EDUCATION AND POSTODCTORAL EXPERIENCE
Since January 2015 – Full Professor, University of Padova.
November 2008-December 2014 – Associate Professor, University of Padova.
October 2005-October 2008 - Associate Professor, University of Bologna.
June 2004-July 2005 – Research grantS at the University of Bologna.
2002-2004 – Post-doc fellowship at the university of Padova.
1999-2002 – Research fellowship at the University of Bologna.
1997-1999 - PhD, University of Bologna.
7/03/1995 - Degree in Geological Sciences, University of Padova.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST AND MAIN PROJECTS
The research activity is mainly about the applications of thermochronology. Main topics are:
- detrital thermochronology for exhumation and provenance studies;
- tectonic evolution of orogenic chains;
- basin analysis (with applications to petroleum exploration);
- relationships between tectonics, erosion, sedimentation and climatic variations;
- application of Raman microspectroscopy to fission-track analysis.

Since 2020 – Granted for the “High-level Talent Program” by the Shaanxi Province for a collaborative project with the Northwest University of Xi’an.
Since 2017 – Research unit coordinator of the PRIN 2017: “Intraplate deformation, magmatism and topographic evolution of a diffuse collisional belt: Insights into the geodynamics of the Arabia-Eurasia collisional zones” (PI: Claudio Faccenna, University of Rome, La Sapienza)
2015-2017 - “Tectonothermal evolution of Northern Patagonian Andes”. Grants by University of Padova and Cariparo Bank Foundation.
2013-2016 – Leader Research Unit PNRA project: “Forzanti climatica e tettonica sui processi di dispersione dei sedimenti nel West Antarctic Rift System della South Victoria Land: uno studio di provenienza “Source-to-sink” e “multi-proxy”
2005-2010 - ANDRILL drilling program (Southern McMurdo Sound Project). Grants by ANDRILL Consortium, Italian Ministry for Education, Cariparo Bank Foundation.
2010-2015 – “Tectonic evolution of Carpathian orogeny”. Grants by University of Padova, Polish Academy of Sciences and ENI S.p.a.
2007-2010 - Leader of the UNESCO-IGCP project 543: “Low-temperature thermochronology and its applications: world-wide transfer of knowledge and inter-laboratory calibration”.
2007-2010 - National Coordinator of the PRIN 2007 “Relationships between uplift, exhumation and thermal setting in the area of Simplon tunnel” (grant by Italian Ministry for Education).

Synergistic activities
2023 – Chair of the Organizing Committee of the meeting “Thermo2023” (Riva del Garda, 3-8 September)
Since 2021 – Vice-Rector for Post-graduate and Doctoral Programmes, University of Padova
Since 2019 – Associate Editor of Marine and Petroleum Gelogy.
2018-2021 – Advisor for sport activities of the University of Padova.
2015-2019 – Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Padova.
2012-2015 - Head of the PhD School in Earth Sciences at University of Padova.
2014 – Member of the Scientific Committee of the meeting “Thermo2014” (Chamonix, 8-12 September)
2009-2011 – Consulting Editor of the Geological Quarterly journal.
2011 - Member of Organizing Committee of the 2011 International Conference and Exhibition of AAPG.

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