mining area (Apuan Alps, Italy)
- Collaboration in 2019 with a company (TerreLogiche Srl) for geochemical investigations on landfills
- Post-graduate scholarship in 2019 at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa, Italy), where I was involved in two international projects concerning Nature-based solutions for water management.
- Since 2020 I am associate researcher at IGG-CNR (Pisa, Italy), where I also completed two traineeships in 2015 and 2018 in the laboratories of water and isotopic chemistry.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Hydrogeochemistry
  • Isotope hydrology
  • Environmental geochemistry
  • Paleohydrology and paleoclimate
  • Groundwater resources
  • Meteorology
  • GIS analyses

Research project: Study of the O-H isotope signature of meteoric and seepage water in Tuscany in relation to origin of air masses: implications for palaeohydrological reconstructions and future projections

Supervisors:

Professor Giovanni Zanchetta (DST-UNIPI)
Dr. Marco Doveri (IGG-CNR)
Professor Roberto Giannecchini (DST-UNIPI)

Stefano Natali

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

Chiara Maccelli

Chiara Maccelli Foto 2

c.maccelli1@studenti.unipi.it

Geologist, or rather geochemist, passionate traveler, and sea lover.
I have focused my studies on waters geochemistry, especially on heavy metals research. Currently, my research is focused on investigating the presence of heavy metals in waters, suspended solids, and sediments. I will carry out isotopic analyses to produce a statistical model of the phenomenon. The research area includes the hydrographic system of the Valdinievole sub-basin, the Padule di Fucecchio and the Usciana River, which are located in the western part of Tuscany (Italy). Many relevant anthropic activities and enterprises, such as paper mill industries, flora-nursery farms, and one of the most productive Italian tanning districts, are carried out in the area we are investigating. All of these activities are hazardous for the environmental and for the human health.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Study of Florence, A.A. 2015-2016. Thesis Title: “Petrography and mineral chemistry of an unequilibrated chondrite”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologists at the University of Study of Florence, A.A. 2018-2019. Thesis Title: “Heavy metals contamination in surface waters and suspended materials from the Usciana River, Tuscany”.
Ph.D. student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2020-2023. Thesis Title: “Natural and anthropogenic contributions of heavy metals from suspended solids, sediments, and fresh waters from the Valdinievole sub-basin, Padule di Fucecchio and Usciana River (Tuscany, Italy)”.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Water and environmental geochemistry

Heavy metals pollution

Stable isotopes

Research project: Natural and anthropogenic contributions of heavy metals from suspended solids, sediments, and fresh waters from the Valdinievole sub-basin, Padule di Fucecchio and Usciana River (Tuscany, Italy).

Supervisors:

Dott.ssa Barbara Nisi (CNR)
Dott. Claudio Natali (UNIFI)

Chiara Maccelli

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

Giovanni Poneti

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giovanni.poneti@phd.unipi.it

Geologist and traveler, passionate about hiking and outdoor activities. Thanks to the passion of one of my professors, I realized in my senior year of high school that I wanted to study Geology. During my university studies, I got interested on stratigraphic and sedimentological issues. Over the years, I focused on the analysis of sedimentary basins. I also realized the importance of geophysical data (especially seismic data) for the development of our knowledge about the evolution and characterization of sedimentary basins. For this reason, my PhD work focuses on the integration of geological and geophysical data to understand the development of Tuscan hinterland basins.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Florence, 2016. Thesis Title: “Stratigraphic indicators of paleotectonics inside the Marne di Galiga.(Cervarola Falter ona Unit)(Rufina Mugello)”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Florence, 2020. Thesis Title: “Facies architecture of incised fluvial valley: examples from Middle Jurassic and Eocene of Central High Atlas (Morocco)”.
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2020. Thesis Title: “The late-collisional basins of the northern Apennines, from origin to resource: integrated seismo-stratigraphic and surface geology analysis of the Valdelsa and Valdera basins (Central Tuscany, Italy)”.
RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Basins analysis
  • Seismic-stratigraphy interpretation
  • Structural analysis
  • Geodinamic

Research project: Seismic-stratigraphic interpretation from seismic database regarding two Tuscan hinterland basins.

