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Ph.D students
Federica Benedetti (PhD in Earth Observation funded by Protezione Civile)
Topic:
- Deep Hg Cycle through analyses of igneous rocks (Etna lavas) and gases (Paterno', Penna in Teverina, Campi Flegrei);
- Hg partitioning at high pressures and temperatures using the multi anvil press;
- Raman spcetroscpy on fluid and melt inclusions of Emeishan LIP picrites
Edoardo di Rollo (PhD in Earth Sciences funded by INGV on the INFILTRATES project)
Topic:
- Earth's lower mantle mineralogy;
- Polymorphic back-transformation reactions as potential geo-speedometer for super deep diamonds;
- Diamond inclusions.
Master students
Tommaso M. Morelli (master thesis in Earth Sciences)
Topic:
- Mars' mineralogy and petrology;
- carbon-carbonate speciation in Mars' interior using HP-T facilities;
Davide Ciccariello (master thesis in Earth Sciences)
Topic:
- Hg abundance in terrestrial lavas, meteorites and Moon;
- Hg origin and speciation in lavas from Etna lava flows (20012002);
Bachelor students
Arianna Fabrianesi (bachelor thesis in Natural Sciences)
Topic:
- REE: origin, distribution, abundances and applications from terrestrial to lunar environments.
Arianna Sciusco (bachelor thesis in Sciences and Technologies for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage)
Topic:
- Decorative stone materials: a comparison between the Dachtylioteca of Pope Leo XII and Belli Collection at MUST.
ALUMNI
Antonio Angellotti (PhD in Earth Sciences, 2026 - Rome) Earth's mantle mineralogy and petrology through the study of lithospheric diamonds. Now, postdoc at INAF-IAPS, Rome.
Lavinia Rech (master in Conservation for Cultural Heritage, 2025 - Rome) La Dattilioteca di Papa Leone XII.
Giulia Marras (PhD in Earth Sciences, 2025 - Rome) Oxy-thermobarometry on eclogites and eclogitic inclusions in natural diamonds. Now MarieCurie Fellow at KU Leuven.
Jacopo Bovenzi (master in Earth Sciences, 2023 - Rome) Petrological investigation of trace elements used as geochemical proxy of sedimentary records associated to Mass Extinction events.
Antonio Angellotti (master in Earth Sciences, 2023 - Rome) Bridgmanite-to-opx back transformation observed by Raman spectroscopy.
Pietro Todesco (master SSAS student 2023 - Rome) Vibrational properties and atomic structure of Ti-bearing glasses.
Federica Benedetti (M. Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2023 - Rome) Petrological investigation of trace elements used as geochemical proxy of sedimentary records; Picrites: Petrology and liquid rheology.
Lorenzo Di Francesco (bachelor in Earth Sciences, 2023 - Rome) From petrography to experimental petrology: how to reproduce in the laboratory P and T of the Earth's mantle.
Simone Di Massa (bachelor in Earth Sciences, 2023 - Rome) Mantle petrology through the analyses of natural peridotites, eclogites and mineral inclusions in diamonds.
Beatrice Celata (PhD candidate, March 2023 - Rome) Turmalines at High pressure and Temperatures. Now research fellow at Sapienza Univ., Rome.
Antonio Matteoli Rheological properties of Ti-rich melts.
Sara Carbone (M. Sc. in Applied Sciences to Cultural Heritage, June 2022) Spectroscopic characterization of gems and diamonds of Leone XII Dactyliotheca.
Veronica Stopponi (PhD candidate) Rheology, structure and ascent rate of volatile-bearing magmas at Earth’s upper mantle conditions. Now, postdoc at CNR-ISSMC.
Barbara Bonechi (PhD candidate, March 2020 - Rome) High pressure experiments on kinetic and rheological properties of primitive alkaline magmas: constraints on deep magmatic processes at the Campi Flegrei volcanic District. Now postdoc at Manchester Univ., UK.
Lavinia Rech (bachelor in Applied Sciences to Cultural Heritage, Jan 2021 - Rome) Petrographic and mineralogical characterization of the stone materials belonging to the Belli’s collection of the MUST.
Andreea Lazaroiu (bachelor in Applied Sciences to Cultural Heritage, Dec 2020 - Rome) Petrographic and mineralogical characterization of the stone materials belonging to the Belli’s collection of the MUST.
Luca Samuele Capizzi (postdoc, Oct 2018 - Nov 2020 - Rome) Tourmalines at high pressure and temperature.
Antonio Matteoli (B.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2020 - Rome) Reproducing Pressure and Temperature of the Earth’s Mantle using the Diamond Anvil Cell.
Nicolo' Codispoti (B.Sc. in Earth Science, 2020 - Rome) From planetesimals to Earth's accretion and the loss of primordial carbon
Giulia, Marras (M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2020 - Rome)
She is now a PhD student at Sapienza University, Rome.
Antonio Mangiacapre (B.Sc. in Earth Science, 2020 - Rome) Topic: Accretion and differentiation of Earth through experimental studies
Andrea di Marco (B.Sc. in Earth Science, 2019 - Rome) Thesis on textural and mineralogical analyses of inclusions in lithospheric diamonds
Martina, Coppola (M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2018 - Rome)
She is working on a couple of manuscripts on the interplay between fluid geochemistry, mineralogy and active faults in collaboration with dr. Billi and myself.
Francesco, Gioia (B.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2018 - Rome)
Linda, Peotta (B.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2018 - Rome)
Giulia, Marras (B.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2018 - Rome)
Lorenzo, Monaco (M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2018 - Rome)
He is now a PhD student at Sapienza University, Rome.
Serena, Dominijanni (M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2018 - Rome)
She is now PhD student at Bayerisches Geoinstitut (BGI) in Bayreuth, Germany.
Natascia, Luciani (M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2016 - Rome)
Currently, she is a PhD student at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.
Silvia, Narzisi (M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2016 - Rome)
Veronica, Stopponi (M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2018 - Rome)
She is now a PhD student at Sapienza University, Rome.
Marco Caruso (M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, 2016 - Palermo) PhD student from Nov 2016 to Dec 2017.
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