Outreach, Media, Public Engagement and Consultancy

2025

• Intervista a Rai Radio 3 Scienza: "Cacca e vomito di 200 milioni di anni fa, o meglio coproliti e bromaliti, rivelano invece le abitudini alimentari dei dinosauri. Tra i resti stomacali dei predatori spuntano ossa e midollo, mentre nelle cacche dei diplodochi - i giganteschi dinosauri dal collo lungo - non solo felci arboree e resti vegetali, ma persino carbone. Ci racconta tutto il paleontologo Alessandro Chiarenza, Newton International Research Fellow presso l'University College di Londra. Al microfono Francesca Buoninconti'': LINK

2024

• Esperto di paleontologia in trasmissione per la trasmissione divulgativa "Noos - l'avventura della conoscenza", condotta da Alberto Angela in prima serata su Rai 1, all'interno di una rubrica sulle ultime scoperte dal mondo dei dinosauri. La seconda stagione del programma è andata in onda dal 27 giugno 2024 al 5 settembre 2024. LINK

2022

• Intervista sul numero di Luglio di Le Scienze sui dinosauri di Villaggio del Pescatore ad Anna Rita Longo: LINK 

• Intervista per il podcast Ricercati: storie dei cervelli italiani nel mondo di Chora Media dal titolo "Studiare i dinosauri per capire il cambiamento climatico": LINK

2021

• Intervista a Rai Radio 3 Scienza sulla studio sui nuovi dinosauri Italiani del Villaggio del Pescatore, Trieste: LINK

• Article in The Guardian on our paper on the new Italian dinosaurs: LINK

• Il Primo branco di dinosauri in Italia su National Geographic: LINK

2020

• Intervista a Rai Radio 3 Scienza sulla studio a proposito del nuovo dromeosauro Artico, geografia dei dinosauri, evoluzione e adattamenti a climi estremi: LINK

• Intervistato per il TG1 (Rai 1) da Maria Gianniti il 30 Giugno 2020 sulla mia ricerca riguardo l'estinzione dei dinosauri: LINK

• My PhD research on dinosaur extinction drivers received international coverage from several main news outlets, including The Guardian, Forbes and National Geographic

• The news (end-Cretaceous extinction study on PNAS) was also featured in a podcast on Palaeocast (interview by Dr Liz Martin-Silverstone): LINK

• Interviewed by The Sydney Morning Herald on the topic ‘We're not running out of dinosaurs’: LINK

2019

• Scientific consultant for the TV show (DMAX, Discovery Channel Italy) Jurassic Weekend: LINK

• Invited to give a talk at the London Pint of Science event on dinosaur extinction: LINK

• Consultancy for an outreaching article in Earther.Gizmodo on mass extinctions: LINK.

• National Geographic website covered my paper on testing the hypothesis of a dinosaur decline caused by climatic drivers during the late Cretaceous: LINK.

• I have been invited by the Nature Ecology and Evolution community to write a guest post on my dinosaur extinction research: LINK.

2018                                                                                          

• Interview (18th June 2018) by Metro UK for the promotion of the movie “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” and associate Lego© set merchandise: LINK.

• Invited student seminar at Getech plc. reporting the use of their data in my palaeontological research during my PhD.

2017

• Interviewed by Dr Elsa Panciroli (The Guardian) for the article: “A glimpse of when Canada's badlands were a lush dinosaur forest by the sea”: LINK.

•  “Macroecology in Deep Time”, invited presentation at the Lansdowne Club Business Breakfast in London, UK.

2016

• Press release for a paper I co-authored on a new theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco. The original press release from Imperial College (LINK) was eventually reported by several main media outlets, most notably The Times, Daily Mail, Irish Times, Spiegel and the online website (in Italian) of National Geographic.

• Radio interview at BBC radio Reading in the morning to discuss as an independent researcher the study from Sakamoto et al. 2016 (PNAS) on decreasing speciation rates for dinosaurs toward the end of the Mesozoic.

• Outreaching event at Imperial Festival, giving a presentation on the evolution of reptiles and showing to audience and allowing them to pet several reptiles (geckos, corn snakes, bearded dragon lizards) and other exotic animals (scorpions, spiders, etc.).

• During my first year of PhD, I was invited in several primary schools lecturing students on dinosaurs, evolution and Earth Science in general.

2015

• Several Italian media outlets reported the news on a paper I lead on the youngest record of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Early Cretaceous of Sicily (Italy). LINK.

• Gallery Interpreter at the City of Science in Catania, (Italy) – curating and leading group visits for school groups of all ages. Main topics of the exhibition was the evolution of the Mediterranean Basin through time, presenting to the audience the fossil collections held at the Earth Science Museum of Catania University – May 2015.

2013

• The news on a paper I lead on the first record of ichthyosaurs from the Late Triassic of Sicily (Italy) was reported by several Italian media agencies: LINK.

2011

• Bertozzo F, Chiarenza A.A., Manucci F. Ossa e polvere: un’estate di scavi. A.P.P.I. NEWS, 3(2): 6-9.
  Bertozzo F, Chiarenza A.A., Manucci F. Dust and Bones: a summer in the field. A.P.P.I. NEWS, 3(2): 6-9.

2010

• Chiarenza A.A. L' editoriale. - Editorial. A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2 (4): 2 (in Italian).

• Chiarenza A.A. La fossilizzazione (terza parte). A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2 (4): 9.

• Chiarenza A.A. Fossilization (part III). A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2 (4): 9.

• Chiarenza A.A. Manucci F, Bertozzo F. “Diplodocus” cambia aspetto. A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(3): 4.

• Chiarenza A.A. Manucci F, Bertozzo F. “Diplodocus” changes look. A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(3): 4.

• Chiarenza A.A. La fossilizzazione (seconda parte). A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(3): 8.

• Chiarenza A.A. Fossilization (part II). A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(3): 8.

• Chiarenza A.A. Benvenuto Tethyshadros! A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(2): 2.

• Chiarenza A.A. Welcome Tethyshadros! A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(2): 2.

• Chiarenza A.A. Un nuovo volto per Triceratops. A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2 (2): 8-10.

• Chiarenza A.A. A new look for Triceratops. A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2 (2): 8-10.

• Chiarenza A.A. A cosa serve la paleontologia? A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(1): 16-17.

• Chiarenza A.A. Why does paleontology matter? A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(1): 16-17.

• Chiarenza A.A. La fossilizzazione (prima parte). A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(2): 2.

• Chiarenza A.A. Fossilization (part I). A.P.P.I. NEWS, 2(2): 2.