Curriculum


Nationality: Italian

Birth on: 04/01/1982

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Mobile: +39 339 3866595: +44 7562676491

E-mail: p.barone@aur.edu; geoarcheo@gmail.com

Driving licence: A3 (any motorcycles) and B (cars)

 

Current Position

 

January 2024-December 2028: Criminalist – Expert in Geoarchaeology, Certification of conformity to the UNI technical standard 11822:2021, number 14, issued by FAC Certifica.


September 2022-ongoing: Adjunct Professor leading the Remote Sensing module of the Master of Sciences in Human Taphonomy, at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), via the Centre Universitaire Romand de Médecine Légale (CURML), Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy (SHIFT), Lausanne (Switzerland).

 

September 2022-ongoing: Adjunct Professor in Geo-Archaeology at the American University of Rome, Archaeology and Classics Program.

 

July 2022-ongoing: Consultant in Forensic Science (Forensic Geo-Archaeology) at Geoscienze Forensi Italia® - Forensic Geoscience Italy (www.geoscienzeforensi.it).

 

01 July 2021-2022: PG Leader MSc Forensic Science at Nottingham Trent University, School of Science and Technology, Chemistry and Forensics Department.

In this role, I am leading academic personnel, managing PG courses, and tutoring PG students. I also actively participate different PG academic committees such as the SASQC (Standards and Quality Committee) and the CDRS (Course Development and Review Subcommittee).

 

01 July 2021-2022: Senior Lecturer Forensic Science (Forensic Geo-Archaeology) at Nottingham Trent University, School of Science and Technology, Chemistry and Forensics Department.

In this role, I am a course module leader for the UG program and I am the NEC (Notification of Extenuating Circumstances) contact for the Year 2 students. I also actively participate different UG academic committees such as the SASQC (Standards and Quality Committee) and the CDRS (Course Development and Review Subcommittee).

 

2021-2024: Site and Remote Sensing Supervisor of the AMP (Aventinus Minor Project) archaeological project: Concessione Ministero della Cultura, DG-APAB, prot. 20027, 10/06/2021, Decreto 609.

 

2019-2021: Full-time Lecturer, in the Bachelor Degree of Archaeology and Classics at the American University of Rome. Teaching:

·        Forensic Geo-Archaeology,

·        Investigating Archaeology: Methods &Techniques For Analyzing The Past,

·        Archaeological Geophysics,

·        Remote Sensing and GIS for Landscape Archaeology,

·        Roman Archaeology on-site,

·        Archaeological Theory

·        Archaeology of Rome,

·        Mediterranean Landscape,

·        Archaeology of Greece,

·        Global Heritage

·        Bodies and Burials

·        Capstone Experience: Methodological Research

 

2010-2019: Adjunct Professor, in the Bachelor Degree of Archaeology and Classics and in the Master Degree of Sustainable Cultural Heritage – American University of Rome.

 

2019-now: Academic responsible of the Forensic Archaeology Program at the Humanistic Studies Dept. of Roma Tre University (designed by prof. Giuliana Calcani).

 

2019-now: Academic responsible of the Forensic Archaeology and Cultural Heritage programs at the INPEF (National Institute of Familiar Pedagogy) in Rome (designed by prof. Vincenza Palmieri).

 

2021-now: Author of the “Forensic Archaeology” column on the "Archeomatica" magazine.

 

2020-now: Joining the Editorial Board of:

·        Soil Forensics, book series of Springer International Publishing

·        Forensic Sciences, journal of MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

·        Remote Sensing, journal of MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

 

2019-now: Crime Scene Adviser of the IUGS Initiative of Forensic Geology.

 

2019-now: R&D Responsible of the Scene of Crime (SoC) group of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI)

 

2018-now: member of the Board of Trustees in the Italian Association of GPR (http://www.gpritalia.it./).

 

2018-2021: Associate Member of the Italian Academy of Forensic Sciences (AcISF).

 

2015-2021: Adjunct Professor and Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master in Crime Science & Investigation, Link Campus University.

 

2018-2019: Adjunct Professor of Forensic Sciences in the Bachelor of Law, Link Campus University.

 

2018-2019: Responsible of the Agreement between Roma Capitale (municipality of Rome) and the American University of Rome to monitor the trees’ health in the territory of Rome.

 

2016-2019: Part-time contract with the Italian journal Il Penalista edited by Giuffré Editore.

 

2013-2016: Three-yearly Post-Doc Research Grant as Co-Investigator and Responsible of the Research Unit IGAG-CNR in the Italian FIRB (Future in Research) granted project 2012: “Marmora Phrygiae”. RBFR121D9W_002. Tasks: Geophysics, Remote Sensing, Applied Geology.

