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EDUCATION:
1990. Laurea cum laude, University of Milan
1994. PhD, University of Milan in colaboration with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA
1994-1995. Post-doctoral fellow at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA.
1995-1997. Post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Marine Geology, National Research Council, Bologna, Italy.
1997-2000. Wissenschaft Assistant at the Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
1996-2000. Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA.
1998-2000. Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute of Marine Geology, C.N.R. Bologna, Italy.
2000-2005. Researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
2006-2019. Associate Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
2019-Present. Full Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Definition of the geomagnetic polarity time scale for the Triassic and Jurassic.
Pangea configuration during the Permian–Triassic.
Response of the natural systems to the motion of plates across zonal climate belts.
Geological causes of the transition from greenhouse to icehouse conditions in the Cenozoic.
Paleocene–Eocene global climate and the signature of the silicate weathering machine in sedimentary rocks.
Climatic and sedimentary evolution of the Mediterranean region during the Pliocene- Pleistocene.
Stratigraphy and age of the earliest human occupation of southern Europe during the late Early Pleistocene climate transition.
A SELECTION OF RECENT PAPERS:
(118) 2019 Muttoni, G. and Kent, D.V. Jurassic monster polar shift confirmed by sequential paleopoles from Adria, promontory of Africa. J. Geophys. Res., 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB017199
(119) 2019 Muttoni, G. and Kent, D.V. Adria as promontory of Africa and its conceptual role in the Tethys Twist and Pangea B to Pangea A transformation in the Permian. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 125(1), 249-269.
(120)2019 Maron, M., Muttoni, M., Rigo, M., Gianolla, P., Kent, D.V. New magnetobiostratigraphic results from the Ladinian of the Dolomites and implications for the Triassic geomagnetic polarity timescale. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 517, 52-73, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.024.
(121) 2020 Marini, M., M. Maron, M. R. Petrizzo, F. Felletti, and G. Muttoni (2020), Magnetochronology applied to assess tempo of turbidite deposition: A case study of ponded sheet-like turbidites from the lower Miocene of the northern Apennines (Italy), Sedimentary Geology, 105654.
(122) 2020 Kent, D. V., and G. Muttoni (2020), Pangea B and the Late Paleozoic Ice Age, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 553, 109753.
(123) 2020 Maron M., & Muttoni, G. A detailed record of the C34n/C33r magnetozoneboundary for the definition of the base of theCampanian Stage at the Bottaccione section(Gubbio, Italy). Newsletters on Stratigraphy, in press.
(124) 2020 Muttoni G. Magnetostratigraphy. The Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd edition, in press.
(125) 2020 Konidaris, G.E.; Kostopoulos, D.S.; Maron, M.; Schaller, M.; Ehlers, T.A.; Aidona, E.; Marini, M.; Tourloukis, V.; Muttoni, G.; Koufos, G.D. Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides. Quaternary 2021, 4, 1. https:// doi.org/10.3390/quat4010001
2021 Rosalia Gallotti, Giovanni Muttoni, David Lefèvre, Jean-Philippe Degeai, Denis Geraads, Andrea Zerboni, Valérie Andrieu-Ponel, Matteo Maron, Serena Perini, Mohssine El Graoui, Séverine Sanz-Laliberté, Camille Daujeard, Paul Fernandes, Mathieu Rué, Lionel Magoga, Abderrahim Mohib, Jean-Paul Raynal. First high resolution chronostratigraphy for the early North African Acheulean at Casablanca (Morocco). Scientific Reports 11, 1-14.
2021 DV Kent, G Muttoni. Latitudinal land–sea distributions and global surface albedo since the Cretaceous. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 585, 110718
2022 S Perini, G Muttoni, E Monesi, RT Melis, M Mussi. Magnetochronology and age models of deposition of the Melka Kunture stratigraphic sequence (Upper Awash, Ethiopia) and age assessments of the main archeological levels therein contained. Quaternary Science Reviews 274, 107259
2023 Perini, S., Muttoni, G., Livio, F., Zucali, M., Michetti, A. M., & Zerboni, A. High-resolution magnetochronology detects multiple stages of Pleistocene tectonic uplift and deformation in the Po Plain of northern Italy. Quaternary Research, 1-15.
2024. Muttoni, G. and Kent, D.V., 2024. Hominin population bottleneck coincided with migration from Africa during the Early Pleistocene ice age transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(13), p.e2318903121.
