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CLAUDIO MAZZOLI

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Position

Professore Associato

Address

VIA G. GRADENIGO, 6 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498279144

Claudio Mazzoli is an Associate Professor of Applied Petrography at the Department of Geosciences at the University of Padova. His primary research interests include stone deterioration, archaeometry of stone and pottery, designing new building materials using industrial waste, geochemistry of carbonates for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental purposes, radon risk assessment from the environment and building materials, application of mPIXE to geoscience, and metamorphic petrology of crystalline basements. He has authored over 150 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals (100 in ISI journals) and presented more than 170 communications at national and international conferences. He is currently the partner leader in the HYPERION (n. 821054), THETIDA (n. 101095253), WATERISKULT (n. 101022386), and M3DEA (n. 101108204) EU Projects and is involved in the following PNRA (Antarctic Research National Program) Projects: Geochemical signals in Antarctic Biogenic Carbonates for Paleoceanographic Reconstructions (GRACEFUL); Source and impact of greenhouse gases in Antarctica (SENECA); Bioconstructional organisms from the Ross Sea under Climate Change: ecosystems and ‘oasis’ of biodiversity to monitor and protect (BIOROSS).

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Notices

Office hours

  • Thursday from 12:00 to 13:00
    at Dipartimento di Geoscienze, studio docente
    Concordare sempre in anticipo per posta elettronica / Always make an appointment in advance by e-mail.

Research Area

International Research Projects:

HYPERION EU Project: Project Home Page
HYPERION EU Project: FaceBook
WATERISKULT EU Project: Project Home Page
THETIDA EU Project: Project @ Cordis
M3DEA EU Project (Grant Agreement currently under preparation)

SENECA (PNRA): Project Home Page
SENECA (PNRA): FaceBook
BIOROSS (PNRA): Project Home Page
GRACEFUL (PNRA): Project Home Page

Thesis proposals

Underwater cultural heritage vs. climate change: an experimental investigation of the effects of ocean acidification
Possible start: Summer/fall 2023
Contents: The candidate will investigate the dynamics of surface erosion of historical building stones used in underwater cultural heritage at different levels of seawater pH, by innovative laboratory simulations and/or field experimentations aimed at recreating different climate-change scenarios of ocean acidification.


Stone deterioration in ancient Greek-Roman underwater archaeological sites of the Mediterranean Sea
Possible start: Asap
Contents: The candidate will investigate the biocolonization, physical damage, and chemical alteration of archaeological materials in underwater sites in Italy, France, and Greece, seeking the correlation between submarine exposure, driving forces of biofouling and other decay processes, and observable effects on the historical surfaces.


Quantitative analysis of use-wear traces of Prehistoric stone tools
Possible start: Summer/fall 2023
Contents: The candidate will use high-resolution 3D modeling techniques for reconstructing the texture of experimental or archaeological stone tools used for an array of ancient human activities (from Kenya, Israel, etc.), applying image analysis for the topographic characterization of wear traces and statistical data analysis for identifying the possible usage in Prehistory.


Reconstructing the weathering trends of historical building materials via experimental microclimate monitoring
Possible start: Asap
Contents: The candidate will process a series of datasets acquired during experimental monitoring programs of selected historical building materials and their microenvironmental context and deterioration, acquired in Italy and Norway, seeking the quantitative correlation between outdoor exposure, microclimate variability, and stone properties, surface recession, and color changes.