Supervisors:

Professor Marco Benvenuti (UniFi)
Professor Nicola Scarselli (RHUL)
Dr Jonathan Craig (Eni S.p.A.)

Giovanni Poneti

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

Gianmaria Tortelli

gianmaria tortelli

tortelli.gianmaria@unfi.it

Earth science researcher with particular interest in geochemistry, petrology and volcanology, currently working on the recent magmatism of the Afar depression in Ethiopia. Passionate about the mechanisms of magma genesis, storage and transport in relation to their geodynamic context.
I started my research studying the marginal volcanism of the Afar depression, investigating its evolution and its relation with the axial rift segments while now, during my PhD, I’m working on the recent magmatic formations in central Afar (<4 Ma). By means of field observations, analytic and micro-analytic analysis and dating the aim of my research is to characterize in time and space the mantle source, the magmatic processes and the plumbing system architecture of this formations. By integrating the results with studies of other disciplines the main goal is to reconstruct the spatial and temporal evolution of the magmatism in relation the geodynamic contest of the on-going rifting in Afar.
M.Sc Thesis: The Ma’alalta volcano and its relation with the rift magmatic segments in Afar: A petrological, volcanological, geochemical and seismic approach
PhD Thesis: Geochemistry and petrology to understand the evolution of the Stratoids and younger volcanism in Afar

RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrology
  • Volcanology
  • Petrography
  • Geodynamic

Research project: Geochemistry and petrology to understand the evolution of the Stratoids and younger volcanism in Afar

Supervisors:

Professor Anna Gioncada (UniPi)
Professor Carolina Pagli (UniPi)
Professor Derek Boswell Keir (UniFi)

Gianmaria Tortelli

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

Fiorenza Torricella

Torricella Fiorenza

fiorenza.torricella@phd.unipi.it

I am geologist and traveller, passionate about polar areas and extreme environments. During my Bachelor, I studied Antarctic paleoenvironmental changes through the sedimentological analysis of Antarctic marine cores, and then, during my Master's, I focused on micropaleontology, in particular on polar marine diatoms. Currently, I’m investigating the Holocene environmental changes of polar areas (North and South Hemispheres) through the study of marine diatoms and radiolaria assemblages and grain size analyses of the sediment. Currently, I am involved in different international projects, one of these, allowed me to visit the Korean laboratory of KIOST, University of Pusan, and KOPRI (Republic of Korea).
I participated in an oceanographic cruise in the Adriatic Sea, and to field works to study sea-level change at Egadi Islands and in Greece. I was co-organizer of the IVPDAY congress and I worked in the scientific museums of Trieste. I have been participating in scientific divulgation since 2014.
B.Sc. In Geological Sciences at the University of Trieste, 2016. Thesis Title: ‘’ Indagini sedimentologiche su una carota prelevata nell’area di scarpata del Mare di Ross (Antartide) ‘’. M.Sc. in Geosciences at the University of Trieste, 2018. Thesis Title: ‘’Caratterizzazione di ambienti di sedimentazione di tephra nel Mare di Ross Occidentale’’. Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2018-2021. Thesis Title: “Micropaleontological and sedimentological study of marine sediment cores in the Polar regions in the last 2 ka”. From 2019 to 2021 - tutoring and teaching support activities for “Geology 1” course at the DST at the University of Pisa
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Marine Polar Diatoms and Radiolaria
  • Marine Geology
  • Paleoenviromental reconstructions
  • Climate Change
  • Holocene

Research project: Micropaleontological and sedimentological study of marine sediment cores in the Polar regions in the last 2 ka

Supervisors:

Prof. Caterina Morigi (UniPI)
Prof. Ester Colizza (UniTS)

