Vincenzo Stagno, PhD

I am a geologist with a specific interest in experimental geochemistry and petrology, volcanology, mineral physics, material science at extreme conditions and many other scientific disciplines that can satisfy my curiosity about our planet, Earth. My love for science began as hunter of fossils, minerals and shells in the surroundings of my hometown, Palermo (Sicily). Years after, as I took the ferry to the Aeolian Islands, I discovered the fascinating world made of volcanoes, fumaroles and igneous rocks. One day, accidentally, I entered "the lab", the place where I could make rocks with my hands, explore the deep Earth and simulate magmatic processes under controlled variables such as time, temperature, pressure, composition and oxygen fugacity. Hence, I made of the experimental petrology the tool to link the volatile degassing through volcanoes to the active Earth's interior over the geological timescale.