ABOUT ME
I'm a Professor at CUG Wuhan (China), with previous working experience in Italy, Germany and UK. I have collaborated and am still collaborating with a number of scientists from Europe, China, North Africa, and North America. I've been principal investigator or member of several international multidisciplinary projects. I have extensive laboratory and fieldwork experience leading, organising and participating sampling expeditions in four continents. I've been teaching assistant for stratigraphy, field geology and geological mapping, and co-supervised several students' theses. In 2015 I was awarded a "UNESCO Dolomites Foundation" prize for my PhD thesis study, which contributed to "raising the profile of the entire Dolomites territory".

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
QUALIFICATIONS
Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) as Associate Professor (2022-2032).
Sector: 04/A1 Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, Volcanology, Georesources ans Applications.
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Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) as Associate Professor (2019-2028).
Sector: 04/A2 Structural Geology, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology
PhD in Earth Sciences (2008 – 2011)
At: Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy. Supervisor: Prof. Paolo Mietto. Co-supervisors: Dr. Guido Roghi, Prof. Nereo Preto. International classification: Level 8 (ISCED 2011)
MSc in Geology (2005 – 2007)
Grade: 110/110 cum Laude. At: Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy. International classification: Level 7 (ISCED 2011)
BSc in Earth Sciences (2000 – 2005)
At: Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.
International classification: Level 6 (ISCED 2011)
2020 - ongoing
Professor
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (CUG) Wuhan (China).
2017 - 2019
Research Fellow (October 2017 – September 2019)
School of Earth and Environment, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds (UK).
May 2017 – June 2017
Research Fellow (May 2017 – June 2017)
Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen (Germany).
September 2016 – August 2017
Junior Fellow (September 2016 – August 2017)
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst (Germany).
July 2015 – July 2016
Research Fellow
Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara (Italy).
March 2013 – March 2015
Research Fellow
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova (Italy).
March 2011 – March 2013
Research Fellow
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova (Italy)
December 2007
Museum collaborator
Museum of Natural Sciences - Naturmuseum Südtirol,
Bozen (Italy).