 

Education and research

 

2000: High School Classic Diploma (Final Mark 91/100), Liceo Ginnasio Statale “Dante Alighieri”, Roma, Italy.

2000 – 2004: Laurea in Preservation of cultural heritage (110/110 cum laude), Università degli Studi di Bologna, Ravenna Campus (Italy). Submitted thesis: “Working on an archaeological map of the landslide of Modica (RG). Post Roman Age”, under the supervision of Prof. Andrea Augenti.

2005: MSc in “Geoarchaeological Techniques applied to the landscape management and to the preservation of cultural heritage”, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre (Roma, Italy). Submitted thesis: “Ground-Penetrating Radar investigation on the constructive techniques of the Concordia Temple (Agrigento, Sicily)”, under the supervision of dr. Elena Pettinelli (Università degli Studi di Roma Tre) and dr. Riccardo Ginanni Corradini (Study and Research Centre Il Cenacolo srl, Roma). Final exam passed successfully on 11/2005. Main courses attended during the MSc: Archaeological Basis and Methods, Archaeometry, Laboratory on Photointerpretation, Archaeological Pottery and Mortars, Lythics and Ornamental Stones, Geomorfological Basis and Methods, Geology and Geomorphology of the Recent Quaternary, GIS Laboratory, Prehistoric Archaeology, Roman and Greek Archaeology, Archaeozoology, Archaeosismology, Archaeological Geophysics Prospection, Practical Geoarchaeology.

2005, November – 2009, January: PhD in “Landscape analysis and exploitation”, Università degli Studi del Molise (Campobasso, Italy). Submitted thesis: “Studies on the evolution of the Molisan landscape through geoarchaeological evaluation of sample areas”.

2007, Jan – Dec: visiting PhD student at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK, under the supervision of the prof. Graeme Barker, Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Institute.

June-July 2014: passing the online course in Forensic Psychology: witness investigation, organized by The Open University and Future Learn (grade: 98/100).

September-October 2015: passing the online course in Identifying the Dead: Forensic Science and Human Identification, organized by University of Dundee and Future Learn (grade: 85/100).

 

Training, scholarships, awards and professional registers

 

From 1999 until 2007: participation in several archaeological digs and surveys collaborating with different Italian and Foreign Universities and Centres:

2002, October – 2003 January: reproduce, developing, printing, preservation activity and computing database at the photography laboratory of the History and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Methods Department during the course of “History and Technique of Photography” (Prof. Luigi Tomassini).

2003, January – April: laboratory of drawing, analysis and cataloguing of archaeological pottery from the site of Corinaldo with dr. Giuseppe Lepore (Università degli Studi di Bologna, Department of Archaeology).

2003, April – September: stage of 650 hours at the Roman Ship Museum in Comacchio (Ferrara, Italy), specializing in museum teaching methodology, bookshop management, visitors reception technique, museum marketing, research about North-Italic sealed pottery, Italic and Egean amphorae, about topographic aspects of the Po delta in Augustan period, under direction of dr. Fede Berti (Superintendence of Ferrara, Italy).

2005, November: course in remote sensing Exploring ENVI (Environment for visualising images) organised by RSI (Research System Italia s.r.l.) and Università degli Studi del Molise.

2006, April: course in ArcGIS 9.1 (total station mapping and GIS map creator) organised by SISTER (Sistemi Territoiali s.r.l.) and Università degli Studi del Molise.

2006, May: course in software language IDL (Interactive Development Language) organised by RSI (Research System Italia s.r.l.) and Università degli Studi del Molise.

2006, June: course in ArcPad 7 (GIS map creator on palm computer) organised by SISTER (Sistemi Territoiali s.r.l.) and Università degli Studi del Molise.

2006, July: course in remote sensing ENVI Programming organised by ITT (Visual Information Solutions s.r.l.) and Università degli Studi del Molise.

 

2005, September: Italian Government Scholarships for PhD Students for three years.

2011, July: Winner of the Meneghetti 2011 Prize, in the Physics Area for a work on Applied Geophysics to Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

2014, July: Winner (as a co-author) of the EAGE 2014 Ludger Mintrop Award, for the paper Comparison of GPR and unilateral NMR for water content measurements in a laboratory scale experiment, published in Near Surface Geophysics, 11, 2, 2013, pp. 143-153.

2017, November: Winner of the Italian Investigation & Forensic Awards for the Excellence in Forensic Archaeology.

2018, November: Winner of the Italian Investigation & Forensic Awards for the Excellence in Forensic Archaeology.

2023, March: Winner of the Italian Investigation & Forensic Awards for the Excellence in Innovation Technology.

 

From 2012: Forensic Geophysical and Forensic Archaeological Forensic Consultant for the Courthouse of Rome, Criminal and Civil Division.

