Personal information
- Family name / First name: Nestola Fabrizio
- Date of birth: December 14th 1972
- E-mail address: fabrizio.nestola@unipd.it
- Personal website: www.fabrizionestola.com

Research
New minerals, crystallography, high-pressure/high-temperature mineralogy, diamonds, meteorites

Education
1999 – Master’s degree in Geological Sciences – University of Torino
2003 – Ph.D. in Mineralogy, Petrology and Crystallography – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Fellowships
2004-2005: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship - Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
2005-2006: Associate Post-Doctoral position - Virginia Tech, USA.

Permanent positions at University of Padova
2006-2010: Researcher in Mineralogy – Department of Geosciences
2010-2015: Associate Professor in Mineralogy – Department of Geosciences
2015-present: Full Professor in Mineralogy – Department of Geosciences

Bibliometrics
- Author/co-author of > 370 peer-review international publications
- Citations in Web of Science: 9400 (June, 2025)
- H-index: 44 in Web of Science (June, 2025)
- Citations in Google Scholar: 11350 (June, 2025)
- H-index: 50 in Google Scholar (June, 2025)

Main grant as Principal Investigator
2013-2018: European Research Council Grant; title: “Inclusions in diamonds: messengers from the deep Earth” (Agreement n. 307322); fund: 1,420,000 €.
2024: FIS-2; Ministry of University, Italy; title: "Discovering mineral nanoinclusions in fibrous diamonds"; fund: 2,000,000 €.

International Awards/Prizes
2010: “Medal for Excellence in Research” by European Mineralogical Union.
2019: “Humboldt Research Award” by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
2023: “Best Geoscience Research Award”, Geoscience Information Society, USA.
2024: “Dana Medal” by the Mineralogical Society of America, USA.
2024: “Geochemistry Fellow Honour” by the Geochemical Society (USA) and the European Association of Geochemistry (Europe)

National Awards/Prizes
2003: “Ph.D. best thesis award” by Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, Italy.
2011: “Mario Nardelli award” by Associazione Italiana di Cristallografia, Italy.
2016: “Maria Teresa Messori Roncaglia e Eugenio Mari award” by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy.

Institutional responsibilities at University of Padova, Italy
2015-2018: Coordinator of the Ph.D. Programme in Earth Sciences
2018-2022: Head of Department of Geosciences
2019-2022: Member of the Academic Senate
2023-2025: Coordinator of the Bachelor Degree in Earth and Climate Dynamics (in English)
2023-2025: President of the University Center for the Museums
2023-2025: Scientific Responsible of the Nature and Humankind Museum

Membership of Scientific Societies and Science Academies
- Life fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
- Life membership of the American Geophysical Union
- Life membership of the European Geosciences Union
- Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia
- Associazione Italiana di Cristallografia

Membership of International and National Scientific Academies
- Academia Europaea
- Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
- Accademia delle Scienze di Torino
- Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti

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