Fiorenza Torricella

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

Lucrezia Valeriani

Valeriani Lucrezia.jpeg

lucrezia.valeriani@phd.unipi.it

Geologist and traveler, passionate about hiking and nature. My research project focuses on performing chemical and isotope analyses (Sr, Nd and Pd isotopes) on the Melt Inclusions (MIs) hosted in olivine crystals in Mount Amiata and in other volcanic areas in Central Italy (i.e. Radicofani, Vulsini, San Venanzo, Cimini, Albani, Sabatini volcanoes). My interests regard the Central Italian potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism and the main mechanisms which led to compositional changes between the magmas of the Tuscan Magmatic Province and those of the Roman Magmatic Province. Currently, I am involved in the CARG project for the geological mapping of Mount
Amiata, in Tuscany, Italy.
B.Sc. in Geological Science at the University of Padova, 2015. Thesis Title: “CO2 degassing
from sediments intruded by CAMP sills in the Amazonas Basin”.
M.Sc. in Geology and Technical geology at the University of Padova, 2017. Thesis Title: “Degassing from sediments intruded by CAMP basalts during the end-Triassic extinction event”.
Junior researcher at the University of Utrecht (NL), 2019. “Constraining end-Triassic carbon
cycle perturbations from single fern spore carbon isotope records”.
Research Fellow at the University of Florence, 2020. “Study on the geographical traceability of
extra virgin olive oil in the Tuscany region”
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2020-Present. Thesis Title: “The Mt Amiata-Radicofani volcanoes: a window into the subcontinental lithospheric mantle”.

RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Isotope geochemistry
  • Petrography
  • Magmatic Provinces
  • Melt inclusions
  • Magma and sediments degassing
  • GIS analyses

Research project: The Mt Amiata-Radicofani volcanoes: a window into the subcontinental lithospheric mantle.

Supervisors:

Prof. Simone Tommasini
Prof. Sandro Conticelli

Lucrezia Valeriani

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

Lucrezia Valeriani

Valeriani Lucrezia.jpeg

lucrezia.valeriani@phd.unipi.it

Geologist and traveler, passionate about hiking and nature. My research project focuses on performing chemical and isotope analyses (Sr, Nd and Pd isotopes) on the Melt Inclusions (MIs) hosted in olivine crystals in Mount Amiata and in other volcanic areas in Central Italy (i.e. Radicofani, Vulsini, San Venanzo, Cimini, Albani, Sabatini volcanoes). My interests regard the Central Italian potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism and the main mechanisms which led to compositional changes between the magmas of the Tuscan Magmatic Province and those of the Roman Magmatic Province. Currently, I am involved in the CARG project for the geological mapping of Mount
Amiata, in Tuscany, Italy.
B.Sc. in Geological Science at the University of Padova, 2015. Thesis Title: “CO2 degassing
from sediments intruded by CAMP sills in the Amazonas Basin”.
M.Sc. in Geology and Technical geology at the University of Padova, 2017. Thesis Title: “Degassing from sediments intruded by CAMP basalts during the end-Triassic extinction event”.
Junior researcher at the University of Utrecht (NL), 2019. “Constraining end-Triassic carbon
cycle perturbations from single fern spore carbon isotope records”.
Research Fellow at the University of Florence, 2020. “Study on the geographical traceability of
extra virgin olive oil in the Tuscany region”
Ph.D. Student in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2020-Present. Thesis Title: “The Mt Amiata-Radicofani volcanoes: a window into the subcontinental lithospheric mantle”.

RESEARCH INTEREST 
  • Isotope geochemistry
  • Petrography
  • Magmatic Provinces
  • Melt inclusions
  • Magma and sediments degassing
  • GIS analyses

Research project: The Mt Amiata-Radicofani volcanoes: a window into the subcontinental lithospheric mantle.

Supervisors:

Prof. Simone Tommasini
Prof. Sandro Conticelli

Lucrezia Valeriani

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

Luca Tinagli

Tinagli Luca

luca.tinagli@phd.unipi.it

I have always been interested in nature and caving. I focused my studies on petrology, geochemistry, and ore deposits.
My PhD project focuses on the link between ore and magmatic body geometries in southern Tuscany.
I am tracking the Fe source(s) in the crust involved in the hydrothermal-magmatic processes by non-traditional Fe isotopes. I would like to demonstrate the source(s) of the characterizing element, Fe, involved in the hydrothermal-magmatic processes in southern Tuscany.
B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at the University of Pisa, 2014. Thesis Title: “Underground geological survey of skarn and Pb-Fe mineralizations, Buca Grande di Montorsi, Campiglia M.ma, Tuscany”.
M.Sc. in Geological Sciences and Technologies at the University of Pisa, 2017. Thesis Title: “Geology and geochemistry of Monte Valerio Sn-mineralization (Campiglia M.ma, Tuscany)”.
PhD. Student since 2018 in Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa. Thesis Title: “Tracking magmatism and metallogeny in the continental crust (Southern Tuscany) with Fe isotope systematics”
Associate researcher since 2020 at IGG-CNR (Pisa, Italy)
RESEARCH INTEREST
  •  Geological Field Mapping
  •  Ore Deposit Geology
  •  Petrography and Petrology
  •  Isotopes

Research project: Tracking magmatism and metallogeny in the continental crust (Southern Tuscany) with Fe isotope systematics.

Supervisors:

Professor Sergio Rocchi (DST-UniPi)
Co-supervisor:
Dr. Andrea Dini (IGG-CNR) and Dr. Simone (IGG-CNR)

Luca Tinagli

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

Rebecca Bruni

Bruni Rebecca

rebecca.bruni@phd.unipi.it

Geophysicist and nature lover I like hiking to reach new places and take pictures of the beauties that nature offers me along the way. I started my studies in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Florence, and continued to obtain a master degree in Exploration and Applied Geophysics at the University of Pisa. From 2017, I attended a Research Fellowship at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) – Pisa. I am currently a PhD student in Earth Science at the University of Pisa and in close collaboration with the INGV of Pisa. I’m investigating the seismicity in the Northern Apennines, in particular of the Mugello basin area.
B.Sc. in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Florence, 2013. Thesis title: “The LABEC XRF spectrometer for in-situ analysis of Cultural Heritage. An example of application to the ancient Japanese swords”.
M.Sc. in Exploration and Applied Geophysics at the University of Pisa, 2016. Thesis title: “Characterization of the microseismicity induced by artificial water reservoir: Pietra del Pertusillo Lake Dam, Val d’Agri, Italy”.
Research Fellowship at INGV – Pisa, 2017. Title: “Analysis and characterization of the low-energy seismicity, registered by the National Seismic Network (RSN) and other local networks, in a geothermal area”.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Seismology
  • Earthquake Geology
  • Seismic Tomography
  • Ambient Noise Analysis
  • Structural Geology

Research project: Analysis of the seismicity in the Mugello basin and nearby areas.

Supervisors:

Dr Gilberto Saccorotti
Professor Derek Boswell Keir
Professor Federico Sani

Rebecca Bruni

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

Alessandra Borghini

Borghini Alessandra

alessandra.borghini@phd.unipi.it

I am a science and mathematics teacher with a passion for geosciences. I have been working as a Secondary School teacher since 2009. During my career, I have had several experiences ranging from adult education to collaboration in international projects (Comenius “Magic Bricks for European Citizenship”). I also coordinated, for three years, the work of the “Laboratorio del Sapere Scientifico” (Scientific Knowledge Laboratory) for the I.C. of Volterra.
I have an academic background in Natural science, I graduated in 2004 at the University of Pisa. Thesis Title: “Studio sedimentologico, malacologico ed isotopico di una carota proveniente dal lago di Pergusa (Sicilia)”.
The research work I am currently conducting deals with Geosciences Education, and in particular with the investigation of the presence and formation of misconceptions, conceptual change and teaching methodologies.
 

RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Earth science education
  • Concept formation
  • Teaching methodologies
  • Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE)

Research project: Analysis of educational paths towards a more effective teaching of Earth science, from preschool to high school

Supervisors:

Professor Elena Bonaccorsi
Professor Anna Gioncada

Alessandra Borghini

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

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Presidente
Prof.ssa Monica Bini
monica.bini@unipi.it

Coordinatore didattico
Dott.ssa Giuseppina Siniscalco
giuseppina.siniscalco@unipi.it
Orario di ricevimento della Segreteria:
Dal lunedì al venerdì 12.30-13.30

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