From 2021: MCIfA grade accreditation at the Charted Institute for Archaeologist.

From 2022: Response Team member of Blake Emergency – Archaeology and Anthropology Services.

From 2022: Registered with ANCRIM (National Association of Criminologists and Criminalists) as a Criminalist – expert in Forensic Geo-Archaeology with membership card number 00275/2022/PRO.

From 2022: Registered with CONPEF (National Coordination of Forensic Experts) with membership card number 00085 and registered as a qualified member, Expert in Forensic Geoarchaeology with membership card number 005.

 

Research, job, and teaching experience

 

2005, September – November: archaeological support in utilities yards of the Rome City Council, being in Archaeological Cooperative Society Parsifal S.c.ar.l.’s employee.

2005, November: Ground Penetrating Radar survey, processing and post-processing studies of the crypt’s foundation in the S. Silvestro abbey (Spello, Perugia), being in Research and Study Centre Il Cenacolo’s employee.

2006/2007/2008: Lecturer in AGR/10 sector (Landscape Architecture and Design) – Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering), Università degli Studi del Molise.

2006-2011: Lecturer in GPR Principles and Practices, and Advisor in some BA and MPhil thesis at the University of La Tuscia (Viterbo) and at the University of Roma TRE (Rome), in the Faculty of Cultural Heritage and in the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences.

2006: lecturer in Application of ground penetrating radar techniques to landscape archaeology, Department of Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy).

2006: lecturer in Application of ground penetrating radar techniques to landscape archaeology, for the MPhil in “Geoarchaeological Techniques applied to the landscape management and to the preservation of cultural heritage”, Department of Geological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre (Rome, Italy).

2006, May: Ground Penetrating Radar survey, processing and post-processing studies of the South architraves’ static in the Octavia Porch (Roma, Italy), being in Research and Study Centre Il Cenacolo’s employee.

2006: lecturer in Application of ground penetrating radar techniques to cultural heritage, Faculty of Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy).

2007: lecturer in Geoarchaeology, landscape archaeology and geophysical prospections, for the MPhil in “Geoarchaeological Techniques applied to the landscape management and to the preservation of cultural heritage”, Department of Geological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre (Rome, Italy).

2007, July: Presence in the “Remembering the dead” project team as supervisor of the ground penetrating radar survey, processing and post-processing studies of the archaeological site of Crustumerium (Rome, Italy), in collaboration with the Director dr. Ulla Rajala, Dept. Archaeology, University of Cambridge.

2007, August: Ground Penetreting Radar survey, processing and post-processing studies of the archaeological site of Grotte di Castro (Viterbo, Italy), being in Dept. Archaeology, University of Cambridge and Dept. of History, University of Roma Tor Vergata’s employee.

2008: lecturer in Application of ground penetrating radar techniques to cultural heritage, Faculty of Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy).

2008: lecturer in Using geophysics applied to cultural heritage, for the academic course in Environmental Geophysics – Environmental Science for Large Urban Areas, Faculty of Agriculture, Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy), in association with the PACE University of New York.

2009: lecturer in Geophysics applied to cultural heritage, for the School Camp at the Science Museum of Balì (San Martino di Saltara - PU), in association with Dept. Physics Università degli Studi di Roma Tre (Roma, Italy).

2009, April-July: Collaboration contract in GPR measurements and data collection in the Domus Aurea (Rome, Italy) at the Dept. of Physics, Università di Roma Tre.

2009: lecturer in Physics methods and the planet Earth, for the School of Higher Education at the Science Museum of Balì (San Martino di Saltara - PU), in association with Dept. Physics Università degli Studi di Roma Tre (Rome, Italy).

2010, January-March: Collaboration contract in GPR measurements and data collection in the archaeological site of Cavallino (Lecce, Italy) at the Dept. of Physics, Università di Roma Tre.

2010: lecturer in Geophysics applied to Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, for the teaching in “Electromagnetic methods for the Geophysics” in the Dept. of Physics, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre (Rome, Italy).

2010: lecturer in Using geophysics applied to cultural heritage, for the academic course in Environmental Geophysics – Environmental Science for Large Urban Areas, Faculty of Agriculture, Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy), in association with the PACE University of New York.

2010: lecturer in Science and Culture: the Applied Geophysics, for the Masterclass 2010 (Scientific Degree Project – MIUR) in the Dept. of Physics, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre (Rome, Italy).

2010, February-May: Post-Doc Research Grant in “GPR investigations and 3D reconstruction of archaeological sites in urban areas”, Dept. of Physics – Università degli Studi Roma Tre.

2010, June – 2013 March: Three-yearly Post-Doc Research Grant in “Integration of non-destructive diagnostic techniques – GPR and NMR – to evaluate damages due to moisture in frescos and in masonries of historical buildings”, Dept. of Physics – Università degli Studi Roma Tre.

