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Education:
1989: Laurea (M.Sc.) in Geological Sciences, University of Parma, Italy
1996: Dottorato di Ricerca (PhD) in Earth Sciences, University of Parma, Italy
Experience:
September 1989 - November 1990 Professional collaboration for report editing (lakes of northern Appennines), Biology institute, University of Parma, Italy
November 1990 - November1992. EC GEOSCIENCE Program fellowship (Exploration Oriented Seismic modeling and inversion) at OGS
December 1992 - January 1993. Professional collaboration for seismic interpretation for preparation of ODP proposal n°330. Geology Deparment, University of Milano, Italy
October 1993 - November 1993. Guest researcher for the interpretation of seismic reflection data on the Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula. British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge, U.K).
August 1996 - August 2001. Temporary Scientist at OGS
August 2001 - December 2008. Permanent Scientist at OGS
January 2009 - January 2020. Senior scientist at OGS
January 2020 - date Director of Research at OGS
Interests:
Geological/geophysical exploration of polar margins, aimed at depositional processes and glacial history reconstruction.
Interacting downslope and alongslope deep sea sedimentary processes.
Integrated Solid Earth System research to:
Contribute to the study of Global Change and paleoclimate in particular, expecially at high (polar) latitudes, either north and south.
Contribute to the study of Geo-Hazards, in particular deep-sea landslisdes and instabilities.