Dal 1° Febbraio 2016 sono ricercatore (rtd-a) di petrologia e petrografia (ssd Geo07), presso il Dipartimento di Geoscienze dell’Università di Padova. Mi occupo di metamorfismo di alta temperatura e formazione di magmi granitici. Attualmente le principali aree di studio sono Alpi, Cordigliera Betica, Himalaya e Sudafrica. Per la mia ricerca integro osservazioni di campagna, osservazioni al microscopio, analisi di laboratorio, petrologia sperimentale e modellizzazione termodinamica.Short biography:- date of birth: 01-04-1983 at Reggio Emilia (Italy)- 2008: degree cum laude in Geological Sciences, Parma University, Italy- 2012: PhD in Earth Sciences, Parma University, Italy- 2012 - 2014: research fellow at Department of Geosciences, Padova University, Italy- 2014: visiting researcher at Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland- 2014 - 2016: research fellow at Department of Geosciences, Padova University, Italy- February 1st, 2016 - : assistant professor at Department of Geosciences, Padova University, ItalyResearch Interests:- High temperature metamorphism and crustal melting- Granite petrogenesis- Melt inclusions in migmatites and granulitesAwards, fellowships:- “Giuseppe Schiavinato Prize 2009” for the best italian thesis in mineralogical sciences with petrological applications awarded by Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and the President of the Italian Republic- European Intensive Seminars of Petrology Graduate Student Grant (2009), Granada, Spain- European Intensive Seminars of Petrology Graduate Student Grant (2010), Padova, Italy- Grant for young researchers awarded by SIMP-GeoItalia to attend EMC2012 (Frankfurt)- Fellowship for a research stay abroad awarded by SIMP (2012)- Grant for young researchers awarded by SIMP to attend the Goldschmidt Conference 2013 (Florence)- Division Outstanding Young Scientists Award for the Division on Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology awarded by EGU.Grant support (me as leader of the project):- Two-year “Senior Research Grant” (2014) awarded by Università of Padova- Financial contribution to support innovative and excellent research awarded by Università of Padova. Project title: “NanoSIMS analysis of nanogranite inclusions”- SIR2014 Grant (2015-2018) awarded by MIUR. Project title: “Carbon recycling during melting of the continental crust: implications for the long-term geochemical cycle (CARE)”