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FABRIZIO NESTOLA

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Professore Ordinario

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VIA G. GRADENIGO, 6 - PADOVA

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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.comResearch New minerals, crystallography, high-pressure/high-temperature mineralogy, diamonds, meteoritesEducation1999 – Master’s degree in Geological Sciences – University of Torino2003 – Ph.D. in Mineralogy, Petrology and Crystallography – University of Modena and Reggio EmiliaFellowships2004-2005: 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 Padova2006-2010: Researcher in Mineralogy – Department of Geosciences2010-2015: Associate Professor in Mineralogy – Department of Geosciences2015-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 Investigator2013-2018: 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/Prizes2010: “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/Prizes2003: “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, Italy2015-2018: Coordinator of the Ph.D. Programme in Earth Sciences2018-2022: Head of Department of Geosciences2019-2022: Member of the Academic Senate2023-2025: Coordinator of the Bachelor Degree in Earth and Climate Dynamics (in English)2023-2025: President of the University Center for the Museums2023-2025: Scientific Responsible of the Nature and Humankind MuseumMembership 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 CristallografiaMembership 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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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; at the same time, Porf. Nestola developed a research line on extraterrestrial materials.

Thesis proposals

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