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FABRIZIO NESTOLA

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Address

VIA G. GRADENIGO, 6 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498279160

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 > 350 peer-review international publications
- Citations in Web of Science: 8771 (November, 2024)
- H-index: 43 in Web of Science (November, 2024)
- Citations in Google Scholar: 10434 (November, 2024)
- H-index: 48 in Google Scholar (November, 2024)

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 €.

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
2017-present: Member of the Board of the Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori
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

Notices

Research Area

Prof. Nestola mainly worked on extreme conditions mineralogy investigating the elastic properties and the evolution of the crystal structure under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions of the main Earth’s mantle minerals. The main techniques he used are diffraction (single-crystal and powder), Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Recently, Prof. Nestola applied the same mineralogical methods to the analysis of inclusions in natural diamonds with the aim to determine the conditions of their formation. Finally, he obtained a research fund to investigate the carbon-bearing phases in Antarctic meteorites


Thesis proposals

- Mineral inclusions in natural diamonds
- Carbon phases in meteorites
- New mineralogical species