2011, June: Contract for Occasional Work to collect, process and interpret radar data of the Church of Divino Amore (Villa Ada – Rome).

2011, July-September: Collaboration grant at the Dept. of Historical, Artistic, Archaeological and Preservation Studies – University of Roma Tre, to Collect geophysical and GPR prospections to locate buried structures in archaeological sites of the Latium area (PRIN 2008 – “Appia Road inside and outside the walls from Prehistory till Modern Age”).

2011, July-August: Contract for Occasional Work to give a course of lectures on “Applied Geophysics to Archaeology”, at the Department of History, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”.

From 2011 until 2013: lecturer in Forensic Archaeology and Geophysics, at the School of Carabinieri for Marshals and Sergeants in Velletri (Rome).

2011, November: lecturer in Forensic Archaeology and Geophysics for the 1st Investigations Techniques Course for Officers and Petty Officers of the Iraqi Federal Police, at the School of Carabinieri for Marshals and Sergeants in Velletri (Rome).

2011, November: lecturer in Processing and Analysis of GPR data acquired in the Casa di Marco Fabio Rufo” in Pompeii (NA), at the Dept. of Earth Science, University of Napoli “Federico II”.

2011 - 2012: Scientific Consulting for the “Gabii Project” aimed to acquired, process and post-process GPR data in the archaeological area of Gabii (RM, Italy), Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and University of Michigan.

2012, January: co-founder of the expert team Geoscienze Forensi Italia® - Forensic Geoscience Italy.

2012, January – March, and October: visiting scientist/researcher at the Sensors & Software, Inc., Mississisauga, ON, Canada, and at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada.

November 2013: organization of the 1st International Conference on Forensic Science and Archaeology at The American University of Rome, 22nd-23rd November.

2013, December: Academic Teaching License from the Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale system (Italian Minister of University) to teach Applied Physics (Italian code 02/D1, former 02/B3: Physics Applied to Cultural Heritage) as Associate Professor in Italian universities.

2014, January: Academic Teaching License from the Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale system (Italian Minister of University) to teach Archaeology (Italian code 10/A1) as Associate Professor in Italian universities.

2014, January – 2019, July: registered with a private VAT number as freelance in Archaeology.

2014, May: lecturer in Forensic Geoarchaeology, at the Master in Criminology, organised by the Unid Professional.

2014-2019: Lead Guest Editor of several Special Issues in Archaeological Sciences for various international peer-reviewed journals like Heritage, International Journal of Archaeology, Geosciences, and Remote Sensing.

From 2014, September: Lecturer in L-ANT/07 sector (History of Archaeology and History of the Ancient Art – Dept. of Cultural Heritage Sciences), University of Roma Tre.

A.Y. 2014-2015: lecturer in Research of buried targets and recovery of human remains in the First Level Postgraduate Master in Forensic Geology at the Dept. SASTAS, Università di Messina.

2014-2019: Advising for the students of the Archaeology and Classics Program at The American University of Rome.

2014-2019: Supervisor in several theses of both the Archaeology and Classics Program and the Master in Sustainable Cultural Heritage at The American University of Rome.

2016: Education and Training Person in the steering committee of the ENFSI Project Group Forensic Archaeology.

2016: Forensic Consultant for the SML (Servicio Medico Legal) and the PDI (Policia de Investigaciones) in Chile during archaeological and geophysical investigations.

2023, December: new Academic Teaching License from the Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale system (Italian Minister of University) to teach Archaeology (Italian code 10/A1) as Associate Professor in Italian universities.



Languages

 

Italian: mother tongue

 

Lingua Lettura Ascolto Produzione orale Interazione Scritto

Inglese   C2   C2             C2               C2           C2

Tedesco   A2           A2                     A2               A2           A2

Spagnolo   A1           A1             A1               A1           A1

Francese   A1    A1                     A1               A1           A1


 

Informatic skills

 

Very good knowledge of computer in general, and of its main programmes: Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Publisher), Adobe (Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator), Cloud (Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, Dropbox), Web (Aruba, Wix, iWeb, Google Site), Language (Java), and Communication (Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, Facetime).

 

Very good knowledge of GIS, Statistical and GPR software: (ArchEd, CAD, ESRI, EKKO, ENVI, IDL, Filemaker Surfer, Voxler, QGIS, Grass, SPSS).

 

Very good knowledge of Internet browsers (Explorer, Safari, Mozilla and Chrome). Creation of two web sites: http://sites.google.com/site/associazionecompitinsieme (2004) and www.geoscienzeforensiitalia.com (2014).

 


 


 

Rome, January 8th 2024